You say: Are state politicians relevant?

January 16 2019 - 8:00am
One reader is questioning the validity of state members.
One reader is questioning the validity of state members.

Are state politicians redundant?

Is there any need to have state politicians? When an election is coming up they are out and about pork barrelling and promising funds for just about everything. But if we never had a local member the funds would still be there. The cheques would simply be posted out to those organisations that have successfully applied for them. The local federal member’s office could easily handle this task. So, in reality, there would be no need to have state politicians endeavouring to ingratiate themselves with the electorate by handing out the grants as if the money was coming out of their own pockets.

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