Learn from the mistakes of others

We could debate this stuff for a long time to come.

(1) Yes, these policies, including the recent industrial law changes, impending family law changes etc have been discussed within the conservative pole of politics for a long time. The main difference this time is that the conservative wing now has absolute power federally and will twist and turn the national constitution as much as they can to push the use of that power into areas traditionally considered to be the jurisdiction of the states. What is happening federally was/is predictable.
(2) Yes, relationships and marriage have as much (possibly more) to do with the maturity issue as the economic environment in which those relationships are formed. Perhaps a more accurate statement is to say that they relate to the present definition of maturity and to generational expectations (both peer expectations and parental expectations).
(3) However, I think my basic point remains. The present government is made up of a lot of un-clever people and their un-clever advisers, and they provide no evidence that they have any idea of the collateral consequences of their dominant economic policies, with respect to family life, human relationships, social interactions, social support, cultural evolution, etc.

I'm sorry if I'm sounding like an unreconstructed leftie (I'm not - I was even a Young Liberal once, briefly - a loooooong time ago.)
*double pout*, mary