I'd probably add to this that I don't think the Australian political system/structure is even worth saving. 

I don't think I could say with any great certainty that if the political boundaries expanded or contracted in the extreme whether we'd be better or worse off. 

I can't think of some previous golden era where things were better. 

The Australian nation state meme is irreparably and irrevocably dead to me.

Despite all of that though, I am very optimistic and bullish for the future.