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Nov 27, 2014
The role of the Australian Democrats as a political force is beginning to recede into history. It is now over six years since the party ceased having representation in the federal Parliament. But I am keen that the very positive legacy of the party is not forgotten and nor should those people who made a major contribution to the partys success.
One such person is Heather Southcott, who died last week at the age of 86. While she served briefly in the South Australian parliament, her major contribution was in the administrative arm of the party over many years. She was National President of the Democrats for many years across the 1980s and 1990s, along with many more years in other roles on the partys National Executive. This type of activity has a much lower public profile than that of Parliamentarians, but it is just as critical in its own way in keeping a political party alive and thriving. (It certainly wasnt the fault of party administrators that the Democrats went into decline.)
Heather was also very active in womens issues and was very supportive of new and younger members as they became active in the party. I can recall a couple of difficult times in particular where she was of great support and assistance to me.
Whilst Heather only served briefly in the Parliament, this none the less involved its own bit of history. She achieved the extremely difficult task for third parties of winning a lower house seat, winning the by-election for the seat of Mitcham in 1982 by 90 votes. Even though she lost it at the subsequent general election later the same year, her victory was the only time the Australian Democrats managed to win a single member lower house seat in any Parliament in Australia (not counting her predecessor in Mitcham, Robin Millhouse, who already held that seat representing the Liberal and Country League for many years before he helped form the Liberal Movement, which later became part of the formation of the Australian Democrats in South Australia).
Some more information about Heather Southcotts life can be found at this link.
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Democrat stalwart dies
The No. 3 Democrat in the Senate says thathis party made a mistake five years ago when it turned its attention away from taking steps to continue stimulating the economy and toward the still-controversial Affordable Care Act (ACA):
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.), the Senates third-ranking Democrat,slammed his party Tuesday for pursuing health-care reform in 2009 and 2010, arguing that Democrats hurt themselves politically by not focusing instead on policies aimed at helping a broader swath of middle-class Americans.
After passing the stimulus, Democrats should have continued to propose middle class-oriented programs and built on the partial success of the stimulus. But unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them. We took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem health-care reform.
Schumer, who voted for the health-care law and has championed it, suggested that he voiced similar concerns to colleagues back when the law was being crafted but was overruled by others who saw the moment as the best possible chance to reshape the nations health-care system.
We should have done it. We just shouldnt have done it first, he said of what is considered by many Democrats to be President Obamas signature accomplishment.
Schumer made his remarks during a speech at the National Press Club that served as a sharp critique of his party in the wake of a disastrous midterm election in which Republicans swept into the Senate majority and padded their House advantage.
BloombergsKathleen Hunterhas further details about Schumers comments:
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) Democrats made a mistake by passing President Barack Obamas health-care law in 2010 instead of first focusing more directly on helping the middle class, third-ranking U.S. Senate Democrat Charles Schumer said today.
Unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them in electing Obama and a Democratic Congress in 2008 amid a recession, Schumer of New York said in a speech in Washington. We took their mandate and put all our focus on the wrong problem health care reform.
Schumer said Democrats should have addressed issues aiding the middle class to build confidence among voters before turning to revamping the health-care system. He said he opposed the timing of the health-care vote and was overruled by other party members.
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Is Schumer right? A top Democrat calls early focus on Obamacare a mistake
David Laws, the UK schools minister, will argue for changes to the system instituted by Michael Gove, the former education secretary. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Rex
Councils would regain powers to intervene in struggling academy schools, reversing the trend of increasing autonomy, under radical proposals from schools minister David Laws.
The Liberal Democrat minister will argue in a speech on Thursday that the system of school governance introduced by former education secretary Michael Gove has abandoned schools that converted from local authority control to standalone academy status and now find themselves without the resources or support they need to improve.
Laws wants responsibility for improvements to be handed from the Department for Education to a middle tier of local authorities and academy chains, backed by successful schools and headteachers who will be rewarded for helping local underperforming peers. This proposed middle tier would potentially assist all schools in need of improvement, not just academies.
No government is ever going to magic away every single weak school, that would be a delusion. But I think in a good and realistic scenario, where we had an effective middle tier, we would have 2,000 fewer schools in the [lowest] categories of requiring improvement or special measures, Laws said.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of pupils would be getting a much better education as a result.
More than 4,000 primary and secondary schools are currently rated requires improvement or inadequate out of 19,000 mainstream schools in England. Laws says if those schools were overseen by one of the best local authorities or academy chains, 1,900 would be rated inadequate or requires improvement.
The announcement,which follows Labours proposals to penalise private schools that fail to aid the state sector, is a sign that education is a hotly contested political issue ahead of the next general election.
Tristram Hunts plans to remove council tax breaks enjoyed by independent schools if they didnt partner with state schools were dismissed by Laws, though he admitted it was disappointing that some private schools didnt do more.
My main thought is that this is really a side issue in relation to all the big issues that are going to drive state school improvements, Laws said. When I look at it against teacher quality, funding, early years education, system leadership its going to make a tiny impact. I think this is another example of Tristram pursuing things which are side issues rather than having something to say about the really big debates in education.
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Schools minister seeks powers to intervene at struggling academies
Washington Sen. Charles Schumer (D) of New York says his party made a mistake by pushing to pass Obamacare in 2010.
Thats right: The third-ranking Democrat in the Senate says that expending legislative energy on President Obamas health-care bill was an unforced error. It used up too much time and distracted the White House and its legislative allies from continuing efforts to bolster the economy, which should have been their top priority, according to Senator Schumer.
Worse, the Affordable Care Act did not help that many people who actually vote, Schumer said. Only about a third of the uninsured at the time the bill passed were registered to vote, and only a fraction of that third actually voted, he said.
After passing the stimulus, Democrats should have continued to propose middle class-oriented programs and built on the partial success of the stimulus, said Schumer in an appearance Tuesday at the National Press Club. But unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them."
Wow, is Schumer right in this instance? Hes said in the past that he would have picked a different time to push the Affordable Care Act, but to repeat the argument now seems to be a conscious break with Obama administration orthodoxy.
If nothing else, hes making Republicans gleeful. Theyre holding up Schumers comments as yet more evidence that Obamacare shouldnt have passed in the first place.
So the Democrat Party got Schumered today, tweeted Joe Pounder, president of America Rising, a GOP opposition research political-action committee.
Mr. Pounder linked to a video of Schumers speech and said, well be using this a lot. Presumably, he meant that theyd be using it a lot in attack ads aimed at Democrats in 2016.
At its heart, Schumers view of how Democrats need to alter their image to win in 2016 is relatively widely held in Washington. The party thinks it needs to win over the broad swath of middle- and lower-income voters whose pay has stagnated for years.
Republicans want to be that party, too. They just have different ideas as to how to proceed. They would not agree with Schumer that an embrace of strong and active government is the answer.
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Is Chuck Schumer cutting Republicans' attack ads for them?