Weak rule of law lets down Australian politics

Are both major political parties are failing us – you betcha they are! And this proposition is no better exemplified than in their abject failure to uphold that fundamental pillar of liberal democracy – the rule of law.

It is not only manifest in the egregious and outrageous cases such as the Liberal-National parties Tampa laws, with which a supine ALP agreed in 2001, but it is in the blithely ignorant or at worst, opportunistic and cynical, statements of our current Prime Minister Julia Gillard about Julian Assange’s conduct — via redwolf.newsvine.com