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HAVE YOU ORDERED:
[MURDER BY MEDIA, DEATH OF DEMOCRACY
IN AUSTRALIA]
October 1995
Bob Carr wants the International Airport at Kooragang.
Greens have publicly disagreed with "Labor’s" airport being cited at Kooragang.
Now the Greens have allocated preferences to Labor in
Newcastle and Swansea even though it is not a preferential election.
It is obvious that the Greens are just vote gatherers for Labor.
What about the environmental issues and the needs of Novocastrians???
James Packer read a prepared speech to a number of people at The Bulletin (magazine) dinner last night.
I know it was prepared for him because the words used and commentary were far beyond his intellectual capability. In the speech young Packer says, "With huge, globally leveraged investments in technology now becoming an integral part of the media business, it is becoming plain that the policy that has restricted foreign ownership of the media is becoming as outdated as the policy that has restricted cross-media ownership.
"In the past, of course, as some of you may have noticed, we have supported the removal of cross-media restrictions but opposed the lifting of any foreign ownership restrictions.
"The reason for our opposition to lifting foreign ownership rules has been our belief in the importance of Australians owning Australian media.
"It is now plain, however, that the pace of technological change has made this blanket aspiration impractical.
"The importance of global scale and the reality of the foreign competition that our media already faces now vastly outweighs the benefits of trying to protect our media from foreign ownership.
"So it is now clear, in our view, that both cross-media and foreign ownership restrictions need to be lifted in the national interest.
"What is of concern, is the effect that the Net is having on the economics of many businesses."
In the past the Packer family have lobbied to block Murdoch from gaining more control over Australia's concentrated media so that they could do just that without competition. Now that the two media moguls are in bed together it makes perfect sense for the Packer family to move for allowing Murdoch to swallow up Australia's media with them.
Of course their lackeys, the Costello's, Alston's and Kroger's will jump into line like the compliant fellows that they are.
Interesting that the Federal Government has just asked the Australian Productivity Commission to review the Broadcasting Services Act in the areas of radio and television.
The review will take into account the "technology convergence" looking at the effect of the Internet on the traditional media.
The proposed Constitutional preamble:
With hope in God, the Commonwealth of Australia is constituted by the equal sovereignty of all its citizens.
The Australian nation is woven together of people from many ancestries and arrivals.
Our vast continent has helped to shape the destiny of our Commonwealth and the spirit of its people.
Since time immemorial our land has been inhabited by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, who are honoured for their ancient and continuing cultures. In every generation immigrants have brought great enrichment to our nation's life.
Australians are free to be proud of their country and heritage, free to realise themselves as individuals, and free to pursue their hopes and ideals. We value excellence as well as fairness, independence as dearly as mates.
Australia's democratic and federal system of government exists under law to preserve and protect all Australians in an equal dignity which may never be infringed by prejudice or fashion or ideology nor invoked against achievement.
In this spirit we, the Australian people, commit ourselves to this constitution.
Excuse my skepticism, but does this wording not mean the extinguishment of political correctness and ATSIC - if we are talking about all Australians being treated equally?
Of course the politically correct Kim Beazley and Stott-Despoja beat their big and little chests (in that order) in collective political rage when they heard this.
Representing Labor and the Democrats they have said that they will use their numbers in the Senate to ensure that the preamble includes the word "custodianship" of Australia where it relates to the indigenous people.
According to the Courier-Mail today Aboriginal elder Peter Yu said, "It should start 'God save the blackfellow'," when he heard about the constitutional preamble. I think the government should takes action against the paper under the Racial Vilification Act. One wonders what Democrat Senator John Woodley would have to say.
Of course I am only reporting on this overtly racist comment in the public interest to demonstrate to @notd readers that The Courier-Mail has been caught out as pushing racist thoughts.
That Labor party rag sometimes called The Courier-Mail is showing its true colours once again.
I am aware that a number of @notd readers have sent letters to the paper in response to last Saturday's diatribe about comments made on this page.
For the record not one of your letters has been published to date.
ALSTON: I don't think we're so much in the business of wanting to fundamentally rewrite the rules. What we're looking at doing is ensuring that genuine community concerns are properly addressed so in relation to the Internet, which is new technology, governments aren't elected to simply sit on their hands and say it's all too hard.
So just because something is difficult is not a deterrent to censorship.
