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Firstly background on the Expo. The Expo is jointly put on by
The event itself was being run by the Safari Club International.
Nepean Branch made application for a stand and submitted a cheque for $750. The Safari Club replied with a confirmation & Stall number 69.
Via a phone conversation, the Safari Club asked if we could get Pauline Hanson to attend. The request was then made to Manly, & then Nepean Branch planned an all day Itinery for Pauline for Sat 6th March. Meanwhile there were articles in the local paper of Pauline Hanson going to this Expo. Rick Putra (candidate for Mulgoa) then received a letter stating that "due to unforeseen circumstances we have to withdraw your application & a refund cheque will be posted to you shortly".
There was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, that stated that John Tingle of the Shooters Party who is involved with the Safari Club has cancelled One Nation's stand at the Expo & only the Sporting Shooters party will hold a stall there. Henry Zarth(Nepean Branch President) then in consultation with Manly, approached a Solicitor to take legal action for breach of Contract. The Safari club was given a deadline of 10am Mon 1st March to respond before a booking was made at the supreme court. At 10am Henry Zarth Received a fax, with a list of conditions including Bank Guarantees & branch minutes of the decision to hold the stall, etc. Dave Oldfield then contacted them by phone to say that this was unacceptable, with the same ultimatum, and the Safari Club Buckled and have allowed One Nation to have the stand.
We have since heard from a Liberal party source that there are people at the University of Western Sydney - Nepean Campus, which are trying to rally support for a protest at Pauline's Events in Penrith. I hope to have the digital camera to take pics of this event for you.
Report by Brian Zarth
It is well-known that Courier-Mail journalists follow the @notd closely... and yesterday's comments regarding their glossing over Shreddergate will not have gone unnoticed...
Today the paper carried the following comment under "The Bottom Line"...
Roars of approval also were recorded for Pauline Hanson at her One Nation party's AGM at Rooty Hill RSL last weekend. Member Peter MacKay, on the Internet yesterday, reported Ms Hanson's address to the media thus: "...an exhilerated Pauline jumped in the air for sheer joy of it. Sweet glory, what a moment"
Hallelujah brother.
Pity their attention to detail on matters of greater gravity seem to slip past the goal posts time and time and time again.
Jack Paff yesterday resigned from the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Commission after calling the watchdog body of being a political stooge.
Paff slammed the Coalition who were set to support Labor's vote to have him sacked saying that the Coalition was a "whimpering and quivering heap of protoplasm" with no backbone.
Paff is working on a Private Members Bill to abolish both the CJC and the PCJC.
Last month the CJC leaked confidential documents relating to an inquiry into Paff... where an earlier leak about the Labor party had the Courier-Mail baying for the blood of one of the CJC members, Le Grande, the leak about Paff and a silly private joke - which resulted in his position at the PCJC being challenged - is, apparently, okay.
Take this link for the Consortium. Here is an extract:
President Clinton’s impeachment ended in an anti-climactic Senate vote to acquit. Still, America’s political relationships have changed. Clinton’s personal misconduct was in the spotlight, but millions of Americans grew to distrust the Washington press corps and to fear the far right’s influence on the Republican Party.
If you use this info on @notd, please leave my name of this, but if people approach you for it, tell em.
oh by the way, have a look at the second last line on the Nepean Branch Web Site and look at the pages you made on the AGM . hint hint hint.
In your @notd could you mention a raffle that the Hawkesbury branch are running for a Don Bradman Cricket Bat.
Any info on the raffle contact Dennis Fraser of the Hawkesbury Branch.
The latest batch of economic figures paints a stark picture of Australia paying for a consumer spending boom and record trade deficit by a massive sale of assets to foreigners.
In January the growth of consumer spending hit a cracking rate of 8 per cent, with a 5 per cent rise in the month based on huge increases in department stores and on household goods.
But this followed a 9 per cent increase in the current account deficit to a record of almost $8billion, which was paid for by a $9 billion rise in Australia's net equity liabilities.
The net equity position is the difference between what Australia owns offshore and what foreigners own in Australia. In Australia's case this balance is negative - and it is getting bigger all the time.
Net foreign debt was virtually unchanged in the quarter at $237billion, which means that in the December quarter Australia paid for high levels of consumption by selling assets such as real estate, shares and securities rather than borrowing more. Since the Howard Government was elected in March 1996, net foreign debt has risen by 25 per cent and net equity by 18 per cent. The Treasurer, Mr Costello, said the current account blow-out underlined the importance of remaining vigilant in managing the Commonwealth budget, and he indicated that the May Budget would be a tough one.
