Power Corrupts

The current Australian Federal Government is a case study in the dangers of unchecked power. The simple fact of making laws does not guarantee justice and equity.
There are two powerful examples currently in the Australian system focusing on workplace and electoral laws. Both radical sets of proposals should be adjudged ethically, if not legally, suspect.
Much has been written on the proposed new labor laws. They are Dickensian, at the very least. They seek to give employers rights which threaten to recreate the appalling work conditions of the industrial revolution.
The electoral law proposals are less prominent, but no less frightening in the way they intend to strip the electorates ‘democratic’ rights.
At a minimum, the new laws will force fewer choices for the voters, and make actually voting increasingly difficult.
The sum benefit of these changes is to the major political parties, the elite club, whose members traditionally share the baton of power in the country.
These kinds of excesses invariably occur when one or other of the major parties hold a majority on both the lower house and the senate. They occur, simply because they can!
The actions of parties with total majorities need not reflect the wishes of the community, merely those of the party in power, and their non elected patrons.
While these type of actions reinforce a negative view of politicians, it is invariably too late for an emasculated citizenry to do more than simply complain.
A strong legislative process, it seems, can only be guaranteed by a divided and relatively unstable house. That might be frustrating for the power club members, but it delivers a measure of safety for an electorate.