The most perplexing and frustrating thing about life in Australia is that despite our good fortune, our wealth and our resources, we never seem able to find solutions to the problems that afflict our nation.

Whether it’s aged care, the health system, climate change, youth crime, deaths in custody, housing affordability or the rental shortage crisis, we never get to the end game – resolving the problems by implementing viable solutions.

And here’s why.

It’s because all the energy and focus is directed to finding a scapegoat for the problem and vilifying them in the media – not towards understanding