Almost 80 per cent of The Australian Financial Review’s readers have backed calls to extend federal parliamentary terms to four years.
readers have backed extending federal parliamentary terms to four years as the reform attracts support from both major parties and the business community.readers said they would support increasing the length of the parliamentary term,
earlier this month. More than 60 per cent of readers believe the Albanese government should pursue a referendum on the issue. Only 15 per cent of readers disagreed with the proposition of extending the political term to four years, according to the latest AFR Reader Poll, with proponents of the move arguing it would help address short-term thinking in government.“Four-year federal government terms are an absolute no-brainer. Across business and politics short-term delivery imperatives have destroyed our ability to be genuinely strategic,” on reader wrote.
“With four-year terms maybe the Government of the day can have the chance and guts to make the tough changes Australia needs, e.g. tax reform,” one reader said.threw their weight behind calls for the reform last weekMeanwhile, more than 50 per cent of readers believe Australia’s 2.2 per cent ambition for GDP growth over the coming decades is too low.While Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said he believes the country can do better than 2.
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