Politicians are doing some good, alongside “poking tongues” out at each other, federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott insists.
The key crossbencher said Australia has lost perspective on political debate, not only in parliament but in coffee shops around the country.
“If you listened to public policy discourse right now and nothing else, you would think that our parliament is worse than Papua New Guinea, our economy worse than Greece, our electricity system worse than North Korea,” he told ABC Television.
“This perspective question … is something we all need to have a good hard think about it.”
The hung parliament had been a force for good in many ways and had achieved outcomes that never would have happened under a majority arrangement, Mr Oakeshott said.
“We are also seeing private members bills at a level no Commonwealth parliament in history has been able to get up – that is the community’s voice being heard.”
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