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Between the One Nation lines
Yesterday morning I was invited
to participate in the discussions over the proposed One Nation tax policy.
I cannot reveal any details at this stage but I can just repeat what
Pauline Hanson said on the public record
at the
fund raiser last Friday night, "We will
cut Capital Gains Tax out after two years on a business because if you put
the hard work in you should reap the benefits."
In the image above Len Harris, Pauline Hanson and Barry Evans part of the
ten man One Nation team looking at the proposed tax plan. Discussions took
place in Pauline Hanson's Ipswich office.
The go-ahead for the tax policy was given at the meeting with finishing touches
and strategies to be put in place before its release.
New South Wales state conference
Feedback from
the One Nation New South Wales state conference held last Saturday
in Lithgow...
Thanks to Peter Cook for the report.
Wheeling and dealing all in the game of big name
politics
The closer you get to what actually goes on in politics the more sickened
you get by the blatant corruption and unsavoury deals being done behind the
scenes. The one party which is transparently open and free of the wheeling
and dealing, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, is the one targeted by the others
because its very presence threatens the Laboral two-step that has dominated
Australian politics over the last 25 years.
You might recall the derision that followed the comment by One Nation state
director David Ettridge
when he talked
about "printing money" to fund the proposed Au$150 million People's
Bank.
The media and politicians like Peter Costello had a field day. "Print money,
ha, ha, ha..." was the derisory line followed by the Treasurer and emblazoned
in headlines to give the comment credibility in the News Limited papers
across the nation. The Costello comments were not questioned, not investigated
- such is the abysmal level that journalism has fallen to in this country
(but One Nation was at the butt end of the joke so why bother?). What
followed was a public rap across the knuckles by Pauline Hanson when she
told Ettridge not to speak on policy again.
But was Ettridge's comment so silly? A student journalist at University would
have discovered that before Ettridge's comments were made the Australian
Treasury and the Federal Government had, in fact been responsible for the
printing of the largest amount of M1 money in the developed world - a massive
increase of 12.2% in just 12 months - amounting to billions of dollars.
But of course that was different.
"That money" had been printed to help keep the economy afloat in the face
of the Asian crisis and to keep things sweet in the lead up to the Federal
election. Unlike the One Nation People's Bank proposal - targeted at helping
small business and farmers at low interest rate loans this M1 money had just
been thrown into an economy which soaked it up like a sponge.
Then in the build up to the launch of Labor's tax policy Beazley comes out
and promises every family earning under Au$50,000 a direct tax cut of Au$50
per week - to match the "benefits" of Howard's GST. A simple, blatant election
bribe.
The direct cost to our economy - Au$3 billion! As that is not tax being collected
but tax being given and money has to come from somewhere, what does that
mean? It means "printing" Au$3 billion.
But of course this is where our tightly controlled newspapers and politism
comes into its own. No derisory comments about "printing money" just reams
and reams of garbage about how much each specific target family groups will
benefit by. The statement by Beazley that he will recover the money from
wealthy tax dodgers is one that was used by the Coalition in the lead up
to the 1996 Federal Election and, of course, that promise never ever got
anywhere.
"Never, ever" is a term that Howard used when promising never to introduce
a GST, never ever is a term that actually applies to sweeteners which are
promised but not given by politicians scouring the voting barrel for votes.
As you will see in the next article, "sweeteners" are not restricted to the
general population but are blatantly used to buy the votes of target
multicultural groups.
New Ethnic leader targets Hanson
How the Labor Party buy votes... read between the tax payer funded
lines...
Here
is an extract from the Packer controlled Sydney Morning Herald article:
"I will fight to make the Ethnic Community Council
(ECC) the number one community organisation in the fight against racism and
that we will put Pauline Hanson last," he said. "Tony Pun did a great job
and I am going to build on what he did.
"We are going to be taking a more anti-Hanson stand.
We are going to go out into the general community and say the ethnic community
has a lot to offer. We, our parents, our forebears have done a lot for
Australia.
"It is so important that the ECC is ready for the
millennium because if we are not ready for the future we may as well give
up."
and.....
At the meeting, the Premier of NSW, Bob Carr, announced
an extra $50,000 grant to the ECC to increase community harmony.
