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November 26, 2005
I watch the argy bargy of the Queensland Nationals and Liberals from a distance without really gaining in understanding why we have this:
Leahy
Even reading Ambit Gamit fails to explain the self-destruction.
What I see is a fracture line within Australian conservatism with a lot of sharp edges.
But on the self-understanding of Australian conservatism , as understood by the Institute of Public Affairs --eg., smaller, less instrusive government and restoring the pre-eminence of personal responsibility and self-reliance in Australian society--- there should be unity.
Unless of course that self-understanding is wrong. Conservatism is not neo-liberalism---ie, market liberalism--as it is concerned with multiculturalism, the national security state, aboriginal land rights, national cohesion, nationalism, universities, culture, morality etc etc.
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I am hoping more and more that Queensland provincialism will be the saviour of the federal system. Maybe the Westralians can join in as well.