Backbencher

Lecture 7 was entitled, Politics: Commonwealth and Dominion, and was very interesting in the way the government has definite similarities. Their Parliamentary systems, Labour Party Opposition, the Liberal Party Tradition and the Colonial Transition to responsible government. The differences were more that Australia was more Federal, while New Zealand was more unitary. There seemed to be more class divisions in the Australian Politics. It was very interesting to view the two capitals. I thought the Australian Capital, in Canberra, ACT was much more visually appealing, even though it may not be the easiest to get around. I also found it very interesting on the major initiatives on the party development in New Zealand. Those being the bursting up the great estates and the welfare state in general. Overall, this lecture gave me a better view of the people in the area, because politics plays a great part in creating and evaluating a society and country as a whole.