The Opposition's treasury spokesman, Mr Crean, said the Australian economy was being "hit" yet the Government was pretending that it was "going swimmingly".
Making the
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TNC Wonderland
Surely Kennett's Victoria must go down in history as Transnational wonderland, the Power generation industry is completely dominated by American and British interests with all the profits to go offshore , the other Commonwealth states should consider a float with discounted stocks for the public ( Aussies )of the respective utility.
I have heard the argument that the government profits most by the tendering process to single ( mega operators American/British) but if we encourage local participation profits will be more likely to stay in the country. There would be flow on effects of supporting local industries and taxes paid in this country.
Power is essential to our lifestyles my first preference would be public owner ship, government utilities can operate just as efficiently as private and I would say probably more reliable. I hope that Beatty in Qld will not be as stupid as Kennett but we know that the country is run by the Labor/Liberal coalition, the workers are now becoming more aware of this.
Enjoyed your book Scott
Regards Nig
Kickatinalong
The small country town of "Kickatinalong" is in terminal decline. The only bank has closed its doors, there is not a Quid, Deener, zak, or even a tray in town. The only people remaining are: The publican, a doctor, and a panel beater.
It is late one Friday afternoon when a stranger stops off at the pub; throws 100 Quid on the bar for a drink now and, wants the change in liquid form for a party next weekend.
Monday morning, while climbing steps to reach for the liquidity the stranger requested for the weekend; the publican slips and breaks his arm - he ambles over to the Quack and slips him the 100 Quid for some more solidity in his crook arm. The Quack fixes up the Publican and, now he has a few Quid to spend, he drops the Jalopy off at the Panel Beaters to get the drivers side door to open again. The Panel Beater - as is his wont when flush with a Quid or two - ambles over to the pub and converts the paper to its liquid form.
Stone the bloody crows, the stranger enters some time later, cancels the order for the grog, and gets the change from his 100 Quid back from the Publican!
I tried to figger out which of the locals won and who lost in that game, but had to concede to meself that nobody lost, in fact they all gained. I figgered thus: did the Publican get what he wanted, and paid for it? Yep, he got his arm fixed. Did the Quack get what he wanted, and paid for it? Yep, he got the Jalopy door fixed. Did the Panel Beater pay for his piss? Yep.
Well strike me pink I sez to meself. Blow me down if that bloody stranger did not hold the power of life and death over Kickatinalong for a few days! All he had to do was chuck a Quid on the bar and trade took off, but when he took his quid back and left town, then Kickatinalong allowed itself to die again. Strewth!
Omega
The Australian Economy - Boom or Bust?
You have probably heard all the talk from Mr. Howard and Mr. Costello and some leading economists that the Australian Economy is doing well - “we’ve weathered the worst of the Asian downturn they say - we’re doing well - but are we?”
The truth is that we don’t really know at this stage what is round the corner. Certainly a consumer led boom is very dangerous. Why is this? Well it’s quite simple if we spend more than we are currently earning we can’t carry on doing that for too long. yes there have been some flow of cash into the consumers hands that is of a one off nature. This results from the de-mutualization of some insurance giants like AMP. Privitization has resulted in some state governments having more cash to spend than they would otherwise have. But’ hold on this flow wont go on for ever and represents an increase in foreign debt with off shore firms buying up our public utilities (e.g. Power).
So why the cause for gloom? Well what we are selling overseas (our coal, wool, manufactures and services) is not paying for our imports. You know all that stuff in the shops in the Shopping Mall and High Street those new cars etc. etc. This is more than apparent in our current account deficit - and things will get worse. Much of the imports are junk imported from Asia. You know the sort of stuff - toys that last your kids about half an hour before they break.
So are we a case for George Sores further down the track - regrettably yes! For if a Nation continues to spend more than it earns from overseas it’s foreign debt mounts , interest payments rise and eventually the currency is under severe pressure. It won’t be too long before you turn the TV on and hear “It’s been another bad day for the Aussie $ or foreign exchange markets” -- “The IMF inspectors arrived in Canberra yesterday for talks!” Just wait and see - Meanwhile it gives me no pleasure in saying :” I told you so”
Tony Price
The Age article
Dear Hugh,
Having read your article "The spreading bacteria of fear" from "The Age", Saturday 27th February 1999, I'd like to put in my two bobs worth.
Your arguments are so one sided, I can't believe you'd expect people to take this seriously.
Is the PM "apparently rejecting expert advice" when he consults with FBI director, Judge Louis Freeh? Am I to assume Nicholas Cowdery QC is an expert in the field, while Freeh is a little bit simplistic?
