The Political Gatekeepers Of Canberra
A critic recently sneered that Pauline Hanson “hasn’t passed a bill in 25 years,” as if that proves anything other than the obvious: our political system is rigged to protect the two-party cartel, instead of representing the people. The lack of passed bills doesn’t reflect on her — it reflects on a Parliament that treats independent voices like contaminants.
Here’s how it actually works:
Anyone outside the club brings a bill forward, the majors suddenly decide the ayes and noes are “too close,” ring the bells, drag their party hacks out of their offices, stack the vote, and kill the bill on command. It’s not democracy — it’s a stitched-up, back-room protection racket that’s been running for years.
And yes, the two-party system isn’t in the Constitution. Australians never voted for it. It was engineered through dodgy electoral rules and protected by judges who shut down every challenge because the whole structure props each other up. Once upon a time, politicians could be thrown out by voters, and judges could be removed through political pressure. Now? The majors rewrote the rules to shield themselves, so there’s no accountability anywhere in the chain.
And just like that, their argument collapses. It also chooses to ignores the real problem: when the system itself is corrupt, pointing to the system’s outcomes proves nothing.
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