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Between the One Nation lines
Words that are pure Hansonism, "It's like
I am a mother. Australia is my home and the people are my
children."
So politically incorrect, so controversial and yet so pure. Words that got
up Federal Treasurer Peter Costello's goat when he replied, "She isn't
my mother..."
In April this year when writing on
One Nation's
first birthday party I wrote "She (Pauline) is the mother
of this nation."
When you think of the impact that Australia's Pauline Hanson has had on
Australian politics and the turning points which have continuously thrust
her into the limelight time after time since the 1996 Federal Elections the
word Hansonism shines through.
The comment is Pauline at her best - and I believe that the now well
publicised words, uttered at a meeting on Wednesday night in the small town
of Gatton in the centre of her seat of Blair, will become the subliminal
focus of growing support for her unconventional form of expression and heart-felt
beliefs. Beliefs that Australia has a very sick political system at this
stage in time.
At the One Nation birthday party the expected number of participants was
well down on what had been hoped - although about 400 people actually celebrated
the birth of One Nation. It was at this time, with the Queensland state elections
looming
that I quietly reflected on my own fears that the party might have peaked
in its support.
The brave souls who were to take up the fight for
One Nation in
the state election faced an enormous task as support, according to
the polls, was declining and they were openly ridiculed for supporting Mrs
Hanson.
This was just weeks from the historic results in which One Nation became
a real third force in Australian politics - a force replacing the National
Party which had joined the Laboral factions funded by big business.
The words by Pauline Hanson at Gatton are so important because they reflect
her deepest feelings and people will recognise that. People know that the
Laboral factions are making promises that they cannot keep, fighting like
children in a schoolyard over the political spoils while using the media
to bash the little kid in the corner (One Nation) over the head whenever
they pause for air.
When Au$50 equals Au$15 million
You be the judge whether this is balanced reporting -
On the one hand we have the blatant use of Au$15 million from taxpayer funds
to promote the Coalitions tax policy (GST) days before Howard called the
election on the other we have the Au$50 dinner fee paid by two federal agents
protecting Mrs Hanson. The common denominator - both stories made front page
news in The Courier Mail.
We all know about the corrupt use of taxpayer moneys to push Howard's election
campaign so we won't dwell on that - in the second case, that of the "agents
dinners" we read that The Courier Mail "obtained documents"
that showed the federal agents paid $25 a head to gain entry to a One Nation
fundraiser in Caboolture.
"I have mentioned it to them (the agents) and they say that they have always
paid for the meal component but there is no donation whatsoever," Mrs Hanson
told the paper.
The difference between the two cases? Quite simply the bulk of the tax payer
money used by the Coalition has gone straight into the bottom line of the
Murdoch print empire.
One Nation to release Aboriginal policy today
The decision to release One Nation's Aboriginal policy at Longreach should
be viewed with the historical implications that reflect the impact of Hansonism
and Howard's earlier speech there.
In his speech at Longreach just over a year later Howard mimicked the words
penned by Pauline Hanson in January 1996 - words which saw her being evicted
from the Liberal Party for expressing "racist" sentiments. Howard's parroting
of the statements made by Mrs Hanson in the letter have, somehow, been saved
the same racist tag. They reflect a quantum shift in political thinking by
the Laboral factions following Mrs Hanson's success in those 1996 elections
and her impact on Australian politics......
| Believe it or not the extracts in blue
below are extracts from the
letter
in the Queensland Times on the 6th January 1996 that resulted in
Ms Hanson being branded a racist by the media and resulted in her being
disendorsed by the Liberal Party. (See attached image of article that appeared
in the
Singapore Strait
Times in June 1997. This article perpetuates the myth created by
the Australian media following the publication of this letter.) The statements
in black are those made by John Howard at Longreach last month. Oh, how the
Liberal Party reveal their true colours...
Pauline Hanson letter: "I would be the first
to admit that many years ago the Aborigines were treated wrongly but in trying
to correct this they have gone too far..."
John Howard at Longreach: "I think that what has happened in this
country is that we had a pendulum of Aboriginal affairs that was over here
and I think that it has swung too far over in this direction particularly
because of the Wik decision and what I am trying to do is to bring it back
into the middle and I think that that is where it ought to be."
Pauline Hanson letter: "I don't feel responsible
for the treatment of Aboriginal people in the past because I had no say but
my concern is for their future."
John Howard at Longreach: "I do not believe in intergenerational guilt
when it comes to Aboriginal affairs. I am aware of the history of this country.
I am aware of the fact that the indigenous people were here first. I do not
exhibit a sense of shame for what our forebears did."
Pauline Hanson letter: "How can we expect this
race to help themselves when government showers them with money, facilities
and opportunities that only these people can obtain no matter how minute
the indigenous blood that flows through their veins and that is what causes
racism."
John Howard at Longreach: "I understand the resentment that the rest
of Australia feel when social security services are made available to minorities
that are not available to them."
|
Here we go again... and confirmation of what we all
suspected...