He also announced the setting up of the NSW Migration
Heritage Centre, a State network linking migration heritage and cultural
projects.
Pig industry blankets Coalition
Pig producers have put the Federal Government on notice, releasing the details
of a survey today showing that producer support for the Coalition has plummeted.
The survey of 500 pork producers across eastern Australia by the industry
body, the Pork Council, reveals support for the government has fallen from
84% to 36% since the last election.
As well the survey shows that 85% of producers blame the government's policy
of allowing pigmeat imports for the current collapse in pig prices.
Pork Council President, Peter Brechin, says the dissatisfaction Australia's
3,000 pig producers feel for the government is still strong despite the release
of the Coalition's tax package.
PETER BRECHIN: Well interestingly enough, that survey was taken one week
after some government announcements, notably the tax package and what they
intend to do there. And it would seem from those percentages quoted in the
survey that pork producers in particular haven't changed their view on the
patterns that were established in the Queensland election. And that's an
interesting result because one would have thought that some at least would
have returned to the conservative fold on the back of those tax announcements.
Talking about surveys, here is
The
Morgan Poll web site that provides some interesting insights.
Explaining One Nation's appeal
By Robert Gottliebsen (BRW)
During the week I addressed the Australian Chamber
of Commerce in Hong Kong. They wanted to hear about what was happening Down
Under and in particular why so many Australians were embracing Pauline Hanson's
apparent racist policies. This is the question being asked of most Australians
who travel abroad. I would like to devote this week's Comment to a synopsis
of my speech, as an aid to other Australian travellers attempting to explain
what is happening.
"In Hong Kong, Pauline Hanson is the most public of
Australia's politicians. Indeed, many locals could be excused for thinking
she is the Australian Prime Minster and that the level of support for her
party means that Australia is turning its back on Asia. This is not true.
I first want to make it clear that I am one of those Australians who, like
the Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, believe in increased migration, including
migration from Asia. I find the overall rise in the popularity of the One
Nation party an unfortunate development. But One Nation draws only part of
its support base from those who want migration levels cut. The party's statements
have been skilfully crafted to strike a chord among a series of unhappy
Australians whose problems have nothing to do with migration. One Nation
has become the party of protest.
"For example, despite my own views on migration, if
I were a Queensland farmer I would have voted for One Nation in the recent
state elections, and would vote One Nation in the federal election. We will
assume that my farm in Queensland is on a long-term pastoral lease. These
rural leaseholds are the equivalent of freehold land because they have been
held in families for generations. Back in the 1980s, when the High Court
of Australia first raised the question of Aboriginal claims over Crown land,
the then Prime Minster of Australia, Paul Keating, assured all farm leaseholders
they would be protected.
"But in the past 12 months the High Court has effectively
confiscated many farm rights. In the process, farmers around the country
have become frightened. Even those on freehold land could lose rights over
their access to water. At the time of the Queensland election the Federal
Parliament had not been able to protect my land and only One Nation had a
policy that satisfied me. Similarly, Western Australians have seen most of
their state become the subject of land claims that stopped new mineral
development, so support for One Nation is very high in the west.
"But the problems of remote communities went much further
than the High Court's land decisions. Commodity prices are down, city-based
politicians have limited the use of guns, and services such as banking, post,
rail and some communications facilities have been withdrawn. Accordingly,
the standard of living in many communities has been slashed. The party that
represented the farmers, the National Party, is led by Tim Fischer, who is
one of the best trade ministers Australia has ever seen. But the view of
many in the rural sector is that he has not delivered.
"Since voting for One Nation in the state election,
as a Queensland farmer I have been well rewarded. The Federal Parliament
has put through Aboriginal legislation which at least protects some of my
land rights, although it doesn't go far enough; banks have declared that
they are going to restrict rural branch closures; the Government will maintain
its control of the telephone company; Australia Post is going to stop closing
rural branches and there is a plan to link Melbourne and Darwin with a fast
train. The rail proposal has a real chance of success because it will make
a second Sydney airport unnecessary.
"If my simple vote for One Nation in the state election
was able to deliver so much benefit, then I will do it again because even
more benefits may flow.
