Luke Nayna (a previous employee of Scott Morrison) tries to put doubt in people’s minds about the legitimacy of the many independents running in the next election. When the current Coalition covers such extremes of opinions and different ideologies as it does, can it be one party? Can such a coalition effectively serve, “all Australians, not just a few?” Joy Heads, Wollstonecraft
One “party” is a coalition of two parties and Labor is one party. I query the common definition, also used here by Luke Nanya, of our democracy as a: “two party system”. Perhaps when the major parties start giving safe-seat pre-selection to people who have wisdom, vision and integrity rather than to ex-political staffers, we might be more inclined to take his advice. Luke Nayna warns us against voting for independents whose policies are unknown. Alone she cannot determine government policies, but with enough independents holding the balance of power and striving for the same goals, we may see our country benefiting. How has that benefited all Australians? We have also seen how an independent Senate member, Jacqui Lambie, has stood up for issues beneficial not just to her electorate, but to all Australians, even though her initial major concern was the treatment of those in the defence forces. However, we have seen how federal pork-barrelling by the current government has led to the unfair distribution of funds.
I agree with Luke Nayna (“ Much unknown about independents”, December 20) that federal government candidates should stand for issues that will serve all Australians.
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