Question Time in Parliament needs a darn good clean up!

Watching the last couple of "Question Times" for 2024 I was reminded of how much they frustrate me. The whole thing is a performance, increasingly used as a way for ministers and opposition alike to pull together enough content for their social media team to post out each day. The whole concept needs a clean up, but what would it take for that to happen? 🥒 If you want to shout me a coffee to say thanks or show support, feel free to hit up my patreon, entirely optional but I appreciate it: https://www.patreon.com/swollenpickles 🥒 Sub to my main… please… or not… totally up to you: https://www.youtube.com/@swollenpickles 00:00 Introduction 00:11 What is a Dorothy Dix question? 00:30 Why is it called a Dorothy Dix question? 00:56 Tuning in to Question Time 02:01 A Dorothy Dix Question in Action 05:34 That time Labor wanted to ban Dorothy Dix questions 06:47 Giving others ago 10:14 Will it take embarrassment to fix the system?