Now, if only they could take care of the things they have in common before tackling the things they don't
Politics is all about points of difference, no matter how trivial, without those points of differences there would be no need for politics.
extracting "settlements" from random people
Although there have been threats to do so, this isn't happening in Oz any day soon, the court specifically warned the MAFFIA not to use US style extortion letters. Any letters they send must be pre-approved by the court. If they do it now they WILL be held in contempt and possibly disbarred for abuse of process.
not proven fact
All theories are rubbish until tested. There is no such thing as "proof" in Science, never has been, never will be. That's actually why Science is by far the best method we have found to describe and predict the behaviour of the universe.
What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.