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Flat White

Victoria’s government is rotting away

22 July 2024

1:01 AM

22 July 2024

1:01 AM

Putrefaction anywhere is generally unwelcome, but when it occurs in government it’s particularly nauseating. We not only have to bear witness to it – we have to pay for it too.

Putrefying governments are one of the less attractive aspects of whichever system of government prevails – democracy included. Our rules allow even reprehensible governments to linger.

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