So by now you should have worked out that the problem is bi-partisan abdication of responsibility, to CASA, of the core function of policy making that is supposed to balance costs and risks and benefits. CASA is genetically predisposed to ever-more complexity and restriction.
When are you finally going to use your influence to bring about real change?
If you were to announce that you had lost faith in the competence of the major parties, and publicly and actively advocated for a vote for ‘anyone but them’ until a stated list of outcomes had been achieved (note: not the empty promises and task forces that you’ve fallen for in the past), those outcomes would be achieved very quickly. The cosy duopoly will always act to protect itself - sorry, to protect the public interest.
I don’t understand why you sit, watch and commentate on the death throes of GA when you are uniquely empowered to actually do something about it. The average punter listens to you and respects you. The major parties worry about what the average punter thinks. The outcomes of Wagga? Not so much.