Perhaps the only consistent aspect of Australian political life is the relentless advocacy for programs of social “betterment”, and the ease with which they obtain access to the mass media and representation among its commentariat. Since conservatives have proven themselves to be the political tribe least capable of instantiating their worldview, it does not matter who occupies the highest executive or legislative offices; the rhetorical momentum seems always to move in one direction: towards the ideological utopianism of social engineers committed to the artificial “advancement” of Man and the synthetic rearrangement of the communities in which he lives. As the…