@footy. Maybe the minor issues are reflecting the major issues.
My top 2 are 1) the defence of the Enlightenment and 2) Stopping us becoming another Greece.
Listening to Malcolm on "Viewpoint" is cause for alarm. He fails the first rule of SunTzu: "Know thy Enemy".
On the economy he is more knowledgeable but too accepting of Greek-Roaders. He must urgently appoint a Minister to wage intellectual war against the big spenders and convince the Australian voter to boot them out.