A Duty of Care
As reported on Crickey
Yesterday The Guardian reported that, as part of its defence against a Federal Court class action relating to its illegal robodebt scheme, the government argued it had no duty of care to its victims under social security law.
A government insisting it has no duty of care to its citizens — and particularly those who require welfare assistance — confirms exactly the perception that the majority of voters have about a system of government that they believe has abandoned them.
The government literally doesn’t believe it has any responsibility to them — not even to the alleged “Quiet Australians” beloved of Coalition propagandists.
If this gov't doesn't care about the 'Quiet Australians', who does? Perhaps we should look to Boris Johnson, Xi Jinping, or Donald Trump?
Parliamentarians only care about people as voters who will vote to keep them in office so they can line their pckets and rack up their years of service to get the lucrative super allowance they receive on retirement. Very few MP's see or plan beyond the next election and conservative governments believe in so called 'small' government ie pay as little as possible and keep the economy in such a manner that the rich grow richer and the poor are the fodder to make it happen.
Believe me, Morrison wishes the 'quiet' Australians would be quieter. Not that Labor would be much better. When in power they are always bickering with each other over polls and re-election issues.