Why one strong supporter is switching
"Let us look at another group of people who support
One Nation. This time I can point to a friend of mine who plans to switch
his vote from the Government to One Nation. This friend is a member of one
of Melbourne's prestige clubs. Over many years he has supported the Liberal
party with large donations amounting to many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He has also actively supported one or two candidates. This man has business
interests throughout Asia, including big operations in China. Like me, he
would welcome further migration, particularly from Asia.
"He will vote One Nation at the next election for three
reasons. First, he has a pig farm and he is appalled that dumped Canadian
pork may wipe out his operation. He believes the Canadians outmanoeuvred
the Australian Government, which did not take into consideration the protection
the Canadians give their farmers. (Many Queensland sugar-cane growers also
believe they were treated badly when protection was lowered.) My friend is
also unhappy with the Liberal Party leadership. And thirdly, he is appalled
by the violence seen outside One Nation meetings as a result of demonstrations
by people protesting against racism. So he is going to deliver a protest
vote, and deliver it hard.
The migrant threat to jobless people
"My third category of One Nation supporters are those
that the media in Hong Kong focus on. These people do not want further migration
and are particularly opposed to Asian migration. What sort of people are
in this category? Some are elderly people, who grew up at a time when there
was high protection in Australia and we did indeed have a White Australia
policy, which they supported. Others oppose multiculturalism.
"But this group is more likely to be unskilled workers.
Australia has very high minimum rates of pay compared to other countries,
particularly the US. Many young people have not been taught to read and write
properly. As a result, unemployment among unskilled people is very high.
Also, wages and conditions are too generous to facilitate the level of job
creation required to sharply reduce unemployment.
"Moreover, our politicians have introduced legislation
that makes it difficult to sack people, so employers take much greater care
in hiring. So, if I am an unskilled Australian-born laborer fighting to obtain
a job out of a small pool of jobs, I must compete against many new migrants,
who may be Vietnamese or Indonesian or, at other times, Turkish or Lebanese.
As an unskilled person I see these migrants as making it more difficult for
me to get a job and I believe they should be stopped from coming in until
unemployment is lower.
"Australian politicians are not prepared to explain
the problem to the people. The previous Labor Government could not get
unemployment down. The current Liberal-National coalition promised to fix
it but has done little better. One Nation says it will allow migration only
to the extent that it replaces people who leave the country, and it will
protect industries. These policies attract much support. But gradually the
main parties are managing the process and the country is coming to grips
with the problem One Nation presents.
A threat to the system
"If One Nation had focused simply on farmers' land
rights, banks, telephone companies and protection, it would have got support
but nowhere near the publicity it received by playing the Asian card. By
referring to Asian migration the movement ensured it would get maximum publicity
both locally and abroad. A set of policies simply linked to race and migration
would have been easy for the existing parties to counter but One Nation has
a carefully selected group of issues that cover a much wider area and so
become harder to attack.
"One Nation threatens to decimate the Liberal Party's
partner in government, the National Party. That puts the Prime Minister,
John Howard, in a difficult position. Beazley spends most of his time blasting
Howard for not being strong enough on this issue. Beazley has a strong
pro-immigration stance, but he needs to be careful because One Nation appeals
to an important segment of his constituency. Given One Nation's support levels
in Western Australia, it is conceivable that Beazley could lose his seat
at the next election even if his party wins government. Globally, it is not
unusual for minority interests to attract 15-20% of the votes in a
community.
"What gives One Nation such tremendous power in Australia
is the voting system itself. In the lower house the seats are arranged in
geographic regions; One Nation support tends to be concentrated in rural
areas, so it may well take a number of seats. In the upper house the system
is one of proportional representation. That ensures that in each state, if
a party achieves a certain proportion of the votes, it will gain representation.
One Nation could easily secure the balance of power in the upper house and
possibly the lower house.
"Australians have been debating a republic and the
debate has stalled partly because the current system of government has worked
well to date. One Nation now endangers that system, because to govern, it
may be necessary for the two main parties to combine. If that were to happen,
the debate in Australia would shift from a limited focus on Republicanism
to an entirely new constitution. However, it is possible that support for
One Nation will wane as debate over the coalition's proposed new tax package
overtakes the issues on which One Nation gains support.
