Trust in institutions has been "destroyed" and policy debates have been replaced by "three or four word slogans", according to the man who led the royal commission into the banking sector.
In a scathing attack on modern politics, Kenneth Hayne also suggested the debate around calls for an Indigenous voice to Parliament had been reduced to "slogans coined by partisan participants".
The comments are contained in a copy of a speech Mr Hayne gave to the Melbourne Law School last month, which has now been published online.
"Reasoned debates about issues of policy are now rare. (Three or four word slogans have taken their place)," the speech read.
"And political rhetoric now resorts to the language of war, seeking to portray opposing views as presenting existential threats to society as we now know it.
"Trust in all sorts of institutions, governmental and private, has been damaged or destroyed."
Mr Hayne is a former High Court judge whose final report from the banking royal commission recommended sweeping changes to the sector.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-07/kenneth-hayne-says-trust-in-political-institutions-has-eroded/11393488
In a scathing attack on modern politics, Kenneth Hayne also suggested the debate around calls for an Indigenous voice to Parliament had been reduced to "slogans coined by partisan participants".
The comments are contained in a copy of a speech Mr Hayne gave to the Melbourne Law School last month, which has now been published online.
"Reasoned debates about issues of policy are now rare. (Three or four word slogans have taken their place)," the speech read.
"And political rhetoric now resorts to the language of war, seeking to portray opposing views as presenting existential threats to society as we now know it.
"Trust in all sorts of institutions, governmental and private, has been damaged or destroyed."
Mr Hayne is a former High Court judge whose final report from the banking royal commission recommended sweeping changes to the sector.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-07/kenneth-hayne-says-trust-in-political-institutions-has-eroded/11393488
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