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Between the One Nation lines
Do you remember the days, not so long ago, when journalists were allowed
to investigate issues that mattered, issues that affected the Australian
people? Issues like crime, murders and social concerns. Real investigative
journalism, free of their master's hand?
Today, of course, all that has changed with the "modern, new age" journalist
being told what to cover and how - and these are the lucky ones. Many are
holed up at the office re-writing articles that come down the wire from Reuters
- often because they refused to follow the "editorial line" - their office-bound
status being punishment for daring to challenge the line delivered by the
"Chiefs-of-Staff" on behalf of their media masters.
The control of the modern journalist and what he is allowed to report is
complete today with the directions and instructions coming directly from
their god... either Packer or Murdoch. So much for editorial independence.
It will be interesting to see how little coverage is given to the family
law policy - will it follow the way of
One Nation's
Primary Industry policy which was completely overlooked as the
media non-event of the year. On Tuesday this week Heather Hill spoke
to a number of people on-line -
resulting in
this file of what was discussed. Much value was gained by Heather
during the discussions.
Yesterday Heather Hill told me, "The family Court is not the place to be
taking family problems.
"When you look up at how it was originally set up it was supposed to be a
concillitary process for families. If anything, today, you have got bitterness,
you have got divisiveness, you have got the adversarial system at its very
best and you've got winners and losers."
Heather said that One Nation would push for the return on the emphasis of
the traditional family, "What it really means is moving funds away from minority
groups because you can't deal with one side of the family unit (such as women's
health), you have to deal with Mum, Dad and the Kids."
The One Nation policy on family law will now be released on Friday (not
Thursday) and is expected to include:
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An extensive overhaul of domestic violence policy to recognise male victims
of violent partners with "severe punishments" for women who take out vexacious
domestic violence orders.
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Fundamental changes to calculations used for property settlements in divorce.
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A challenge to what Heather Hill calls the "presumption that the mum is always
the best primary caregiver".
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A new formula to calculate the amount of maintenance paid by non-custodial
parents.
Alan Jones on Labor's hypocrisy over preferences
Here
is an extract:
Well there's been plenty of talk in recent days in
relation to the coming Federal Election about who is going to get who's
preferences. Now, of course, at the top of the agenda is the argument
by the Labor Party and the Democrats is the argument that any Liberal or
National who puts One Nation anywhere but rock bottom on their "How to Vote"
card is committing some sort of crime.
Globalisation: Demise of the Australian Nation:
The book by Graham Strachan is excellent. I have been reading through the
first few chapters. Here is an extract:
Australian "mums and dads" taxpayers currently pay
91% of the country's tax. On the total take of about Au$150 billion in the
1995-96 tax year, company tax amounted to a mere Au$12 billion (about 8%
of the total), and private taxpayers paid the rest in personal income tax,
sales tax and excise. Foreign-owned big business paid Au$3 billion: 2% of
the total.
At $15 plus $2.50 postage (with discounts on both book and postage for larger
orders) every Australian must read this book.
Ordering details at Graham's
website.
Oldfield unnerves Fischer
Oldfield strolled onto the grassy
arena as the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tim Fischer, was walking off after
addressing 300 angry farmers protesting about the future of rural Australia
under the Coalition. The venue was the small rural New South Wales town of
Yass. Oldfield did not make for the truck from which other political candidates
were making their pitch. Instead, trailing a gaggle of cameramen, he followed
Mr Fischer who retreated as fast as he could outpacing Oldfield to his car.
The media loved it. Cameras whirred and clipped. Distant amplified polspeak
and heckling provided the background music to a strange debacle in modern
Australian politics. Mr Fischer turned on his pursuer saying "I am not into
stunts."
"I just wanted to say hello," Mr Oldfield said.
"Hello and goodbye," Mr Fischer replied as he walked to his car.
"He did seem to be quickening his pace as I was gaining on him," Oldflield
said to the assembled media as Fischer's car left the area.
Where Mr Fischer had earlier faced hecklers, Mr Oldfield was listened to
and applauded as he spoke from the back of the truck. This, remember, is
One nation - the party in decline....
On rural economic problems Oldfield said: "You can destroy the cities
and the country towns will rebuild them, but if you destroy the country towns,
who is going to rebuild them?" and on foreign aid: "You have got to
send them something they can eat, not something their leaders can steal."
