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Just on two weeks before the launch of "Murder by Media, Death of Democracy in Australia" in Sydney.

Here is the exclusive comment by Pauline Hanson forming part of the introduction of the book:

Pauline Hanson's personal reflection on the Australian media:

12th December 1998

We never really know what life has in store for us so most of us take it a day at a time.

I never dreamed that my life would change to the extent that it has - from a small businesswoman to a national identity. I was reared by my parents with the greatest focus on honesty, truth and the work ethic.

I have always been proud to have these most important qualities and I also believe others would have them also.

Over the past two and a half years my faith and trust in a lot of people has diminished. Trust is a quality that must be earned and I have found a vast majority of the Australian media have not earned my trust but destroyed and embedded in me a hate for journalists.

There have been many instances that have caused this. One that comes immediately to mind is a journalist who came to my office to report on the support that I had. The next day I read her article in which she mentioned that "I had a price on my head" and showed pictures of my children whom I have tried to protect from the public eye. The story was not what I had agreed to talk to the reporter about.

In another case a journalist stated that I said I would not represent the Aboriginal race knowing that I was being misquoted. It was only after eighteen months of being forced to defend myself against this lie that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission found me not guilty .

Life was not meant to be easy but when a journalist or an editor with his or her own biased views can make or break or even destroy one's life their power is quite frightening.

All that I have asked for is a "fair go".

I ask all journalists to stop being judge and jury. Report the facts and let the people judge those you report on. That's all I ask. Our lives are in your hands.

Pauline Hanson

The sick state of the Christian Church today.... two sides.

The chasm between the church bureaucracy and the parishioners is no better summed up by the two articles below.

My wife, a devout Anglican who goes to church every Sunday, is about to give it all away because the priest has spent the last month talking about "reconciliation" and issues of political correctness from the pulpit. She asks what the heck happened to the old style sermon where values and scriptures were the centre of the service?

Based on this first hand feedback I would suggest that the Bishop is the one out of touch - not the parishioner.

Something more than mere entertainment - The Courier Mail 6th January 1999:

Here is an extract from an article by Bishop Putney of Brisbane:

Another characteristic I think young people would expect to find in the contemporary church is that its love of God would lead to a serious engagement with the contemporary issues of justice and the environment. Many young people are as passionate about the environment today as we were about the gospel when I was young. If they cannot see the connection between the two, then, for many, the environment will always be the winner.

The churches are partly to blame for not making clear over the preceding decades how profound the connection is between the gospel and care for the environment, and they still have a long way to go on making the obvious.

I don't believe the churches have lost young people. I think, rather, the churches have lost the way a little themselves, and it may be young people who will draw us back to what matters most, to God, to each other and to the poor.

The politics of an Aboriginal Reconciliation information day

Here is an extract from this report by a Catholic parishioner on that "meeting":

On the Aboriginal Reconciliation Information Day, nearly 400 people from all over Brisbane Archdiocese attended our parish church at St Eugene de Mazenod, Burpengry (40 km north of Brisbane).

Our parish priest, Fr Harry Dyer OMI, afterwards described the meeting as "a gathering of Catholic people who are genuinely trying to fulfil Jesus' command to love one another as He has loved us". And, who are "searching for justice".

I attended the same meeting as Fr Dyer. I certainly would not give the meeting that same glowing description. Firstly, I can't recall hearing the name "Jesus" (or Catholicism or Christianity) used.

As for "love", there was no love for those who dared to disagree with the speakers. They were hooted and told to "shut up". Questions that challenged the speakers' assertions were greeted with shouts "don't answer it".

As for "justice", that depends on your definition of the word. The speakers' political agenda was very clear. Those who were deemed opposing it were described as racists, bigots, fascists, Nazis, Hansonites, anti-Aboriginal, ignorant or just plain stupid. All in the name of "justice".

If I was at a party political meeting and heard such views expressed I would have considered them as terribly biased, in poor taste, unnecessarily crude and foul. Yet that was what I heard inside a Catholic Church with the Holy Eucharist only metres away.

