Dorothy Dixer | The Lucky General

18/07/202031/08/2020

It’s time for a virtual parliament

One day a rooster, the next day a feather duster!

By LAURIE PATTON | 18 July 2020

With an increasing number of COVID-19 cases being reported across the country, especially in Melbourne and Sydney, regular scheduled meetings of the federal parliament have been cancelled.

This means the country will be run by a government that cannot be held accountable by the opposition and other non-government MP’s.

Perhaps it’s time for a virtual parliament? This is, after all, the 21st Century. We have the technology. Why not use it?

07/04/202018/07/2020

A virtual solution to 21st Century government

By LAURIE PATTON | 7 April 2020

As most of us are holed-up in our homes working or studying online as a response to the Coronavirus a bunch of politicians ignored medical advice and gathered together in Canberra. Perhaps it’s time for a virtual parliament?

Of course this would require that we first fix the NBN so that all our elected representatives and their advisors have decent broadband at home and in their electorate offices.