Earlier, Tim Fischer confronted by posters reading "Fischer – Farrer
Failure" and "No tariffs, no subsidies, no votes", had told the same assembly,
"You may attack me and that's fine...
"I also fully recognise that there is no such thing as a level playing field.
What I do know is that Australian farmers are so efficient they produce five
time more product than eighteen million people can consume."
Fairwell National party, fairwell.
Oldfield forces the majors to talk local turkey
Here
is an extract from the Sydney Morning Herald:
David Oldfield appears to have achieved with One Nation's
preferences what he failed to pull off at the Queensland election - a chaos
theory strategy designed to force the Coalition and Labor to woo One Nation
voters in vulnerable seats, despite having put One Nation last.
.....
He said yesterday: "Unless the parties are talking
to me, it doesn't matter. Don't talk to candidates or officials, the buck
stops here with me."
and in a case of direct intervention on preferences, despite the rhetoric
by National leader Tim Fischer, we hear:
That Bill Hovard told the media: "I spoke to Tim Fischer around midnight
on Friday about the fact that we were looking at the decision to split the
ticket (with One Nation ahead of the ALP)," Mr Hovard said. "He said it would
be a big problem, especially because Warren was a minister . . . he said
he and the Prime Minister were looking for solidarity with all their ministers
because it would look better than one breaking ranks."
Mr Hovard said he explained Mr Fischer's views to a Wide Bay campaign committee
meeting on Sunday, which had been expected to formally agree to the split
ticket decision, and it had been influential in their decision to abandon
the idea and agree to put One Nation last across the board. Mr Fischer has
repeatedly said preference decisions will be decided "seat by seat" and "State
by State" rather than influenced by the party leadership. He has said he
did what he could when he "set an example" by putting One Nation last in
his own electorate of Farrer.
Asked on Channel Ten's Meet The Press program last Sunday whether he would
try to dissuade National Party candidates from directing preferences to One
Nation ahead of Labor, Mr Fischer suggested personal involvement would backfire.
"I've not done any wheeling and dealing . . . the regimentation demanded
by elements of the elites, including the Canberra press gallery, is exactly
the sort of fertile ground which causes One Nation some momentum ahead of
a Queensland election," he said.
Just another porky pie which is the trademark of career politicians. Welcome
to the club Mr Fischer..
Queensland One Nation MP, Shaun Nelson, tackles the
Laboral scum on racism
Member for Tablelands Shaun Nelson told Queensland Parliament "anti-democratic
forces of division" were rallying against One Nation.
Mr Nelson challenged anyone to table a One Nation policy that contained racist
views.
"I have had enough of the tag of racist," he said.
"It is not true - none of the 11 MPs in One Nation could be accused of being
so.
"I say to this House it is a damning indictment on the assumption of innocence
until proven guilty, that fundamental of democracy, that I have to stand
here and say this.
"Finally I say to members: suffocate, label and deride One Nation at your
peril."
Australia's oldest on-line daily
In just three weeks from now the anotd will be three years old. Older
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on the 8th October 1995 and has been published daily (including
Christmas) since then.
Community Aid Abroad and the big RaceWatch scam.
Well, well, now hasn't the much lauded politically correct
RaceWatch been quiet!
Nearly three weeks into the election and B'nai B'rith and Community Aid Abroad
(CAA) have yet to find a racist to oust in Australia despite all the
trashy rhetoric and expensive "RaceWatch-er" kits.
Could it be that B'naiB'rith
has at last fallen on its own racist sword?
What about all that money spent by Community Aid Abroad supporting
a failed scheme. Money donated by Australians for use in funding
communities abroad. Money misspent by CAA
on failed un-Australian ventures that do nothing but divide the
community.
It is time that the Australian taxpayer stopped funding sick, politically
correct organisations like this. The Au$13 million a year that CAA gets in
my and your taxes would be far better spent in the Australian health system.
Soros - one very good reason why globalism is
bad
International financier Mr George Soros said Russia's economic crisis would
worsen, Latin America was on the brink, and the world's lender of last resort
- the International Monetary Fund - was ill-equipped to head off a global
meltdown.