But later
ALSTON: Well Brian, the problem is that that nice simple model might have been possible fifteen or twenty years ago, when most people generally understood the difference between the network and the rest of the service, but it's just not technically feasible anymore because there's a lot of intelligent functionality being built into switching and the line between the network is simply impossible to draw.
So because its not technically feasible to try and break Telstra up and unbundle it (when in fact i would have thought it would be more feasible), we now have the situation where the government does sit on its hands and do nothing.
Fighting on Borneo turns savage
by CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA of AP in Semparuk
22 Mar 99
THE Dayak fighter marched down the main road on Saturday with a sword in one hand, the severed head of a victim of ethnic warfare in the other.
He perched his bloody trophy on an oil drum, so dozens of triumphant young men with spears and home-made rifles could see. To whoops and guffaws, somebody stuck lit cigarettes in the mouth and ear of the head.
When two police trucks drove up, everyone pointed at the head and shouted: "Here it is!" Choosing not to confront the armed men, the officers smiled, waved and left this Borneo island village.
Such brazen and macabre scenes have been commonplace in a stretch of coastal villages near Indonesia's border with Malaysia, where ethnic fighting has killed at least 73 people since Tuesday, reports said.
The victors were gangs of ethnic Malay and Dayak people, who sped past crumpled, gutted houses in trucks and on motorcycles, sheathed swords slung over their backs. Some daubed their faces with black war paint and demanded money at roadblocks.
The rioting has ebbed, but only because there is no one left to fight. The losers were immigrants from the island of Madura, about 13,600 of whom have fled their homes by boat, car or military truck.
In the thirty years between 1968-1998, 6 Australians of the year (as chosen by the National Australia Day Council) have been indigenous Australians: L Rose, E Cawley, G Yunupingu, L O'Donoghue, M Yunupingu, C Freeman. (ie 20% of the winners).
This is about 10 times what one would expect based on the percentage of indigenous people in the Australian population. Can anyone suggest an explanation for this remarkable phenomenon? Can this be anything but a classic example of political correctness in action?
Making the
news" -
Epilogue
Hi Scott,
Jeremy, thankyou for your acknowledgement of my apology mate, it was indeed to you and one or two others among my peers who had gently (and not so quite so gently in some cases) chided me, at whom the apology was aimed. Thank you Sir, the fact that you are little older than my oldest child only makes me feel a little smaller, but at nearly 48 that is not a complaint but an acknowledgement.
I think the "true Blue" in here understand how I came to write the notorious letter and as I said. after I wrote it I regretted it because I had let do peng get to me, and yes I felt a bit of a dope myself, because you know the strange thing is that even when I first read his letter it occured to me that this could be anybody. Anyone can write to @notd and call themselves "do peng" or even "Father Christmas" if they want to, and I must say I asked myself why Scott would give voice to this cretin. However without wanting to go over old ground too much, and hoping we can move on from these "dopes", soon, let me just say that there and then I just decided; hmm.. I have questioned Scott's judgement (to myself) in the past and then just sat back and watched and learned so I will have to take this at face value and respond accordingly.
Like I said afterwards I felt like a dope, like I'd been suckered in and I hoped Scott would use his discretion as Editor to "pull it". However whatever is done is done and once again Scott never ceases to amaze me, and his whole handling of the affair has been exemplary, I could not blame him for thinking it was fair "in context" and I was the one who should have worn the egg on his face and not Scott. So a big thanks to you too mate, especially for granting me (however briefly) a little fame and notoriety in the enemy press! By the way did anyone else notice how C.M in the snippets of "the letter" they printed (sic)ed me a couple of times. The first one I can only assume because a) they are newbies on the net, and/ or b) they didn't read do peng's letter! If they had and had they been "internet savvy" they would have known that my use of lower-case for "do peng" was in deference to his own preference not to capitalise his own name. My personal preference is to capitalise names, but that's just the way I was brought up I suppose. As I say it was a small courtesy I was extending in acknowledgement of his own preference! As far as the second (sic)ing goes I can only say... "Que?".... I am sorry if my use of the Queen's English offends you sir, after all it is you people who are doing more than most toward the destruction of our language isn't it?.
Hopefully we can now move on with this debate, and I for one will willingly take a seat on the sidelines and cheer if Jimbo will take up his bat and position at the crease every time another do peng or a "G.H" bowls a googly at us! Likewise Jeremy's response to the arty person yesterday was brilliant as was Peter W's response to G.H.. If the Courier Mail had printed that in it's entirety we would have had a double dissolution in a fortnight!