The editors at The Courier Mail are again bowing to their masters
- the Murdoch family.
anotd readers will recall the
trifecta
of editorial and one-sided "opinion" pieces that filled The Courier
Mail in one critical week when the Liberal Party decided to give One
Nation preferences over the Labor party - pressure that resulted in this
Laboral faction reversing the decision.
In today's Courier Mail at a time when several National Party MPs
have said openly that they will give One Nation their preferences over Labor
the paper carries another predictable editorial headed:
"Dangerous Courtship with One Nation".
Here
is an extract from that article:
But their nod of approval for One Nation will have
disastrous effects on the National Party elsewhere, and on the senior Coalition
Party, the Liberals. Voters in the metropolitan centres of the nation will
be unsympathetic with the alliance (as it will be seen to be)
with One Nation, and will punish the Liberals, in much the same way that
Liberal voters in Brisbane reacted in the Queensland election.
What The Courier Mail has done in the above extract from today's editorial
is to confirm two viewpoints that we have continuously expressed in the
anotd.
What is surprising is that they have fallen on their own sword so openly.
Confirmation of the fact that:
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the major parties are nothing more than factions within one political group,
that we call Laboral. The Laboral factions representing their financiers
- big business. This is the reason that they are exchanging preferences and
putting One Nation last - for in the words of The Courier Mail they
are an "alliance".
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the media moguls are one of the major benefactors of their alliance
with the Laboral factions and at this critical time before the "people
decide" they will pull out all the stops to discredit any political opponent
of any substance that threatens that alliance.
Making the
news" -
an indepth exposé of media and political collusion at the highest
possible levels in Australia.
You say:
One Nation
I am inspired by One Nation's approach to Australia's
problems. I am a law student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas,
U.S.A. In the U.S. we have a very similar problem with low-skilled Mexicans
entering our country and taking benefits, but contributing little, while
separating themselves as Mexicans and not Americans. My Congressional leaders
would do well to take notice of One Nation's approach and heed the callings
of the majority of the people and not that of the multi-cultural
beuaracrats.
Good luck to you!
Chip Parker
Comment on News of the Day
Dear Editor,
There has been some concern on my part that the internet
is not reaching a very wide audience on behalf of One Nation.
That may not be justified; The following was in a a
letter from a friend who lives in Port Macquarie NSW, but does not have internet
access:
".......Pauline Hanson and some of her followers. I
can only point you in that direction. One nation will certainly have plenty
to talk about with the Federal Election on our door stop. Shouldn't be short
of a few thousand words. I really admire the lady's guts! AND her philosophy.
Main problem concerns off-siders, some of whom have ambitions of their own
and are using Pauline as a stepping stone. However I believe most of them
have been cut down to size and shown the door."
kypd,
john hamilton - USA
Who's Dumb
Scott ,
I would like to comment on two things in yesterday's
edition . The first was the article on electioneering at the Queensland
University of Technology and associated with that was the post by Antonia
, both refer to a problem that goes back 60 years to just before the war
.
The Fabian Society's London School Of Economics trained
many Australians in the art of Socialism and during the war they also inserted
a number of academics into our Universities to form a nucleus of Socialist
oriented lecturers .
One Australian played a major role in the corruption
of our halls of learning . He founded the ANU and became advisor to seven
prime ministers as well as the Governor of the Commonbwealth Bank and the
Reserve Bank , he was also a leading stirrer in the Aboriginal uprising in
the 70's and 80's .
It is no surprise to me that a lecturer in any of our
uni's is pushing the political barrow . After 60 years of indoctrination
why wouldn't they ?
Alan Esson
Steady as she goes
I agree with Jeff Langtip who said One Nation dosn't
need explicit policies on everything. A total stranger remarked to me that
the lack of policies is probably a plus in that people feel they might yet
get a chance to have their say about Australia's future.
It is enough to know One Nation stands for an independent
Australia against a globalised Australia, for traditional morality against
imposed pc elitist 'values', for the assimilation of migrants into the broad
Australian culture against the divisive policies of multiculturalism (yoo
hoo! calling all Racewatchers!), and for fostering our own industries against
exporting jobs in the name of economic (ir)rationalism. The details can wait.
What is required now is the will to perservere and to win.
Antonia
Support and concern
Dear Sir
I would like to express both support for one nation
and dissapointment that you are not putting a candidate in my federal seat
of Denison I think that Pauline at present and hopefully One Nation after
the next election is just what australia needs to tell those Lib/Lab politicians
who they really are supposed to represent.
You are on the right track promoting Australia as a
(united but diverse) culture instead of the current multi (many individual
groups hanging onto there own predjudices)cultural mess only an united Australia
can make this place a better and prosperous nation
Randall Treloyn
Hanson supporters
To Whom This May Concern,
I am a supporter of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation
Party. I do not consider myself to be racist, but just a fellow aussie worried
about the future of Australia. Concerning politics, Australia is in trouble.
We need a new leader to fix the mistakes and problems done by the previous
leaders. My family and I are 100% behind Ms Hanson, good luck in the
future...
Ivana
Support
Hello,
my name is Jefferson Stone, I am 45 years of age, a
musician, a teacher and a student.
