Senate willing

You know, if I was running for government in opposition, I would preface all my promises to the electorate and the lobby groups with ‘Senate-willing’.

And if the Senate rejected my policies I would drop them until the Senate changed their collective minds. Bugger negotiating with the black-mailing independents or irrationally opposed opposition.

And then I would head off to the pub for the rest of my term in office.

My suspicion is that Australians wouldn’t really mind a government that did bugger all, just for a change. Most wouldn’t even notice.

And if this process was spun out for the whole first term the government would almost assuredly be reelected with Senate control.

It’s called the long game.

I can’t for the life of me understand why the incumbents, having watched the last mob strive to actually do things without control and subsequently fall miserably, attempt to do the same. Just plain silly.