Australia's chance
"I have focused so far on the aspect on Australia that
attracts most publicity in this region. But you should not forget that Australia
has emerged as one of the most prosperous countries in the region. Our asset
values have not fallen to anywhere near the extent of those of our neighbors,
and I include Hong Kong and Korea in this calculation. Unlike Japan, we have
a sound banking system and our Government has reined in expenditure to produce
a surplus. The main planks in foreign policy are agreed on by both parties.
Australia has an education system that is producing talent that the world's
technology companies are seeking out. It has the opportunity to be a very
prosperous part of the world if its politicians don't get sidetracked by
the issues I have described."
Interesting that Gottleibsen somehow forgot to mention people are supporting
One Nation because they are revolting against:
-
globalisation and economic rationalism
-
the power of the politically correct
-
media concentration in this country
-
the elite and their corruption
-
the Laboral party's agenda
-
the lies of the career politicians
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the banks
-
the planned destruction of the rural industry
-
disarming the Australian people
-
etc...
Making the
news" -
an indepth exposé of media and political collusion at the highest
possible levels in Australia.
Political:
You say:
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT:
Dear Scott,
I have just visited your
ONE NATION
FORUM and must congratulate your efforts in setting up this site.
I found it reassuring to know that there are so many Aussies out there who
are genuinely interested in contributing their time and ideas into making
this country the land that our forefathers dreamt it could be.I have only
voted once in my lifetime 1972 when as a 19 year old in the next ballot for
Vietnam I voted Labour who promised not only to bring the troops home but
also to ''Buy back the farm''. After the 1975 coup I vowed never to vote
again until we had a party and leader that had the guts to bring our forefathers
dreams to life. I will certainly be registering a vote next election and
will work for the cause.........................................
Steve Milson.
Subject:
REPLY TO FRANK ANDERSENS
COMMENTS; ANOTD 22/8/98
Dear Scott,
I was most interested to read your comments ( 23/8/98
) regarding the US / UN strong-arm attacks against Iraq and now Afghanistan
and the Sudan and I agree with your thoughts as to the underlying reason
behind the conflict, ie: protecting the interests of the multi national oil
cartels.It is also ironic that Sadam and (the alleged terrorist) Osama bin
Laden have strong connections to the CIA and British M16 , both organisations
appearing to have armed and trained both men. I hope the actions by the US
Government are proven to be correct as their attack on previously non hostile
Islamic nations will only serve to unite the Muslim people with potentially
disastrous ramifications for all.
Scott, you posed the question as to what would happen
if we in Australia refused to toe the line. I have ''maintained the rage''
since 11/11/75 when the Whitlam government was destroyed over the Rex Connor
/ Khemlani loans affair when they attempted to borrow overseas capital ''
TO BUY BACK THE FARM '', and I believe on that day notice was effectively
served on any future Australian Government of their fate if they did not
toe the line.
I also interested in Frank Andersen's comments 22/8/98
and I concur with Frank's opinion that ONE NATION has a lot of support and
POTENTIAL support amongst disenchanted unionists and traditional ''tree of
knowledge'' labour party supporters. Since the Hawke / Keating kneecapping
(the Accord) and the Howard / Reith assault on workers conditions and job
security, blue collar workers have also suffered but have to some extent
been neglected in One Nation policy. Perhaps the tax package once released
will win over many wavering supporters. I would like to hear from other unionists
in the hope that our concerns to can be formulated into One Nation
policy.
PS I couldn't help but notice Beatties attack on the
heroin dealers on tonight's news and the promises to clean up the drug menace
that is like a cancer eating away at our youth and spreading crime, corruption
and misery throughout our country. I hope it is not a stunt, for I really
believe that the heroin problem needs to be SERIOUSLY addressed by ALL PARTIES
and should not be used as a gimmick to win a few votes, if Beatties crackdown
saves one life then I'll be the first to give him credit and I hope that
all will support the initiative.
Have a good day....................Steve
Subject: GST, races ,racers
So what happened to the much vaunted race-based election
the chatterers assured us we would have? Seems no one gives a rats arse about
race and their jeans (er...genes), but the hip pocket seems to be where the
nerve centres are located instead.
