We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.
It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.
Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.
While legislation obviously is political, we now have allowed regulation to become politicized, which we believe will likely lead to some bad outcomes.
Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on reproductive rights.