Dear Sir,

This is my tip for the "resolution" of the cross-media ownership issue. Kerry Packer will be allowed to take over Fairfax, and I think this will be done with the blessing of the Labour Party. "The rub" could be an effective(?) silencing of all issues related to positive coverage of Pauline Hanson, which can only be achieved if one man controls all print media.

Both the Coalition and Labour are running scared, and aren't too proud to admit it. Look out for some really cynical political moves in the upcoming months.

The issue of the $140million tax bill may possibly be used by the government as backup ammunition, to keep the Packer/Fairfax camp "honest".

Your role in getting the message out is likely to become more important than ever.

Cheers
Brian.

Subject: Launch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party

Hello,

Well, after perusing your page supporting Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, I felt it neccessary to put forward my own personal views.

First off, from your page, and from the emails you have shown as "hate mail", you are painting a picture of those opposed to Pauline Hanson's views as hooligans and vandals, ignorantly spouting emotion laden gutter speak. Well, hopefully this email will show that not all her detractors are like that. While I agree with their opposition to her policies and ideas, I don't agree with the way they are going about it.

I have to admit, Pauline is a crafty politician, pandering to the whims of certain groups within the population, and providing what appears to be simple answers to the rest. Sure, Australia's standard of living and economy has seen better days. But how much of it is due to immigration and the Aboriginals?

Admittedly, the concessions given to Aboriginals within Australia are generous to a fault, but you have to see that is not the only cause of Australia's failing economy and high unemployment. And as for immigration, Pauline's speeches speaks out againsts further immigration, specially Asian immigration. She states that "Immigration must be halted in the short-term so that our dole queues are not added to by, in many cases, unskilled migrants not fluent in the English language.", singling out Asians as the sole culprits. Admittedly, a lot of Asians do not have English as their mother tongue, but so do many European migrants. And often, these migrants are just as guilty of not assimilating well. Just look at any major city within Australia, and apart from Chinatown, you would probably find other little "ghettoes" where other migrants have gathered. Within Melbourne, we have Lygon street, where many Italians gather, or parts of the city in which can be found many Greek stores. But Pauline soley concentrates on Asians? Why does she do that? Is it because they stand out due to their different skin colour? If so, isn't this discrimination due to race?

As for these new migrants adding to the dole queues, from what I have seen of friends and associates trying to migrate to Australia, it isn't as simple as Pauline seems to put it. A potential migrant has to qualify in a number of categories before being accepted or considered for migration. Amongst these include essential work skills, language proficiency (from memory)..etc. Thus, most of these migrants coming in, tend to have either some form of work skills deemed neccessary by the governemnt, or are bringing with them huge sums of money to be invested within the country, another option which have been used by many Asians to qualify for migration. I can't see how these individuals would add to dole queues, if they are either being selected for industries where their skills are lacking within the local population or if they are bringing funding into the country?

Perhaps she is confusing the refuges with legal migrants? Well, I won't comment on that matter, as it is a political hot potato whether a country should accept them or not. However, Pauline should learn differentiate between legal immigrants and refuges. Most importantly, not all Asians coming into the country are unskilled or not fluent in the language.

I mentioned earlier that Pauline is providing simplistic answers to complex questions. She cites multiculturalism, high migration rates and unfair policies towards the Aboriginals as being the root of most of our economic downfall. While these may contribute to the problem, they are by no means the only cause. Australians have gotten too comfortable with their lifestyles. We are living a life based on past achievements and success, and one which we can no longer afford.

Most Australians expect a certain level of pay, holidays and other perks when discussing job terms, thus inflating the cost of labour. In Pauline's "One Nation" speech, she states that Austalia is losing many of its manufacturing industries overseas to Asia, and we are paying to import goods into the country, and thus losing more money overseas. Her answer is to return the high rates of tariffs. But is that an answer? Sure, it would means Australians would probably have to buy Australian again, but it doesn't bring money into the country. Australia's high labour costs make manufacturing within Australia too costly non competitive on a global scale. So surely this has to play a part on our declining economy?

As for welfare for Aboriginals, sure they are getting it easy from the government. Way too easy for my personal taste as well. However, the same can be said for the welfare situation created by the government. While there may be many legitimate individuals who are finding it hard to find work within Australia, at the same time, I have seen many individuals who are finding life easy living on the dole. Having worked in a country town in Victoria where the unemployed were being shuffled to, to fiddle the unemployment figures, I have seen many of these so called unemployed living it up in the country. These individuals were being payed additional "perks" for being inconvinienced by having to move out to the country, on top of their fortnightly dole cheques and rent subsidies. The renumeration they were recieving for not working as such that it was actually more advantageous being paid slightly less for doing no work than actually working for their money. How is this any different to the money paid out for Aboriginals?

As I have said, Pauline is a smart politician, providing simplistic answers to complicated questions. Unfortunately, at the same time, she is also driving a wedge in the community and giving racists groups some air of legitimacy with some of her comments. It is this matter which is alarming.

I hope the public soon wakes up to her scare tactics and realises what Pauline Hanson is doing and how she isn't the answer to all our problems.

Stan

PS:- I don't know whether you will print this on your web page or not since you seem to only place the so called hooligan emails in your hate box. However, I had to put forward my views and this is as good a forum as any.