The first speech, by an Aboriginal woman, turned out to be an extremely tasteless and crude tirade against Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. If we cannot bring ourselves to vote for a major party, we were told, then there is no need to vote for One Nation, just don't vote at all. (Perhaps the speaker was unaware, in Australia, it is illegal not to vote).

By voting One Nation we could unwittingly elect a Hitler as the German people had done. As we all know, we were told, this led to the massacre of the Jewish people. Electing One Nation could lead to a similar result, a massacre. The implication was that once elected a One Nation government would massacre the Aboriginal people as the Nazis had massacred the Jews.

It amazed me that no-one raised an objection against this senseless and outrageous tirade. Obviously this was a meeting of the party faithful. The meeting had nothing to do with love, justice or reconciliation - still less with Catholicism or Christianity. Our Lord in the Tabernacle did not merit a mention.

Bizarre Times

Extract from the Strachan article:

First of all, the fact that manufacturers have sought new markets doesn’t necessarily mean they found them. In fact a lot of them didn’t, as will be seen in a moment. Secondly, the fact that investment levels remained high does not necessarily mean that was a sound decision. Such is the nature of the Australian media now that no matter what the facts are, they must be presented so as to cast the government’s globalist policies in a favourable light. No matter what happens, globalism must somehow be shown to be ‘good for Australia’.

Response to Chris Fitzgerald

In todays @NOTD, Chris Fitzgerald supported a proposed death penalty. To reinforce his support, Chris mentioned a number of quotes from the Old Testament.

I would just like to remind Chris of some certain tablets containing a few important rules. One of these, quite high up on the list said "Thou shalt not kill" or words to that effect.

Ian Batchelor.

Re Laura Norder

I have generally agreed with Antonia, but on this posting I come down more heavily in favour of her sentiments than ever. There were some very serious implications therein.

For me to go on, it is necessary to differentiate between principles in the sense of simplifications (or even over-simplifications) and moral principles in the sense she uses. Most members of ONP have shown they wish to preserve the moral principles on which this country was built so there should be little quibble with that. Nevertheless, we need to ask the hard questions: Do we have dubious representatives and should they be tolerated? Without doubt, such people would do more harm to the Party than a whole raft of enemies. So, how are our representatives accountable to the general membership? The Party obviously needs a constitution as a matter of urgency to sort this out, but its ratification should be done with due contemplation and consultation.

Now to tackle the other connotation of principle. Not only has the KISS principle been demonstrated to be untenable by computer modelling experimentally (Webb, Deakin University), but any person with experience in their field or life in general knows that oversimplifications can be dangerous on occasion. ONP policies must be based on sound knowledge at various levels. Theory tells us what to do and why, while practice tells us how to do it. Both of these are needed, and more. To support Antonia’s thesis, this is nor airy-fairy stuff. Ethics, for example, is simply long term reality. If a businessman, tradesman or professional acts ethically, his/her establishment is more likely to last longer, compared to the quick-buck merchant. Furthermore, knee jerk reactions can be counter-productive compared to due consideration. To be blunt, a good policy cannot be authored by one person in a few days. Anyone with know-how in this area would rightly look with derision on any organisation which attempted that except in an emergency. In most organisations, that would be the first draft only.

An alternative to her first question could be: Why re-invent the wheel? Goodness me, we have plenty of knowledge in the ranks that could be utilised to do our homework properly for policies, constitution and political strategies. Must members with expertise be intimidated by the vocal few? It's happened at meetings. Dare a seemingly politically-incorrect word be said aloud in a ONP forum… experts? The point is, if we have members with knowledge in various fields, why not use it? Computerised Expert-systems have shown that good knowledge is discipline-specific or specific for each calling. After all, a man may be a brilliant farmer but that does not mean he would instantly be a good brain surgeon or vica versa. Most people agree that it took them near on twenty years to get a thorough grasp on their vocation, even with the highest qualifications. One keeps learning. This does not make them into horrible ‘elitists’. They just want to be good at their jobs.

But I talk to the converted… the problem really needs addressing to those who do not read ANOTD.

Regards,
Barry M.

Antonia

Did you contact David Oldfield for his story before you put your opinion on the net yesterday?

