Something I thought seems to be happening in Australian politics:

"The right is getting right and the left lost its e and f."

That is to say, the right has slowly, but undeniably, been taking a more hard-lined right-wing stand on social and political issues, while the left has lost it's content. While John Howard appears to be taking steps towards fascism (not in the literal sense, but then again, that s questionable), who knows what the Labour party stands for any more, what they plan to campaign on and what their fixes are for Australia. Sure, the A.L.P. oppose I.R. reforms, but what do they plan on doing to better "Industry" when they get in. And at least the Greens AND the Liberals had people speaking out against the hard-lined laws against homosexual marriage. But who can the average Joe Blo remember from the A.L.P. speaking out against it. I can't, for one, and I even watch Question Time.

It's time that the A.L.P. got some opinions, policies and remedies out there to counter the Liberal's attempt to re-define right wing politics in Australia.

Clayton Northcutt.