Poor old Leibler might have to work at something else,
other than parasitism, for a living. Joe Gutnick might give him a job swinging
a miners pick, seeing his days as a pick-pocket are numbered; well, it is
obvious he would never be employed as an engineer - he even failed as a social
engineer.
Omega
Subject:
Struggle with
Globalism.
Bravo for Australian Sovereignty Antonia (I allways
enjoy your contributions) we are indeed up against a new breed of robber
barons for whom laboral are only middle level servants!
I was interested in the input on the Jewish Mafia also,
and a recent contributor who blithely claimed that "The Protocols are almost
certainly a forgery" Once again I'd like to ask JG Estiot what are "The Protocols
of the learned Elders of Zion" a forgery of exactly?
If one looks around this world with a critical eye
it is not too hard to see where the Globalisiation push is coming from! To
see who are the lackeys and who are the ringleaders for instance.
Antonia is quite right in saying Liberal and Labour
care nothing for Australia, on the contrary they are promoting a Rhodesian
/ Zionist vision of One World Government. A government run by international
money and controlled by the same age old decievers who once again are claiming
to be a religion and not a race, whilst practising their own vile brand of
racism and flinging racist labels at anyone else who dares to question them
or to suggest that all races be treated equally.
No we must stop this, we must return One Nation to
Federal Office. They will help to restore National pride. Only if all nations
can do this can we hope to then learn to live togethor as a peace loving
Global Community! free of Zionist Occupied Governments. We are of course
up for a huge Struggle with Globalists but we can and must defeat them. The
alternative will be a new millenium as serfs and slaves of New World Order
Robber Barons.
Pauline for P.M. I say.. David Morgan.
Subject: Worth thinking about
Apparantly it's company profit reporting time. I read
that Telstra is expected to post a $3 billion dollar plus profit this year.
So why is the government so desperate to sell such a winner?
Antonia
Subject: Arrogant Nonsense from Tabloid
Journal!!!!
'Deadly Obssession: Killer's House an Arsenal ' screamed
the front-page headline in the Melbourne Sunday Herald-Sun, 23rd August,
1998. 'Time to End the Killing: Wake Up Call'fumed the self-righteous editorial
on Page 28(sic)
On careful perusal of the follow-up 'story', we find
that the 'arsenal'(retrieved from a bungalow[_not_a _house_] at the rear
of a Prahran residence/boarding-house) included such items as:(a large quantity
of) knives, 'replica'(or 'toy') guns: of the kind that can be readily purchased
'across the counter' in most retail outlets throughout the state of
Victoria,'camouflage' clothing and 'webbing' and a large quantity of military/gun
magazines..._all_ perfectly legal and available to any man, woman or child
who presents the purchase price at hardware stores, service stations, newsagents,
K-Marts, 'Army Disposal Outlets' or 'Second-Hand' dealers anywhere in Australia.
*Also found in the bungalow was a quantity of [_real_] guns and ammunition.
Minus the abovementioned 'peripheral items', however, the 'arsenal' began
to take on a not-so- threatening appearance.
Pre-empting the carefully-considered findings of an
official and legal Coronial Inquest, and appointing itself as Judge, jury
and executioner, the Sunday Herald-Sun pontificated that the resident of
the bungalow 'ambushed' two inoffensive men who had come to help the resident
move. Out-of-context snippets from 'police' and 'unofficial sources' "backed
up" this fanciful assertion. More worrying by far, however, was the 'Editorial
Opinion' : a nice little hotch-potch of illogicalites, absurdities, factual
inaccuracies and downright lies.
Here are a few 'choice' excerpts: **"Crackpot views
on gun ownership no longer have a place here...Tolerance has expired on lunatic
ideas" opens this diatribe of nonsense. Hmmm....those would be the 'crackpot
views' of the _millions_ of Australians who own firearms, I suppose.? 'Tolerance
has expired...': so much for living in a 'tolerant society'. Let's tolerate
_anything_, (including:: homosexuality and lesbianism being 'force-fed' to
school-children as 'acceptable lifestyles', 'partial-birth
abortions'[infanticide], 12 year-old taxi driver killers, teenage
psychopaths,violence and pornography on prime time television, 30+% divorce
rates and general societal breakdown) _except_ for politically incorrect
viewpoints...such as the right to possess firearms for self-defence.
