Structural changes overdue

In the lead-up to the federal election, political leaders and candidates visiting the area are already making grandiose promises as to what they will do for the Central Coast if they win government.

What they are not talking about is how they will dismantle the two-party system and replace the federal structure with something much more appropriate.

Such structural changes, long overdue but never in the platforms of the major parties, could provide the Central Coast with the kind of regional autonomy many local government leaders are rightly arguing for.

Where are such policies to be found so that voters can look beyond what the major party candidates have on offer in their winner-take-all contest?

It is to be found amongst some independent and minor party candidates.

Similarly, do Australians want to end up, again, with a Rubber Stamp Senate?

If not, they need to vote, in large numbers, for independent and minor party Senate candidates.

Klaas Woldring Pearl Beach