Accountability, accountability and more accountability

In relation to our article we-can-see-clearly-now-were-closely-allied-to-a-fascist-

Bob Pearce, Adelaide SA, Mar 10, 2025

If we learn nothing from the Trump saga it is that democracy and accountability go hand in hand. To achieve that freedom of information legislation needs to be beefed up, regulatory bodies need funding without government interference, the Auditor-General needs to be funded sufficiently to do its job and the recommendations made by all of these bodies need to be vigorously acted upon as do the recommendations of royal commissions.

We certainly need to revise some of the outdated parliamentary practices:

Parliamentary terms extended from three to four-year fixed terms;
Limit parliamentarians tenure to two consecutive elections cycles;
All expenditure over half a billion to be debated in Parliament;
Commitment to overseas WAR to be debated in Parliament;
Election funding fair and equitable for all;
Abolish question time;
Empower the speaker to act on lies; and
Build a hotel in Canberra for sitting members and limited staff and closely audit their expenditure.

Remember that many of these practices were from the time of telegraph, trains and T-model Fords and need to be updated. Parliament could be held while each member is at work in their electoral office.