I am fed up as many others are I'm sure, with the
sanctimonious, bigoted and hypocritical major parties in Australia.
I have just visited the One Nation sites, and have
read some of Pauline's speeches. I have not, as I have maintained for over
a year now, heard Pauline say anything that strikes me as truly racist in
content. I believe that too many people are mislead by the media beat-up,
unfortunately believing what they see on the television news and hear on
the radio as being the truth.
They continue to put their faith in the so-called
"professionals" who "know what they are talking about".
I know that this is NOT the case, I've been around
too long to trust the bastards who are primarily looking after the interests
of the fat cats who dictate the policies and manipulate the major parties.
Ok that, I think has been established. My question is, if I vote for the
One Nation Party, have the barstards engineered it so that my vote (by
preference) will go to them anyway, be it little Johnny or cuddly Kim? I
don't want to waste my vote. Can anyone clear this up for me? I like what
Pauline has to say. I am not a racist, I have worked and played with people
from all over the world, black, yellow, white. They are all equally guilty
of being human, with all the faults that go with that. But where will my
vote end up? This may be an ignorant question, but I guess I AM ignorant
in this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Jefferson Stone.
Why can't this bunch summons up a bit of
courage?
Dear Scott,
In an election campaign where the collusion of the
Laborals has been so unashamedly exposed and their squabbles over the spoils
of office so transparent it is refreshing to see four National MP's , Macauley,
Katter , Kelly and Marek break rank and publicly announce their intentions
of putting ON ahead of Labour on THEIR how to vote cards.
In a campaign that has seen the Laborals throw a fistful
of promises and dollars like confetti in a whirlwind at an increasingly cynical
electorate, I , remember the past 26 years during which these same parties
systematically allowed the wholesale looting and pillaging of the assets
which once belonged to the PEOPLE OF THIS NATION and the sell-out of our
sovereignty and institutions in a garage sale in which the people of this
nation were largely excluded and through deception, ignorant.
For me and I HOPE MANY OTHERS this election is about
reversing those mistakes and laying the foundations for the generations of
Australians that will inherit this country long after you and I have departed.
To return the pride and sense of purpose to our youth and the belief that
this country offers to those that are prepared to have a go a fair go in
return. For me there is no return to the parties and policies that have for
so long have effectively disenfranchised my vote and through their propaganda
and disinformation, of which Herr Goebells would heartily approve, have kept
most Australians ignorant to their deeds.
Pauline Hanson is the mother of the rebirth of our
nation. I for one will not allow that child to be stillborn nor allow that
child to wither on the vine for the blood money proffered by the Laborals
! That rebirth starts on the 3rd of October and it finishes when this nation
is returned to those who are blessed in calling this country home.
To those MP's who have stood up to be counted and followed
their consciences and put the interests of their constituents ahead of the
interests of the party machine, all the best. Whether you are re elected
or not I hope you continue to put the interests of fellow Australians ahead
of those that serve only to ensure their own survival and propagation. I
believe that many of your colleagues will follow suit.
A true democracy allows for healthy debate and dissension
on principle by those that profess to serve it , Beazley, as have others
in this campaign have revealed their true colours by their efforts to suppress
and deny those rights to our elected representatives and citizens. His mentor
and predecessor Paul Keating once told this country that Parliament was
''irrelevant'' and through his antics reduced public perception of its chambers
and representatives to something akin to a vaudeville side-show run by clowns
and snake oil salesmen. We deserve better than that Mr Beazley !
Have a good day
.............Steve
MAI
Having seen the MAI sparsely in the newspapers and
a flood on the net I object strongly to our country signing further international
treaties - especially in view of the fact that the bulk of the population
were not consulted! I believe that a class action to reject it after the
event should be successful. If it is not then it should be retrospectively
thrown out! Restrospectivity has one or more precedenyts in Australian law.
And if all else fails - declare war. I'm that pissed off. Our representatitives
have mis- or dis- represented the electorate for too many years. By rail
roading the voters and claiming authority without properly legitimising it,
in my opinion this is a breach of promise and fraud.
David Miles.
Take 'em seriously
Dear Editor,
Given that the election campaign has been being conducted
for a very long time and has become rather boring, readers in the print media
(and listeners and viewers in the electronic media) are frequently looking
for entertainment in what the spokespeople dish up.
Ginger Meggs - a cartoon or comic strip in the previous
generation - was creditted with the bit about "when I went in for a swim
my cordial bottle was half full but now it is half empty - I've been got
at". A certain Kim Beazley Junior was on national radio on Thursday morning
suggesting that it was naughty of the Liberals to be talking about the cup
being half empty when in reality it was half full - are we supposed to
laugh?
Going on in the same interview (with Fran) the listeners
would have heard the Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Labor Party inferring
that his party, unlike the Liberal one, would continue to act, as it had
in the past, "in the National interest" - did that mean that it was a silent
parttner in the National party or that he really believes that major political
parties, like Labor, act in the best interests of the nation?
Sincerely,
J o n M. A x t e n s
Another perfect day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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