The Night Democracy Died in the Senate
The Senate’s mass approval spree has turned democracy into a parody and ushered in a new era of control, debt, and dependency.
- Democracy Undermined: The Senate passed 32 bills in one night without debate, turning the Upper House into a rubber stamp rather than a house of review.
- Ill-Considered Legislation: Laws rushed through included the gender-neutral Crown References Amendment, the Help to Buy shared equity scheme, and Build to Rent, all seen as undermining tradition, home ownership, and economic freedom.
- Control Disguised as Care: The most troubling bill bans under-16s from social media, a move framed as child protection but seen as a step towards digital ID, surveillance, and social credit systems.
- Call for Reform: Proposals include barring government ministers from the Senate and abolishing party voting tickets to allow senators to assess bills on merit rather than party allegiance.
- A Broken System: In the 47th Parliament, HUNDREDS of new laws were rushed through with little scrutiny, highlighting the need for serious parliamentary reform to restore accountability.
Not too long ago, I witnessed something that truly made me uneasy. I saw firsthand the decline of democracy.
The Senate passed 32 pieces of legislation without so much as even a debate on them. The Upper House, charged with being a house of review, has become a rubber stamp. It has become the house of approval.
If Senators are unable to debate bills, then they should not agree to pass bills. But the Government, with some support from the supposedly conservative/liberal coalition, pushed reams of legislation through with barely any scrutiny.
Instead of democracy, we have autocracy. And instead of good governance, we have total abrogation of responsibility.
Questionable Laws
The bills that passed include the woke gender neutral Crown References Amendment, where the references to the King and Queen have been removed in favour of calling His Majesty or Her Majesty ‘The Sovereign’.
The Help To Buy shared equity scheme, where the government can own up to 40% of your home. Another tip-toe towards communism.
The Build To Rent bill, which is a scheme that signals the decline of the great Australian dream, where a rent-forever attitude is now legislated.
Big super funds and fund managers will build and own the homes, and you will rent forever whilst they reap generous tax concessions. “You will own nothing and you will be happy,” said Klaus Schwab of the WEF. The first steps of this are now in place.
Of all the bills to be waved into law that night, the most disturbing was the bill to ban under-16s from social media. This ill-conceived, poorly planned and open-for-abuse piece of legislation is, in my opinion,n not just about protecting children or about supporting parents.
The law, which purports to be about safeguarding kids, is another step towards the ushering in of a digital ID and social credit-type system that will be used to collate information about citizens; information that in the future could be used against us, the people. It’s control wrapped up as care.
Changes Required
The longer I sit in the Senate, the more I am convinced that the Australian parliamentary system needs serious reform. We should start by insisting that government ministers are not able to sit in the Senate. How can the Senate review legislation with any integrity when members of the government’s executive team who were responsible for the legislation are part of the review?
Second, we should abolish parties from the voting ticket so that people vote purely for the local representative they believe will best serve them rather than simply ticking the box for Labor or Liberal.
That would leave senators free to assess legislation on its merits rather than according to party allegiances. The result would be better representation, more ideas, better scrutiny of legislation, and fewer laws passed.
The current system is madness. In the 47th Parliament, the Senate passed HUNDREDS of new laws. So many of them are ill-thought-out, not properly reviewed and ultimately unnecessary.
Thank you for your continued support as I fight to ensure that the Senate serves the people, rather than the other way around.
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Republished with thanks to Senator Babet. Image courtesy of Unsplash.
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Thank you Senator for reporting this travesty
Thank you Sen. Babet, it certainly is time for change.
I would suggest that we need to go further, and revise the whole voting system.
Our “preferential system” is being manipulated, which creates a major problem.
This problem is then exacerbated by the simple fact that voting is “compulsory”.
We need only to look at the last three Federal elections to see how the compulsory preferential system has provided results that the majority of Australians (the “silent majority”) have strongly decried.
Thank you Senator Babet. I am so grateful that you will continue fight to ensure that the Senate serves the people, rather than the other way around.
My prayers are with you.