Painting a bleak picture of the future for the world economy, Mr Soros told
US legislators that financial crises gripping Asia and Russia had already
spread to Latin America, where panic was setting in, and that Malaysia's
foreign currency controls could set Asia's recovery back.
Warning that the global capitalist system was coming undone, Mr Soros said
the US Federal Reserve might need to cut interest rates to spur growth and
he called on the US Congress to give $US18 billion ($30 billion) to the IMF
to replenish the lending agency's reserves, drained by multi-billion-dollar
bail-outs of Russia and three crisis-hit Asian nations.
But Mr Soros told the House Banking Committee that even a fully funded IMF
could not end the turmoil.
"Replenishing the capital of the IMF will not be sufficient to resolve the
global financial crisis," he said.
The IMF engineered huge rescues last year for Indonesia, South Korea and
Thailand to avert the region's economic collapse. In July, the fund assembled
a nearly $US23 billion package for Russia.
But market confidence evaporated despite the IMF cash injection, Russia devalued
the rouble and defaulted on some foreign debt, and Russian President Yeltsin's
surprise decision to ditch his young Prime Minister, Mr Sergei Kiriyenko,
did nothing to reassure frightened investors.
Mr Soros, whose speculation helped send the British pound spinning out of
the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in September 1992, has drawn fire from
Malaysia and Hong Kong for the activities of the hedge funds he controls.
He is chairman of Soros Fund Management and this and other funds which he
controls are said to have lost some $US2 billion in the Russian collapse.
Mr Soros said the meltdown in Russia had exposed new weaknesses in the
international banking system.
"A global credit crunch is in the making," the multi-billionaire philanthropist
told the committee.
"The global capitalist system, which has been responsible for the remarkable
prosperity of this country in the last decade, is coming apart at the seams."
He said the downside for the Russian economy was "practically limitless"
after the collapse of the rouble and a big debt default; he said Russia's
banking system had been wiped out by the latest economic turmoil.
"The situation in Russia is quite dire; very, very serious."
Of course it is Soros who is a master at bringing sovereign countries
to their knees because of his ability to manipulate their currency's value
in the new globalised world.
Making the
news" -
an indepth exposé of media and political collusion at the highest
possible levels in Australia.
You say:
Discrimination
My wife Jill and I run a small business in Perth employing
9 people.
We wish to bring to your attention an injustice sufferred
by one of our employees Bronya R.
Bronya lives with his partner and two small children
in rented accommodation in Balga, a Northern Perth suburb. They have lived
there for some 18 months A few weeks ago an aboriginal family moved into
the adjoining property. On several occasions he has caught members of this
family sniffing glue in his back garden and in direct view of hi children.
After several requests for them to desist he finally lost his temper and
insisted that they get of his property.
Later that evening two females and two males from this
family burst into his home. The two women carried out a serious assault against
his wife armed with a cricket bat - in full view of his children, while the
two men chased Bronya out into the road where they proceeded to attack him
with an iron bar.
Their injuries required hospital treatment. Bronya
was away from work for one week.
Despite repeated approaches to the police they refused
to investigate the matter. They did not take statements they did not press
charges for grievous bodily harm, saying only that it was Bronya's responsibility
to take out a restraining order through the court.
It was only after finally taking the matter to the
Ombudsman, that the police bothered to take statements. Charges have not
been made. Bronya and his family continue to receive daily abuse and though
they are reluctant to do so they now accept that they must move to another
area.
Clearly we cannot approach the police on Bronya's behalf,
but are wondering if you would be prepared to first obtain the police account
of the incident to first check the full story, and to subsequently assist
in any way you are able.
I realise this is a very sensitive matter at this time
but my wife and I feel so strongly about the injustice that we must do whatever
we can.
Many thanks.
Ron
Unfortunately Ron we have all heard of this before.
It is called reverse-racism.
Editor
Preferences
I'm not convinced of the sense in putting both the
major parties last. Barring the greatest political upset in history there
will be a Howard or Beazley government, and our preferences will elect it.
We have no choice if we want our vote to count.
If people don't want a Labor government, putting the
Democrats or Greens before the Coalition parties will be counter-productive.
Democrat and Green preferences usually go to Labor. For the same reason each
voter will have to find out the political leanings of the independents. That
should be easy to see from their own how-to-vote cards.
