yeah valid points....I was meaning the major 2 parties..ie the one's that form Govt and decide policy. I don't doubt there's lots of very sincere people who put their hand up as an independent or green, but sadly their input is very limited. It's very clear in the major parties that you don't get lifted into senior positions due to talent or ability, it's all due to factions and dodgy votes. With a system like that the cream will never rise, it will just stay at the bottom until it curdles and disillusionment sets in.
One major area in politics that needs urgent cleaning up is the murky world of the Lobbyist. Can you imagine the shifty world of the Lobbyist? Opportunity must knock very loudly in that business for dodgy dealings and brown paper bags being handed around. None of it is public, and it's all motivated by self interest.
