Brendan Nelson thinks it would be good if we had an early election in New South Wales. The trouble is we have fixed term elections and the next won't be until 2011. There's no way the government would want to call an early election anyway, they would be thrashed.
So how about a recall option? They have them in some American states like California. That's how Arnold Schwarzenegger first got elected. Citizens can circulate a petition and if they get a set number of voters to sign another election will be called. There would need to be safeguards to allow a government to have a fair go and the number of petitioners high enough to ensure the people really annoyed with the government. But surely we deserve a way to get rid of dangerously incompetent governments.
So how about a recall option? They have them in some American states like California. That's how Arnold Schwarzenegger first got elected. Citizens can circulate a petition and if they get a set number of voters to sign another election will be called. There would need to be safeguards to allow a government to have a fair go and the number of petitioners high enough to ensure the people really annoyed with the government. But surely we deserve a way to get rid of dangerously incompetent governments.
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