The prime minister’s comments on the Uncommons podcast were part of a larger communications strategy to talk to ‘niche’ audiences, says former Liberal staffer Muhammed Ali.
Part of the problem is that every party wants a different form of electoral reform. This means either one rams it through with a majority and the others spend forever calling foul or they just bicker amongst themselves forever.
Same old conversations about elections …
Non-election period (which usually lasts years): … we need to talk about electoral reform but we have time so we’ll ignore it for now
Election period (which usually lasts months): … we need to talk about electoral reform but we don’t have time to do anything about it
Part of the problem is that every party wants a different form of electoral reform. This means either one rams it through with a majority and the others spend forever calling foul or they just bicker amongst themselves forever.