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28th September 1998
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Between the One Nation lines
Less than a week out from the Federal Election and the feeding frenzy over
One Nation preferences by the Laboral leaders contradicts the line that One
Nation is somehow doing deals behind the scenes.
One thing is for sure, and that is that One Nation voters will decide which
of the major parties gets in. This has not been lost on the hypocritical
attitude of the Laboral factions.
Yesterday there was a remarkable escalation in email supporting One Nation.
It almost appeared as if, at the business end of the election, people had
realised that voting for one of the major parties would result in the same
bureaucratic-led direction being taken in Australia - globalisation,
economic rationalism and the growth of the politically correct lobby.
During the last few weeks we have received about 200 support email per day.
Yesterday that figure rose to over 1,000.
There appears to be a mood swing in the electorate that the surveys and the
media are not and cannot be aware of. On the Internet we talk of push-pull
web sites.
Email has allowed us to monitor what surveys like NewsPoll cannot - the
responsive mood of the population. The need, not just to read and discuss
at home, but to express strongly how one feels - to express support.
The mood is swinging strongly back to One Nation... but Saturday will prove
whether this interesting monitor of hidden public support is right or wrong.
Meeting with Pauline Hanson.
I will be meeting Pauline Hanson tonight.
Tomorrow I will have a report with pictures on the fundraising dinner being
held in Dickson - where One Nation are set to finish the political ambitions
of Labor's Cheryl Kernot
WHAT WENT WRONG? Fund's Big Bettors Learned That Risk
Trumps Math, History
Here
is an extract from The Washington Post
Borrowed money was essential to leveraging up the invested
capital and increasing returns to investors. At its peak, Long-Term Capital
had contracts involving $160 billion worth of securities -- roughly 30 times
its capital.
By buying and selling securities simultaneously, Long-Term
Capital's partners believed their risks were tiny. Until Aug. 1, Long-Term
Capital never lost more than $100 million, or about 2 percent of the firm's
equity, in any month, said a source close to the firm. And because the trades
relied on relative values between securities, whether the prices of the
securities rose or fell as a group was believed to be irrelevant, the source
said.
"Granted, we had a huge balance sheet with lots of
positions, but we didn't think we had that much risk," a Long-Term Capital
partner told someone close to the firm. "We were looking at day-to-day and
month-to-month swings that were very small. I know it seems incredible. Maybe
we got lulled in after four years."
Making the
news" -
an indepth exposé of media and political collusion at the highest
possible levels in Australia.
You say:
ABC Debate
Congratulations to Robyn Spencer for her excellent
performance in the televised debate with the Democrat's Mr Downey on the
ABC's Stateline programme.
Robyn was spirited and articulate. She needed to make
her points clearly in the limited time she was given and she did so admirably.
I noticed that one moderator would ask a question and then the second moderator
would attempt to interject during Robyn's reply. Robyn did not allow this
tactic to be sucessful and continued firmly stating her points. I also noticed
the brief intro on Robyn which featured video footage made some very cheap
shots designed to undermine her. The Downey intro was crafted to present
him as the more polished and credible of the two. Her performance negated
the ABC's bias and Mr Downey looked a little shell shocked.
You have my vote Robyn. Well done!
David Miller
Spencer hammers Democrats
Actually, Scott, was it not a replay of last night's
'Stateline' wherein she debated with the number one *Victorian* Democrat
rep (Downer)?
But yes, as I said in a fax to congratulate Robyn this
morning, she showed she had done her homework. Part of that homework was
from ANOTD wherein I have been printing out selected passages over the last
few weeks and faxing them to her since she told me personally it was coming
up. So thanks for your good work there.
Several other points require raising:
1. Could you have something published on ANOTD for those electorates that
do not have the (dual sided) How-to-vote cards? Could you please get someone
who knows their stuff to write the *principles* of how to vote in a two party
preferred system? ...that is, not the details except as samples. For example,
I understand if one puts the other minor parties ahead of the Laborals, it
is a vote for the ALP because of the probable distribution of preferences.
Is it different for the upper house compared to the lower house? Please excuse
my ignorance, but I have heard conflicting things.
2. Scrutineering. We have 38 electoral booths in our
electorate. How many scrutineers does one need? Can one person handle more
than one booth? We have less than half a dozen fit enough people on our
committee. Is there a worry that fiddles could go on? Would it be best for
two people to get in a car together and concentrate on going around as many
booths as possible to watch for bogus How-to-vote cards? What other things
should be be wary of? In other words, there should be a plan of attack for
the election, including Plan Bs and even Cs. I wish the hell Manly would
post something on the Internet re this and other matters. Between you and
me, I know there are going to be some hot intra-party letters flying around
after the election. One problem here recently was that an older person going
overseas was told the wrong way to fill in the electoral form for the lower
house -- the Albert Langer way -- by a woman at an electoral commission office
. Maybe all these warnings could be given in a personal newsletters like
the one I am answering.
3. Now for a personal one: What are the qualifications
of the person/s who wrote the PHON health policy? One part bothers me since
it reflects the strategy of the socialist government and their consultants
that set up the UK National Health Service in the 1950s. It took forty years
to get rid of the bad parts by a Royal-type Commission called the Schranschrief
Inquiry into Over Servicing. In my opinion, one does not become wise until
one has personally been through a major paradigm shift. To get to the top
(state and federal executives) in professional societies where the machinations
go on, and go through a paradigm shift takes a few decades. So, how long
has this person/s been exposed to health delivery politics?