**"No one will snigger at rednecks who assert they
have a right to defend themselves with firearms.." Nor will they snigger
at: old age pensioners under siege in their own homes, people in isolated
communities(without a hot-and-cold running police presence) terrified of
intruders and 'home invaders', people in outer-suburban or outlying areas
where the 'reaction-time' of police is in the order of 20+ minutes(the difference
between life and death) in a state of panic over aggravated burglaries/rapes,
child kidnappings/abductions and armed robberies of law-abiding citizens
in broad daylight.....
**"No one will find amusement in the One Nation candidate's
argument that there is a United Nations inspired conspiracy to disarm Australia"
Ooops...your political bias is showing, Mr Editor! You refer, doubtless,
to the recent speech of the One Nation Party representative in the Queensland
Parliament(one of those who was elected by the almost 1/3 'fringe-dwellers'[viz:
ordinary, working-class Australians] of Queensland). Perhaps a perusal of
the State Hansard is in order here....? My recollection of the speech was
that the representative was claiming that the 'Tough New Gun Laws' were,
in fact, not new at all and were 'hatched' in foreign capitals...the 'Australian
Shooters Journal'(hardly an extremist right-wing 'hate magazine')of September,
1997 discussed this fact at length. The article referred to the UN 'Universal
Declaration of Principles on Firearms'. *Australia is a major player in the
framing of this declaration, much of whose input is based on a recognisably
flawed 1990 report; 'Violence: Directions for Australia', 'produced' by the
National Committee on Violence. Other players in this little saga are Drs
Natalie Goldring and Susannah Dyer, employees of the 'British American Security
Information Council(BASIC)Project on Light Weapons and co-authors of a paper
entitled:"Controlling Global Light Weapons Transfers: Working Towards Policy
Options", dated 16th April, 1996. This paper talks of 'neutralising' pro-gun
ownership groups/lobbies and 'creating' a climate conducive to 'gun
control'....all for a 'safer society', of course. Needless to say,
studies/research that showed 'gun control' actually _increased_ crimes of
violence(exmpl:the surge in violent crimes committed in Japan[which has probably
the toughest gun laws in the Western world] by criminals armed with illegally
obtained/imported handguns, studies by [former founding member of the National
Committee for Handgun Control] Paxton Quigley and criminologist Gary Kleck
of Florida State University ) were/are conveniently ignored!...also 'swept
under the carpet' is the evidence that, in places(such as Kenneshaw County,
Georgia)where citizens are issued permits to carry concealed firearms and
to have firearms for self-protection, crimes against property and life have
plummetted....
**"No one will tolerate the scurrilous proposition
that the massacre of 35 people at Port Arthur was part of the government's
orchestration of gun control"... Now _why_ would/should an assertion like
this be raised? To show:[a]pro-gun lobbyists all believe this(and are, by
implication, wackos?), [b]people who are pro-gun lobbyists are,by and large,
'conspiracy theorists', 'rednecks' and loonies? or [c]there are a _lot_ of
people questioning the 'official' account of the Port Arthur 'incident' and
it is getting harder and harder to 'keep the lid on': best course of
action...dismiss them as 'crazies'[perhaps it's the old Marxist-Leninist
tactic:'call the enemy what you are'!]. Whatever you do, though, don't you
dare present any of their arguments/facts/evidence, lest you lend them some
kind of credibility. Can't have that! The whole media-driven edifice of the
[necessary] 'Tough New Gun Laws' might start crumbling!
**"It is time to get serious...It is time to send the
crackpots and fringe-dwellers packing...." ...to where? Concentration camps?
Rounding up several million crackpots and fringe-dwellers(the 25+% of people
who support One Nation Party,[and, by implication, their Firearms for
Self-Defence Policy] for instance) might present a few 'logistical' difficulties,
to say the least....unless....
