"If you've got a three-year cycle, in practice, that often means that you really only have a shorter window of perhaps a couple of years to bring about substantial reform, by which time you're looking at the next election," he said.

Having a fixed term of parliament would remove the ability for prime ministers to call early elections, as well, which typically favour the incumbent government.

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The problem is that then governments are slaves to the populist vote, and the population will always vote for the quickest benefit to them.

There's been quite a few projects and policies in Australia that have been short term pain for long term gain.