Menzies was a believer in the liberal tradition of Alfred Deakin government intervention to humanise capitalism. Later, in the 1980s a new style Labor government smashed the established order. 100 years after Federation, regulation of industry and wages has been turned on its head. De-regulation and globalisation has led to tensions being created between bush and the city, between skilled and unskilled workers. Wealth and inequality are growing together.
Opinion is divided.
We re losing a sense of fair play. We re losing the whole idea of an egalitarian society. You can ameliorate them.