Crime may not be much of a problem where you live Hugh, but try telling that to the average Australian and they'll have a good deal of trouble containing their amusement. You may believe your argument is proved by quoting specially selected statistics on crime rates. Other statistics clearly tell a different story. However, the average Australian doesn't need any statistics to confirm their views. They have suffered more than ever before - crime has touched their own lives.
Everyone I have spoken to in my street has been a victim of crime. Only last year my car was broken into outside my own home; the window was smashed in and the spare wheel and tyre was stolen. I put in a car alarm and only months later some villains attempted a "break in" again. Fortunately for me, the alarm went off in the middle of the night with no further harm done. Also, a couple of years ago, some vindictive person at work scratched my car, deeply cutting into the paint work all down one side of the car.
Many Australians who hold "populist" views haven't had the benefit to gain some extra letters after their name. However, in many ways their common sense shows a greater level of maturity than the multitudes of our so called intellectuals. Although I am pleased to have more than a few letters after my name, I am proud to embrace many "populist" views including the approach of being tough on crime.
I'm not suggesting a zero tolerance approach is the only solution. The prevention of crime must also be addressed by reviewing social, economic and rehabilitation policies. Zero tolerance has shown positive results in New York and makes sense when reflecting on our history of discipline. In the 1950s, schools expected discipline, classes were much larger and yet pupils completed their education being able to read, write, add and multiply, as compared with today where we have a growing number of students passing through the education system emerging as illiterate, self centred and disillusioned souls. In the past parents expected more discipline, resulting in children growing up into responsible adult citizens. Here's a couple of quotes from Dulcie Wilson (an Aboriginal woman born in 1932) from her book, "The Cost of Crossing Bridges", p., 43.
"Discipline is something that is missing today, not just in the family, but in society as a whole. As children, our parents' word was law. There was no such thing as your rights. If my parents told me to do something, I did it." . . . "Mother had grown fruit trees in the backyard and the first year they produced, she warned us not to touch the green fruit. Again, like most kids, we picked three peaches before they had ripened. This time it was the strap around our legs and we never, ever stole anything again. We certainly didn't think any less of our mother, she loved us and we loved her dearly."
Hugh, you are right that "The ravages of relentless change - cultural and economic - are taking their toll." Paul Kelly quoted you in his introduction to the revised 1994 edition of "The End of Certainty", p., xxiv "The story of Australia between the early 1970s and the early 1990s is the story of a society which has been trying to cope with too much change too quickly and on too many fronts . . . a common cry now being heard around Australia is, 'why does everything have to change so fast?', the common complaint is that individual Australians feel as if they have lost control of their own lives and their own destiny . . . growing numbers of Australians feel as if their personal identities are under threat as well. 'Who are we?' soon leads to the question 'Who am I?' " Refer Hugh Mackay Reinventing Australia: The mind and moods of Australia in the 1990s Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1993.
Paul Kelly does realise there are losers in the globalised world and crime rates are rising, but he takes the "head in the sand" approach that the best solution is to keep the pace of internationalism and laissez-faire free markets at full steam ahead, with the social costs being rationalised as inevitable. This is not the case as this quote from one of Antonia Feitz's letters to "The Australian" identifies:
"Like all globalists, Campbell Howard recites that tired old mantra that globalisation is inevitable. It is not. Human beings have the intelligence and ability to direct events, not just to react to them."
Many columnists romanticise over the benefits of multiculturalism, but conveniently overlook, to quote Paul Sheehan, ". . . one of the greatest political frauds in Australian history." Sheehan, in his phenomenal #1 best seller "Among the Barbarians", clearly dispels the myths of multiculturalism and identifies the massive impact multicultural policies have had on our rising crime rates. Here's a quote from pp, 176-7 (pp, 182-3 for the updated election edition).
"Cabramatta has the highest homicide rate in Australia. It has the highest number of foot soldiers in the drug trade. It has the largest number of people who die in the streets from heroin overdoses. It has the highest concentration of cases of hepatitis C. It has the highest incidence of drug-related arrests. Fifty-seven percent of drug-related arrests in New South Wales are Indo-Chinese ... Cabramatta is the largest retail outlet for heroin in Australia."
Australia's first assassination of a political figure occurred on 5th September 1994 when a member of the New South Wales Parliament, John Newman, was murdered at his own home by three men involved in drug running. One of them, Phuong Ngo was the most well-known member of the Vietnamese community in New South Wales, being a councillor elected to serve Fairfield City Council.
The extent of Asian crime in Australia is a disgrace, being fed by "political correctness" and people such as your self Hugh who have marvelled over the "success" of multiculturalism. Hugh, I think you have started to see the real world and I give you credit for mentioning "cultural" as well as economic changes "are taking their toll".
