For the last few months I've been involved in starting a small, single issue message board concerning Australian Government decisions that will affect me, and a relatively small group of other Australians, personally.

We've gone through the normal procedure, emails and letters to Government Ministers, local politicians, newspaper editors and journalists... the results and feedback have been somewhat less than spectacular.

We're lucky to get a computer generated "your email be considered as soon as we get our noses out of the trough" reply.

The relevant government department even denies any knowledge of the coming decisions even though they were reported in the national press.

Anyone had any experience with this type of campaign in the past? Is it possible to effectively rattle the great bureaucratic cage?

I considered setting fire to someone on the steps of government house but volunteers were not forthcoming.

No, no, no, burning a volunteer is no good at all. Nobody cares about a burning volunteer. What you need here is a victim. People take notice of a victim. Kidnap some useless fecker, say, a banker and burn him. But now, the problem is that nobody cares about a useless kidnapped burning banker. So what you have to do is dress the useless fecker up as a real victim. Put boots on him, big old hat, smear sheep shit on his todger and burn him as a farmer. Now you've got yourself a real victim.

Back in the real world.....One thing that gets a politician's attention is a threat to his seat. Persuading the opposition party to take up the cause is usually quite effective. Also quite a few minority groups out there carry a big bark.

A little more flesh on the bones might get you better information.

Regards.

Perhaps this link will help you sort out your problem:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/capital-circle/tea-party-comes-to-australia/story-fn59nqgy-1225924785030

Good luck.

We have had a succession of governments elected by campaigning on lower taxation and government spending cuts.

Australia is now a great country as long as you don't get sick or need the police in a hurry.

Don't make the mistake of getting old either.