Love to try a can of yer Boag's with you one day Jimbo!
Have a Nice Day,
David Morgan.
P.S. If Jack Quinn is reading this, seems your question about how much we can say has been answered now doesn't it Jack?. I think it was George Orwell who said; "If you really want to know who is running things, take a good look at who it is you can't criticise!". D.
One Nation's commitment
Dear members,
We have written to all the major political parties, including John Tingle Shooters Party, asking them to repeal the unjust and undemocratic regulation which forces security providers to join associations they do not respect.
We also wrote about the urgent need to restore powers to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. These powers were taken away by the Carr Government. As it stands the Tribunal can no longer adjudicate or reverse decisions made by the NSW (puppet) Police Commissioner with regards to licensing.
To this date we have received no commitment from any of the major parties.
This morning I received a phone call from Mr. David Oldfield of NSW One Nation Party. Mr. Oldfield assured me that he was opposed to compulsory membership, and that he would oppose it if elected into Parliament.
Please remember the Carr Government and his disgraceful NSW Security Industry Act at the next election.
Alexander Wilon JP PhD
Chief Executive Officer
National Australian Security Providers Association
Dear Scott,
Yesterdays article by Peter MacKay on his trip with Pauline has inspired me to say here what I think of Pauline.
There was Jackie Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, HRH Princess Diana and Pauline Hanson.
But the greatest of these we all know is PAULINE
WHAT A WOMAN !!!!
Barbara
To Whom It May Concern,
I am a great fan of Kerry Packer.And why you want set up a web-site like this is beyond me. Nobody in Australia remembers the good things Kerry Packer and his family past and present have done for this country you people have selected memories of this family and you only remember the mistakes or the things that you dislike. This is a man who did not have to reach into his pocket and equip every Ambulance in New South Wales with a Heart-Starter. I am sure if all the people out there had the money and the business know how that the Packer Family have you would be in the same position as the Packers.
If any of you read the book The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer you would see that this man has probably worked even harder then the average Jo-Blow to get to where he has got to today twice over. So I suggest you all take a look in the mirror and maybe take a leaf out of the book and you might be better off and understand the Packer family a bit better.
I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE PACKER FAMILY.
A LOYAL FAN.
For the record Kerry Packer only did that to cover his own backside after he was nearly caught out while playing polo.
What has the "great" man ever done for those in the growing poverty areas of Australia. When has Packer ever paid tax or played by the rules?
Give me a break.
Editor.
Media Bias
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the advice - yep, media reporters are basically mindless morons who toe a party line: so-called independence of the Press is a farce, as they sold out years ago to the grubby dollar of the grubby press barons. The only independence the latest wave seem to have heard of is independence from truth - look at Ellis and his Costello allegations, and the bleats of indignation when accused of toying with the truth....
Thanks for the URL
Cheers
Ian and Judy Turton
Constitutional preamble
Uhh-Ohh!!! They used that "God" word in the preamble. No doubt the poofters and PC People will be jumping up'n'down.
I watched an Asian chap on SBS whinge about the word "Mateship". (Now, why am I not surprised??)
So called prominent Aboriginals are whining about the Preamble. (I'm still not surprised!)
The Labour Party don't like it, either. (Nope, still not surprised by these Wankers' objections!!)
I think the Preamble was great. (But what would I know?? I'm just a Dumb White Australian voter).
from
Wags
Votes
In yesterday's @notd, jimbo stated that not one candidate, in the history of the Commonwealth of Australia, has gained 51% of the vote, in terms of the primary vote.
I'm not sure where you got that one from, jimbo.
Just looking at our recent federal election we can see several candidates who did the 'impossible task' (these people are only from the first few electorates that start with 'B')
Martin Ferguson, member for Batman, gained 65.84% of the primary vote (with preferences, his vote jumped to 76.43%)
Phillip Ruddock, member for Berowra, gained 54.36% of the primary vote (with preferences, his vote jumped to 63.52%)
Michael Hatton, member for Blaxland, gained 61.42% of the primary vote (with preferences, his vote jumped to 72.06%)
So yes, it is possible to do the impossible - but is the impossible only possible with the financial aid of trade unions or big business? Minor parties, like One Nation, obviously have trouble in spreading their message, because communications costs money - something which One Nation obviously doesn't (or didn't) have much of.
In this sense, electoral reform is well overdue.
Regards,
Josh Stronach
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