It's still upsetting that many people see Pauline Hanson and others such as myself as racist. If only they saw Pauline at the One Nation AGM last weekend hugging a woman who was obviously of Asian decent. My cousin's fiancŽe is from China and has only just obtained her Australian citizenship. We get along really well and give each other a hug and kiss when we meet.
Hugh, If you are looking for something to read, as well as Paul Sheehan's "Among the Barbarians", I recommend Mark O'Connor's "This Tired Brown Land", with an introduction written by Tim Flannery. The book shows us how Australia's booming population is destroying our environment and why discussion of this has been stifled. Although O'Connor is not highly sympathetic to One Nation's policies, he points out a lot of the myths surrounding racism and Pauline Hanson. O'Connor quotes you on number of occasions with added comments that you may be interested in if you haven't already read this.
Antonia's letter below identifies some excellent examples and arguments if you forgive her for mistaking you for a McKay!
Yours Sincerely
Jeremy
According to a report compiled by the Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision, crime in NSW has jumped alarmingly in four years.
So I await with baited breath the soothing voices of academic criminologists (yoo hoo? Paul Wilson?) and the likes of Phillip Adams and Hugh McKay to tell me that people are really only suffering a 'perception' of increased crime; that it hasn't really increased.
They always quote impressive stastistics to back up their claim that the increase in crime is merely a 'perception'. They are liars. They deliberately confuse 'serious' crimes such as murders, with 'non serious' crimes such as muggings, robberies, assaults.
Yes, murder rates don't really change. So what! Most people don't expect to be murdered. But 'non serious' crimes impact greatly on people's lives and they have sky-rocketed. People are not the mindless dolts that Wilson, Adams and McKay think they are. They don't need official statistics to tell them that there has been an increase in crime.
They know that once women weren't dragged to near death by (non-serious) 'bag-snatchers' who have no compunction about driving up to a woman, seizing her handbag and dragging the hapless woman along if she does not manage to extricate herself in time. Normal people also know that it's not right when my elderly mother is called a 'f***ing old moll' for being in the path of some roller bladers.
Ah, but that's out in the western suburbs of Sydney - what else can you expect!
I and all my siblings, and our spouses grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney.
Over to you, Paul Wilson, Phillip Adams and Hugh McKay.
Antonia Feitz
One Nation AGM
Glad to know ONE NATION survives - not that I agree with all ON policies but with major political figures/lobby groups trying (apparently!) to dissolve democracy (although Peter Beattie in his recently initiated CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT QUEENSLAND has taken a big step forward in giving a VOICE TO THE PEOPLE... the proof will, of course, be in these continuing and the government implementing the WILL OF THE PEOPLE) the MORE THE MERRIER and the less likely it will be that those few wanting everything for themselves at the expense of THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE will be shown for what they are -eg Pauline's exposing globalisation - and government will be given back to THE PEOPLE - Australians no matter their sex, race, economic status, religion (though, personally, I think religion should be kept as a private contract between the individual and God) or sport and politics will the football EVERY AUSTRALIAN GETS TO KICK!
We also need a voice of sanity (a People's Voice) during the coming republic debate... not to mention the GST Insanity!
Congratulations on an apparently well run satisfactory AGM,
Eleanor M. Perno.
One Nation
Thank God for the internet - it's the only way we can get the truth about the Party. What will the Media report when the Party has grown to be the largest party in Australia as I feel sure it will be
Congratulation Pauline - don't let the beat you.
Doug Stanborough
The Joke
I am an individual who is pretty well fed up with the current bunch clowns who pretend to be leaders of our great country. I was always under the impression that Australia was a democracy not a dictatorship as the two current "fat cat" parties seem hell bent on making it.By kowtowing to the minorities in this country they have effectively made Australia look like a bunch of wimps in the eyes of the world. Lunatic fringe group, Muslim extremists, Asian drug cartels are making a mockery of our legal system as we are supposed to be tolerant to thier culture and feel sorry for them as they came from a war torn country. This is all well and good but what about my culture or dont I have one because I`m a white A ustralian of German origin. I was born here I served in the army for 10 years and was prepared to defend my country to the death if needs be and what did I get for it? Nothing. I was injured in the line of duty and now suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. All I can say is thank God for the Dept Of Vet Affairs. I know I sound like I`m whingeing but I`m happy to know that there are still politicans out there prepared to have a go in the name of everyday people like me. Keep giving them hell Pauline and as we in the Army say (now ex-army) NEVER SURRENDER!
Geoff Allert
N.S.W.
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