One Nation first. Then, if you don't want a Labor
government put it last. If you don't want a Liberal government put it last.
But think carefully where the preferences of the minor parties and independents
will go before you put them before either of the main parties.
It is a vitally important matter and needs discussion.
Any more thoughts?
Antonia
Ps. After reading that article on
Spindler's
Sexuality Discrimination bill I'm putting the Democrats last. With
'harassment' being defined to include a refusal to accept bisexuality [once
called sexual depravity] as a 'distinct sexuality' they are a menace to all
decent people and society itself.
B'nai
B'rith
So B'nai B'rith has been running courses in schools
and police forces to promote 'racial tolerance'. It now plans to extend the
courses to companies to intimidate - whoops, 'educate' - middle managers.
The campaign is a response to the rise of Pauline Hanson and the 'racism'
she espouses. Only deceitful ideologues could claim that a woman who wants
everybody treated equally can be a racist. And only fools could believe
them.
It is common knowledge that these 'workshops' use peer
pressure as an effective tool to intimidate free expression. But they backfire,
because people only pay lip-service to them. Once the 'facilitator' leaves
after being heartily thanked for the wonderful insights he has revealed,
the participants invariably agree that it was a load of crap and a total
waste of time.
Once, the citizens of this country freely formed their
own opinions according to their religious or philosophical heritage, or from
personal moral searching. We used to live and let live, and though we differed,
respected one anothers beliefs as being sincerely held. Contrast this true
civility with the bullying tactics of the likes of B'nai B'rith who seek
to impose their beliefs on everybody. If they truly valued tolerance they
would tolerate One Nation and not continue to peddle the lie that it is
racist.
Antonia Feitz
One
Nation's Primary Industry Policy
Dear Sir
How are you ? Im so glad that there is someone in parliment
like Pauline !! Im a 16 male studant in Western Australia and like everything
your trying to make equil there is reason for it, but no one knows, Its such
a shame...
Keep up the great work, please. And dont let any one
get you down because i bet there are hundreds of australians who would vote
for you but too afraid to admit it. Some how you have to encourage people
to speak out and/or even understand what your policys are and so
forth....
Keep in Touch
Robert
Unfair benefits
Scott,
I have heard much talk about how indigenous Australians
are able to gain access to welfare and other social security support that
is not available to non-indigenous Australians and other Australian ethnic
or 'minority groups'. This would seem unfair...
I recall part of Pauline Hanson's maiden speech in
parliament referred to the need to treat all Austalians the same and effectively
ensure an even playing field.
Has the One Nation Party ever researched and documented
the difference in benefits provided to indigenous vice non-indigenous
Australians? It is most difficult for me to both understand and identify
the scope of these 'extra' benefits not available to the rest of us Australian
taxpayers.
I would be most interested to learn of those differences,
and request you advise how I can find out. Is their a report you could provide,
or are you able to suggest commissioning an inquiry to determine the extent
of these benefits, the results of which could be provided to One Nation
supporters.
Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.
Murray.
Plunder Tax
Hi Scott,
Why do we have such enormous proposed tax increases
? by both Government and Oposition.
Why do we call it GST, or anything else, why don't
we just call it PLUNDER TAX ?
Is it because we need more money to pull the various
Asian Countries out of a hole, while their governments (I mean presidents,
their relatives and all sort of hangers on), use the money for themselves
.
Why do we call it GST, or anything else, why don't
we just call it PLUNDER TAX ?
Why doesn't our government be more honest, and tell
us to pay our taxes directly in to their accounts, it would be cheaper.
Why do we have to pay for their plunder of their Countries
coffers, anyway ?
Can somebody tell me ?
Regards,
Richard B.
Humor In a Depressing Time
Lease the Land of OZ????
The only way the political masters in Canberra can
see to solve our debt problems, is not to effectively manage the nation,
but to sell off the nation's assets. The National Airline, The Bank, Airports
– now we are seeing the sale of the worlds best Telecommunications Company
– Telstra, a big profit producer. And in the future Australia Post?
'As selling national assets' is the 'vogue phrase'
of the yuppies – maybe we could sell the military to one of the security
services – Armaguard, Mayne Nickless etc - and lease it back. Better
still, lease it to the New York Police Dept - they already have better equipped
and more police officers than we have soldiers, and hire it back if we ever
need it.
