When a Member of Parliament lies in Parliament, there are dire consequences. There should be no lesser consequence when the Government lies to the constituency that it is there to serve. The Reserve Bank has maintained that the Government lied at the last election. Three things should now happen.

Firstly, all Governments should see that the rights of the people in our nation exceed the rights of Government to deceive for the purpose of gaining or maintaining power.

Secondly, all Governments and Parliamentarians should be made accountable for their behaviours and utterances.

Thirdly, the Nation should demonstrate that there is no such thing as absolute power in the Australian democracy. Accordingly, the Electoral Commission should annul the last election result, as painful as that would be, and request that the Governor General call another election.

If the Government of the day abuses its power, as implied by the claims of the Reserve Bank, then they must not, and must not be seen to, benefit from such deception and distortion.

Regardless of one's political persuasion, Australians want politicians acting ethically and honestly to the best of their ability. Anything less is totally unacceptable.