**"It is time to get the rest of the guns before we
have another week of death..." You have _got_ to be joking? How? By declaring
martial law? A police state? Installing CCTV monitoring equipment in every
home and residence in Victoria/Australia? Requiring people to wear electronic
tags/ monitoring devices?(a la 'Demolition Man'?)Conservative estimates place
at _less than_ 1/3 the number of 'illegal' firearms handed in during the
recent 'gun buy-back' scheme(the which was little more than 'legitimised
theft' anyway! If I break into your house and steal your VCR, I have committed
a theft..even if I leave $200 on the 'fridge to pay for it!). That means
there are over 1 million(if not several million) illegal guns still at large
in the community. Clearly, these people _do_no_want_ to hand them in...it
is doubtful if any amount of money or any sort of threat would induce them
to do so. The only recourse would seem to be to _forcibly_ acquire them.
To advocate such a tactic (with the necessary police/military back-up and
legislation) is pretty much the same as declaring Civil War against approximately
1/3rd of the population. Is this what the Editorialist is advocating? Perhaps
ASIO should be notified?
**"That guns will kill about 600 people in Australia
this year is evidence enough that thereis still a lot of work to be done,
no matter how successful the buy-back scheme is judged.." 'That guns will
kill about 600 people in Australia this year is evidence....' of _exactly
nothing_. There are nearly that many killed annually in Australian hospitals
because of medical neglicence/malpractice. By that logic, doctors ought to
be banned!...whatever,there are a multitude of different circumstances involved
with these deaths. The two police shot dead earlier in the week in suburban
Moorabbin, for example, were killed by a criminal armed with a(probably
un-registered) hand-gun. Hand-guns have been by and large unavailable to
the general public in Victoria for over forty years! So what? Clearly, the
'Tough New Gun Laws' had _no effect whatsoever_ on that incident. "When guns
are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"!
**"There are still too many un-registered guns in
circulation..." Obviously...and your solution is...?
**"Enough is enough....." _AMEN_!....It's time ordinary,
decent Australians said 'ENOUGH' to Politically Correct garbage'tarted up'
to look like an 'argument' by a journal that, at best, could be described
as 'tabloid' and,at worst, as 'sensationalist gutter claptrap'. When are
Australians going to start boycotting these propagandists and brainwashers
and stop buying their newspapers and/or advertising in them?
cheers!
(jimbo!)
Business:
Packer has increased his stranglehold on the "independent" Fairfax empire
with his right hand man Brian Powers, already in the chair, overseeing the
demise of Bob Muscat, the company's CEO. Muscat resigned yesterday and was
replaced by a three man team headed by Powers. Powers said that "Muscat's
resignation was accepted by the board with regret".
"In just two years Bob has strengthened the senior management team, imporved
efficiencies in the production, advertising sales and editorial departments,
increased revenues as well as recently introducing a rigorous cost-cutting
programme."
Project Hercules was aimed at cutting Au$40 million in costs this financial
year - including up to 40 editorial redundancies.
In a statement by Fairfax "That (three man) committee will comprise Robert
Whitehead, general manger of Sydney operations, John Greaves, finance director,
and Brian Powers, who will serve as its chairman."
The move created a stir at the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) which
has promised to investigate. Powers resigned from Packer's mob on the 18th
May the day he became chairman of Fairfax. Three days later The Sydney Morning
Herald's editor-in-chief and publisher, John Alexander, left the employ of
Fairfax.
Meanwhile, with a federal election in the air, the shadowy characters running
the Australian mindset through the tightly controlled Packer/Murdoch media
ensure that nothing is done by the politicians who cannot afford to put this
sort of media power off-side.
Au Dollar dives
The Au$ slipped to below 58 US cents yesterday.
Another perfect day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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One Nation
Federal Fund Raiser - 21st August 1998
B'nai B'rith's
discriminatory and un-Australian "Racewatch" - 18th August 1998
Four Corners become
"Flawed" Corners - 11th August 1998
The Nicholas
Street Rally - 4th August 1998
Their first
day in Parliament - 28th July 1998
The 60 Minutes debate/debacle - 26th July 1998
Hawthorn - where
the hooligans won - 21st July 1998
The Ipswich City
Council re-institute a ban against Pauline Hanson - 19th July 1998
The One Nation
mailing list published in the Australia/Israeli Review - 9th July
1998
The Barbara Hazelton
betrayal - 2nd July 1998
Pauline Hanson's
One Nation Queensland State MPs meet in Parliament - 27th June 1998
QANTAS censor Pauline
Hanson - 24th June 1998
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