The Great Seals of Democracies go all the way back to the Roman poet Virgil: Novus Ordo Seclorum a new age now begins. Page Smith reminds us that their ambition was not merely to free themselves from dependence and subordination to the Crown but to inspire people everywhere to create agencies of government and forms of common social life that would offer greater dignity and hope to the exploited and suppressed.
The fist political party to link its salary increases to nurses, policemen, and teachers will reap those salty intangible benefits: such as Respect.

Self interest Prevails Condoning Acts

The $4000-a-year increase is 30 per cent above the anticipated CPI increase for this year. The base pay of a nurse is $36,723, which is one-third of the salary of the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Matt Brown, MP for Kiama, who will be taking home $116,544 a year from July 1. (John Conde: Democratic Gift Bearer)
· New Democracies don't arrive overnight, or without blood, sweat, and tears... [SMH ]
Epilogue: The only black sheep to oppose the pay rise was Senator Bob Brown.