General Political Views: Australia: Australia is fortunate in having stuff to dig up and sell and this won't change really for many decades. But, in preparation, a good bit of each budget should be spent on making Australians somewhat smarter, brighter. I'd be happy with a moderately leftist or centralist government interested in the wellbeing and continuity of its people based upon very easily know factors, as could easily be done, with long range planning. I think a 3 year term for the Federal Government is absurdly short, and it should be 5 years, every 5 years, Government kicks off on January 1, and ends 5 years later on December 31. This enables planning and certainty, and enables a reasonable period for judgment of the Government's progress. I don't like the current Australian government simply because the Right is always trying to create more wealth for the rich here and overseas, and see the poor as disreputable and unworthy. Thats what they do. Its an ideology. Why is the Right an ideology? Because its just so Easy and yet improves nothing. This doesn't serve Australian folk at all. I think that ideology is very flawed. I don't think the Free Market Notion looks after anyone except itself...and the government should be a rock of serious responsible certainty- they certainly get paid enough to do that serious job, and there's ample money to do that, and be very proactive in protecting the population. How can one be living in 2019 when the education of children and the quality of health services etc are dictated by international players every month on the stock exchange? This is absurd. This is not responsible government. This is the failure of government. As for Alliances, we can be allied to any great power where the future, rather than the past, is seriously considered and planned, and brings real benefit to Australians. As for: America, Europe, China, Russia, etc well I wish them well in working out what is best to do within their borders. It is their business, their people.I doubt that democracy matters at all, as long as government is mostly concerned with the wellbeing of its people. As for Ireland, well: one island, One Ireland, I think is best. To bring this about, the UK's attachment to Northern Ireland needs to be destroyed by whatever means are available.