I recently received a copy of the Weekend Argus from my mother in Hove.

It was wonderful to see the mention of familiar names from the Seventies, such as Arthur Harman, Andy Durr and Adam Trimingham - all of them great survivors.

Politics in Australia is not taken seriously by the majority of the population and there is little difference these days between the major parties.

However, at all levels of government, minor parties, particularly the greens, gain increasing representation as people vent their frustration at the two-party system.

Heroin use has reached epidemic proportions in Sydney and a commission into the police force by the NSW Government showed widescale criminal involvement by many police officers.

No wonder many in the community have little respect for parliaments or authorities.

-Kenneth Clarke, Sydney