and balances on the government in power
An overarching third body would be created that can hold the government accountable for its actions. This would replace the role of the Governor General and Queen who have only ever intervened once), it is important that the role is more than symbolic.
In matters where the will of the people will impinge on the human rights of those locally or in another country, this overarching third body has the right to intervene.
Checks and balances on the people
An independent body called the Council for Science, Well-Being, Economics, Psychology (COSWEP) provides support services to the government in power and the Opposition. If the Opposition strongly oppose a bill through The Peoples Representative House or the Knowledge & Wisdom House, they can request review from the council. If the council deems their point of view valid, their concerns must be addressed by a new joint policy, which both parties work jointly on and then it goes back for final vote to the people.
The new role of the Prime Minster
The role of the Prime Minister will be split into two. The Prime Speaker will be the leader of the House of Peoples Representatives, and they will be the prime speaker for and on behalf of the people of Australia, including being Australia’s delegate internationally. The Prime Minister will be the leader of the House of Knowledge and Wisdom and will be responsible for organizing all Ministers in the creation of sound policies and pulling together information to inform policy based on the will of the Australian people through policy votes. They will also be responsible for ensuring there is cohesiveness in parliament between the two houses.
The role of the Opposition
There are no PHYSICAL sides in parliament. A mix of ministers (those in power and those in opposition) will sit together.
For freedom of information, all incumbent government data and pricing or economics models driving policy must be made freely available to the Opposition and to the public.
The Opposition is not necessarily a party, but a group of minster by minster opposition, there to provide alternative policies to the incumbent government, and to question existing policies: not to be roadblocks but to play devils advocate to the government and the Australian people.
Map of the Australian states / Mapa dels estats australians (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
THE RE-IMAGINING OF STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Councils and senate electorates are aligned, so instead of 150 electorates and 564 councils, there are simply 250 Councils. The responsibilities of councils remain the same, but they work directly with ministerial electorates and because of this new alignment, enjoy much better communication and speed of necessary change. This will also increase the size of the House of Peoples Representatives.
2. State government in its current (constitutionally separate form) is dissolved because we assume that people’s new power to vote on individual policies will ensure that the states are properly represented without the need for a separate government. This will also ensure much better alignment and billions is administrative savings.
3. Instead, there will be a state based minister for every portfolio. The federal government is then responsible for the creation of policies that were formerly state based activities (e.g. health and education), but the state based representatives are responsible for state level input into the plans and for the implementation of those plans.
4. Voting for Council, State, House of Knowledge & Wisdom and House of Peoples Representatives all happen at the same time (or at least within the same month), to ensure best alignment of the values of the people.
VOTING: EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE
Voting in the House of Knowledge and Wisdom is for a MINISTER, not for a political party. This means we no longer have situations where people without knowledge of the area are chosen simply because they have been working in party politics for a long time. Political parties may present a list of all ministers, but they must go t