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Wednesday 17th September 1997
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The News Limited papers ignored the threat of violence against a sitting Federal Member - because it was Pauline Hanson.
Today the Courier Mail carries a large article on page 3 about a stupid threat of violence against a Liberal State politician, Frank Tanti, who won the seat of Mundingburra in a by-election last year.
The threat, left on an answering machine, was by the Greenies candidate for Mundingburra, Tony Clunies-Ross a 36 year old Queensland Corrective Services Commission community officer.
In the message Clunies-Ross says, "You have had it and your Government at the next election... if I could get my hands on you now I would tear you apart."
Clunies Ross says that he left the message because he was in a "blind rage" and it was an idle threat with no intention of acting upon the threat.
The threat appears to be linked to the development by Keith Williams of the Hinchinbrook site - an area that the greenies consider to be being dessimated.
Tanti has refused to let Clunies-Ross off the hook after he left his name and phone number and apologised for the threat saying, "They can't go around and say they're peaceful people and then call the Premier a liar and threaten to tear me apart."
As I said Hanson didn't even get a "look-see" despite the threat being far more relevant. Balanced reporting? Not likely.
That big poody tat, Brisbane's Lord Mayor Jim Soorley is having a lovely blue with the churches at the moment. Soorley who once practised as a Roman Catholic Priest in Asia has now turned on his past by attempting to charge churches the equivalent of Au$1 million per annum environmental fee - a form of rates.
The churches have refused to pay with the catholic church already more than a bit peeved with Soorley who is keeping his options open by refusing to release himself from his past role of a priest.
Yesterday Soorley said, "The church groups now fighting the levy must decide whether they want to be part of the community or not."
The Anglican Archbishop Hollingworth has now entered the fray saying that legal action against the Brisbane City Council would be a last resort action if Soorley continued with his attempts to collect the environmental levy.
"I think we are pretty good stewards of God's resources and pretty good stewards of the environment, we are not about messing up the environment," Hollingworth said.
Looks like poody tat is all puffed up with no place to go.
Making the
news" -He said there was sincere concern about the social impact on jobs if such cuts were enforced. Key Pacific leaders have expressed concern about Australia's position.
Nice site....
You certainly put a lot of effort into your online newspaper and according to the number of hits on your site it would seem fairly popular
Do you think that the wake up call that the people here in Australia seem to be waiting for will do any good or make any real difference?
Our civilisation seems to hell bent on an inane lemming philosophy which I fear could inevitably end as it seems to have began...washed up on a beach somewhere!.
I think that the times that lay ahead for us all are probably the most difficult that the Human species has ever encountered. Every day brings us closer to time when the choice will have to be made.
I have met some great souls in this valley of tears... all is not as it seems!
Good luck.
Barry Sampson Searle
SUBJECT: I'VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE.
Whenever the established political system is seriously threatened by the rising of a popular movement such as is Pauline Hanson's One Nation, and it happened the last time in '39 with the Social Credit movement; if vilification and attacks such as racist and fascist fail, then they step back and promise the world.
They will copy and promise to implement all the good sense espoused by Pauline and One Nation. It's called the 3 steps forward and one step back principle. Hence we have this new rural package full of goodies and promises made to be broken.
Out of the Social Credit episode we did get the Government owned Commonwealth Bank that "forever ?" guaranteed the savings of the ordinary Australian. Where is that today? A sleeping nation ignoring if not oblivious of history, allowed them to once again deregulate the banks; making them no safer than the stock market; and selling off the Commonwealth Bank so as not to be obligated to guarantee your savings.
Can anyone remember when the interest on your mortgage was fixed for the TERM OF THE LOAN? Rush in suckers its pretty low today, and only one way it can go.
The majority are so shortsighted, feeling safe and secure once again, they rush back to their established parties, leaving the honest political movements in the lurch. These then fade into insignificance; and its 3 steps forward again.
Once again the screws will be tightened and the poor farmer, small businessman, trade unionist, all working people, will find themselves again struggling to exist; wondering what went wrong, and little chance of another shining light like Pauline to help them out of the clutches of BIG business and their money grubbing self seeking pawns; currently sitting in our houses of Parliament.
I can forgive the journalists, who are also only workers who need their job security, but I sincerely hope they have enough principle to work behind the scenes to sabotage the PROPAGANDA wing of the conspiracy.
The answer is simple. Accept all their gifts, by all means use their welfare handouts-BUT TRUST THEM NOT. Our only chance for permanent stability is a complete new system with safeguards like Voters Veto and Citizens Initiated Referenda in place, with appropriate penalties for TREASON, to prevent ever again a system based on financial corruption and control.
Can this happen? It is said that the Politicians of a country merely reflect the moral ethics of the people who elect them.
Philip Madsen.
The men don't stack up as well with about 50% falling into the same trap.
The survey was taken in August this year.
Have a good one.
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