Commentary In 1964, Donald Horne published his iconic book “The Lucky Country.” Horne controversially wrote that “Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people’s ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.” In 1976, in his follow-up book “Death of the Lucky Country,” Horne explained that the phrase “The Lucky Country” came from “the luck of its historical origins … In the lucky style, we have never ‘earned’ our democracy. Instead, we simply went along with some British habits.” In the light of recent shenanigans in the parliament, people might want to consider whether Horne’s view that Australia is “run mainly by second rate people” is still a proper assessment of Australian politics. It is …