Saturday, 18 September 2010 10:28
So, this is the certainty Rob Oakeshott as Speaker would give us.
ROB Oakeshott's parliamentary reform deal with Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott could open the way to High Court challenges to laws passed under the agreement the Australian reports. Read the article here and tell us what you think below.
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said a Coalition government would “unwind” compensation arrangements, along with the carbon tax. See the full story in The Australian
Read more<The attempt over the weekend to spin the Carbon Tax as a 'tax cut' is just more of the spin we can expect to see from the Government as it tries to impose its Carbon Tax without a mandate and without popular support. The Australian late today reports that none of the impacts of the Carbon Tax or the so-called tax cuts will form part of the Budget or the proposed Summit. This is, of course ridiculous with the Budget presuming to portray revenues and expenditures over the four year forward estimates.
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My personal "idea" for reform would be to make the speakers position, one of the responsibilitie s of the High Court to run a roster and provide one of their judges as "speaker" whenever parliament is sitting. Geoff the formersnag.
I tend to think the House has to govern itself so the Speaker should be of the House, but not necessarily of the Party. Maybe the UK system is worth considering?
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