‘Voice to Parliament’ – Page 10

The Voice

No Wonder They Won’t Detail How the Voice Will Work Peter Smith Frequent contributor The Voice, if it gets up, will not be an elected body in the sense in which we usually define elected bodies on the national political stage. To wit, bodies elected by voters through a secret ballot. The Calma-Langton report envisagesContinue reading “The Voice”

Bitter politics

Flat White Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 22 December 2022 4:00 AM I have two mottoes. This first is ‘never look back’ and the second, and more important one in these troubled times, is ‘don’t believe anything’. That may sound a bit over the top, but it was fifteen years of watching and writingContinue reading “Bitter politics”