Ron Gardnir

Principles Part 1 - candidates

On this matter of principles, anotd readers might be interested in a bit of trivia as to the origin of the word 'candidate'. It derives from the Latin adjective 'candidus, -a, -um', which means 'white', 'bright', 'radiant' etc. Candidates for public office in ancient Rome wore white robes to symbolize that they were men of integrity. Even if some were in fact crooks and opportunists, at least the idea was held that they should be good men. And until the days of decadence, many were too.

For example, Cincinnatus was an exemplary Roman hero. In 458 BC he was appointed dictator to rescue a Roman army under seige. He routed the enemy, and after a dictatorship of just 16 days, the task done, he renounced public life and returned to his farm. It's almost impossible to imagine such a selfless sense of civic duty now. No wonder his name is legendary, and an American city is named after him.

I'm sure most people, whether they admire or loathe Pauline Hanson, would have to admit she has integrity, and her 'surprise' win of Oxley proved it was recognized by voters who had been too-long starved of politicians with courage and integrity. Just as with the Queensland election results - who can ever forget the looks on the commentators' faces as they desperately and unsuccsessfully tried not to look like stunned mullets? - only the PC crowd was surprised. It showed just how 'out of touch' they were.

I sincerely hope I don't bore people to tears when I keep refering to Canada's Reform Party, but on this matter too, there are lessons for One Nation. In its early days, Reform's leader, Preston Manning, refused to have any truck with inferior candidates. One very popular radio host wanted pre-selection, but Manning refused to endorse him because he was a bigoted demagogue. Popular, yes - he would easily have won the seat, but Manning stuck to his principles for the greater good. And despite rumblings and grumblings from party members who wanted a seat at any price, Manning's principled stand paid off in increased respect for the party.

Remember everybody, Canada's Reform Party went from zilch seats in their first election to actually forming the Opposition in just ten years. An incredible feat. If One Nation's leadership and members have the intelligence and necessary humility to accept that they do not need to re-invent the wheel, they can learn much from Reform's history. I am more than willing to share my research.

But I must add that much of it will not find favour in One Nation ranks. For a start, Reform never held a prejudice against intelligent people, and I often get the feeling that many in One Nation are prejudiced on principle (nice irony!) against educated people. This is monumental stupidity, and One Nation will never get anywhere as long as this 'us versus them' mentality rules. It's not a matter of 'us versus them'. Rather it's a matter of Australians from all sectors of society - trades, professions, businessmen and women, along with the non income-earning unemployed, housewives and retirees - all pulling together for the good of the nation - as opposed to the good of the multinationals.

>From the calibre of our in-the-main highly 'educated' politicians, it must surely be granted that education does not necessarily bring wisdom anymore than the lack of it delivers some sort of superior folk wisdom to the majority of people. No, true wisdom comes from innate intelligence whether schooled or not, and a disinterested and fearless reflection on experience. And humility.

So much for the candidates. Policies must also be based on principle, but that's another story.

Antonia

Aussie Jobs

I totally agree that Aussies should get jobs first and foremost.By Aussies I mean people who are born here and have parents who are naturalized Australians, not the Psuedo Australians who have duel citizenship, and sometime in the future decide to go home. That really gets up my nose. These people can live in this country for years and years and then decide to go home, what a joke. let an Aussie try that with British law and see how far they get. These people should not get any jobs before they are naturalized and renounce their original citizenship.People should know before they come to Australia to live pretty well if this is the place for them, definitely after two years.

Another subject i'd like to broach with Mrs Hill is who does the price seivellance on Autogas?? I believe it's the PSA . Why does the price of gas rise so steeply when petrol is reduced . Here in SA petrol is appx 35cents a litre while gas has gone from 23 cents to 32, as there is no tax on Gas and if there were it would not be worth converting as it costs nearly $2000 to do so. I will not run my car on Gas while it is so high, in fact i'm considering taking it off. It would be interesting to hear the answers you get. Also are we subsidising the japanese gas purchases??? that is the only reason I can see for its exorbatant cost. Thank you for your time, Yes I am a supporter of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.

John Hocking

Letter to the editor

I recently received a message from the LinkExchange, the banner exchange program now owned by Microsoft. Part of the message read "this is an automated response...." and it was signed: "LinkExchange, powered by people."

Sign of the times?
JG Estiot

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