I know what you mean about that baby state mentality but there could be some advantages as the electorate are completely relaxed with heavy market intervention.

I know what you mean about that baby state mentality but there could be some advantages as the electorate are completely relaxed with heavy market intervention. The recent gas price cap and WA's planned closure of state-owned coal mines haven't registered much more than a shrug on the average voter. Similarly Western Power's (needed) rules around limiting your feed-in to 5kW and reserving the right to remotely shut down your solar. I much prefer the baby state mentality to the other extreme, where government is paralyzed because of rabid opposition to the very idea that government should regulate.