Couple of Things

At least two things bother me about our Federal Government. And judging by opinion polls I am not the only one.

Firstly, despite the message they received from the high court last week, they still seem to be hell-bent on playing politics with asylum seekers.

They seem pre-occupied and perhaps even obsessed with the concept of "stopping the boats".

In case they haven't noticed - this is the nasty little agenda set by the opposition and exploited by its populist leader in his relentless pursuit of the bogan.

The Labor party of old wouldn't respond to his dog-whistle and certainly wouldn't be blowing on it in unison. They would be calmly and competently dealing with the issue.

What is actually wrong with taking the moral high ground, recognising our international obligations and "doing the right thing" by the boat people?

Why would our government do it's utmost to chase after and appeal to the uninformed bogan and racist elements in our society - who have been geed up by an unprincipled opposition, a fugly talk back radio crowd and Rupert's editors?

Answer me that Virginia?

Because the only possible outcome will be a further decline in their popularity. And if they had any thinkers' on the case they would already know that.

Secondly, the national accounts for the June Qtr will be published this week. Now I don't have any inside knowledge - but I believe that the numbers will show negative growth. And after the March Qtr this will be the second consecutive quarter of negative growth - resulting in a technical recession.

And who do you think will get the blame for that?

Now I don't want to be a party pooper but don't you think it would be more productive for our government to be "talking about" and "doing stuff" around the big issue known as "The Economy" rather than appearing to be pre-occupied with the relatively minor issue of "asylum seekers"?

Just asking.