The Navy could be leased to the Bondi Yacht Club, the
Airforce could be leased to the Aero Club – just think of the money
we could save – maybe the Tax Office could finish up paying us?
We could lease Parliament House to the Canberra Country
Women's Association (CWA), Parliament could book ahead and pay a weekly rental,
like us country folk do when we hire the local CWA hall for meetings.
If we negotiate with General Motors US, their profit
is so high they could pay every man, woman, child and dog a million dollars.
We could invest our million dollars, live off the interest – leave the
residual to the kids – no worries mate – she'll be right, good-onyer
mate, beaut and bonzer – and have a ripper time.
Then we wouldn't have to worry about anything –
we would all be millionaires – we could put our heads back in the sand
and no longer have to worry about our national assets or who owns bloody
our country!!!!!!
Jeff Budd
Howard's gaff on law enforcement
I sent the following to the liberal party home page.
===============================================================
Congratulations, the latest policy on law and order has just put hundreds
of thousands of legal firearm owners further offside with the party and widened
the road to ON in the rural electorates. Statements such as 'all firearms
license' will be recorded in the criminals data base are nothing short of
gross stupidity, with the mood so volatile on the issue of firearms. Effectively
it means every legally licensed firearm owner who votes for the Liberal Party
is asking to be lumped in with prostitutes, drug dealers, robbers, child
molesters and the like.
Fair dinkum is anyone interested in thinking about
ordinary Australians. The basic concept is fine and is to be applauded but
really did anyone think including legally registered firearms owners was
going to add one vote to our tally. Indeed it has just lost us votes to the
only viable Conservative Party on this issue; the Nats have little or no
credibility on the issue. When I heard the announcement I thought excellent
idea having all the sex offenders DNA prints available for police to match
against. But then I heard I was to be included in it as well, I didn't believe
it at first, surely they are smarter than that. But no, the ABC made a point
of ensuring licensed firearm owners were mentioned at least four times during
the item.
As one labor person said to me 'libs don’t know
how to win an election', with statements such as above I'm inclined to agree
with him.
Wayne Brown
Timid Tim tiptoes through the tulips
The real meaning of political 'debate' was demonstrated
yesterday at the Yass showgrounds when Timid Tim confronted a ropable crowd
of small business people and farmers. Apparently, his pre-arranged 'script'
didn't quite go to plan, as a number of concerned citizens threw curly questions
at him. However, in typical Laboral politician style, when the hard balls
came, he ducked! Instead of addressing the concerns of those present with
regards to globalisation, economic irrationalism and decimation of services
in the bush, he jabbered out stock/standard Laboral answers.
The piece de resistance came at the conclusion of this
sorry spectacle when One Nation Senate candidate, Mr David Oldfield, attempted
to engage Timid Tim in debate, however brief. It seems that you must be a
member of the Laboral establishment to warrant such prestigious venues as
Sixty Minutes or the National Press Club. If you're not, you don't even get
a 'look in' at the Yass showgrounds!
Timid Tim's response to Mr David Oldfield ("Hello!..and
good-bye!) may well turn out to be a prophetic utterance on his own political
career! cheers!
(jimbo!)
Republic
I agree with Hanson in regards to the issue of a republic.
We don't really need one.
Kim Beastly tried to stir the emotions about a "..head
of state opening the Olympic Games." All I can say to that comment is "SO
WHAT??" What's the big deal about making a half hour speech at a sporting
event.
It may be a big international sporting event but it's
over within a few weeks. When everyone's gone back home to their countries
with whatever medals, etc., we're left with this puppet republic. One that
is interdependent upon the United Nations and one that has a head of state
who takes orders from the Media men with the money.
The Laboral Pollies are always talking about "the big
picture", but Beaze and the boys want us to get all teary-eyed about the
Olympics.
When it comes to the BIG PICTURE caper I'm afraid the
Olympics are not even a black & white snap-shot when compared to Australia's
future. Get real Beaze, a republic won't put people back in jobs and it won't
get the money and aid to Aboriginals who really need it.
S.E. Wagger
Another perfect day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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B'nai B'rith's
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