Warmest regards,
Barry
Election
As disgruntled voters, and with both major parties
making no pledges or accountability promises for ANY of their policies, we
feel you really have an opportunity to fill the vacuum by introducing some
integrity, not statements of "never, ever"," L.A.W. law". and "will keep
the bastards honest".
Dealing with the "never, ever" here you have a core
promise that has been argued away as such, but not taking into account that
the Prime Minister has called an election up to 6 months earlier than necessary,
thus not fulfilling his term, and thereby dishonouring his pledge.
As far as "L.A.W. law" and the reduction of unemployment
to 5% over 2 terms in these troubled economic times, it looks like a "J.O.B.S.
jobs" statement; and for this matter the Prime Minister has shown no compassion
towards the long-term & young unemployment disaster, an indictment on
the generation at the head of government and opersition, that generation
only knowing low unemployment rates during those crucial growing youthful
years.
An appeal to the people to use a third party to force
them to take notice of exactly what the people want for a change, i.e., a
referendum as you noted could be used, you must as a party re-emphasise that
the government of the country is by the people, for the people during this
last crucial week, and any jibes regarding racialism must be put back on
the media as trying to divide the country as the media's driven ploy to divide
the country.
Keeping the bastards honest, Cheryl Kernot's famous
re-iteration, show her and her previous party, the Democrats, as purely an
extension of the Labour Party.
These issues have to be hammered home in this last
week to inspire voters who haven't made up their minds that a third party
is crucial in the balance of power to force negotiations, and statements
to the effect that this is what will be done will be of enormous effect for
people to make up their minds.
Fay & Graham Inglis.
Election
Dear Sir
I have tried in vane to get my election letters printed
in the Courier Mail so I've decided to drop you a line to ask you
to warn the people of Australia about the up and coming federal
election.
The federal government rely on the fact that the population
of Australia is ignorant and politically stupid. The major parties are not
a viable alliterative to each other. The UN and the multinationals have more
say in the running of the country than the people do and the Coalition, Labor
and the Democrats are all in on it. They don't really object to One Nation
because of your stance on ATSIC, it's because they don't want their gravy
train to disappear.
I had to laugh the other day when I heard Beazley telling
the nation that Howard had lied to the people over the GST. Where was his
social conscience when it came to Howard lying about firearms ownership during
the gun debate.
We need to do away with compulsory voting and we need
to vote for just one person with no preferences. If the major parties are
not stopped then we will go into the new millennium behind the 8 ball.
Keep the flag flying and good luck on Saturday.
Carl FORMAN
Election 98
Don’t be fooled by what you hear in the media
the major parties e.g. labor and liberal are the ones that have caused the
mess that Australia is in they are just puppets to the international monetary
fund that is trying to take over our country.
I am not a member of any political party i am just
a concerned Australian citizen that is worried about my children's future.
if the two major parties were really worried about the unemployment problem
and the hospital problems they would have fixed them years ago. Under part
5 section 51(XIII) which I'll quote Banking, other than state banking; also
state banking extending beyond the limits of the state concerned, the
incorporation of banks, and the issue of paper money:
But what have the major parties done, sold the Australian
Commonwealth Bank to the Australian people of which we already owned.
And let the foreign banks into the country to buy and
sell our Australian dollar as they please so who suffers, the Australian
people.
What defines an Australian person, a person that lives
in Australia and call’s Australia home regardless of race, colour or
breed and in my opinion that is what One Nation is saying, the people that
are not saying they are Australian are the racial ones. (E.g Aboriginals,
Asians, etc.) I thought we were all Australians.
I'm not telling you to vote One Nation on the 3/10/1998,
but asking you to remember that the two major party's have been arguing between
each other for too long. And making and breaking promises so in my opinion
we should give the One nation party a go. And before you listen to the media
go to your local candidate and ask for a copy of their policies, then you
will probably find that the One Nation Party is the only one that will have
them in printed form.
So please give them a go they can't do any worse than
the others have already done.
Name Withheld
Beg for preferences
DeaScott, please accept my reply to John Howard.
So! Little Flack Jacket Johnny is begging for my preference
vote. Dear John, let me list the ways that I loathe thee.
You "preside" over an Internationally Illegal government
using a facade of lies which include a foreign constitution and an alien
queen who has sold her favors for large sums of untaxed profit from her
investments in Australia, to cover the con.
You declared me a possible Mass Murderer because I
had my fathers .22. You demanded that I pay to register myself and be tested
for competence in handling a weapon while you possess the records of my twenty
years of military training. While on this subject, what evidence that the
Tasmanian Public Prosecutor may hold, has been tested in court, which found
Martin Bryant guilty? The only trial he received was by media. They showed
the whole world his photo and declared him guilty. But even then they owed
you favors.
You have discriminated against me by giving other
Australians of other ethnic origin more money and rights than I receive.
You cater to international socialism without asking
my permission. You cater to multi national business which is not taxed, and
who put more people out of work than what it employs.
You are part of the cartel that have repeatedly and
consistently dropped the tariffs and allowed in cheap, subsidised imports
which have put our business`s out of business.
You are the wicked wizards apprentice, preparing us
for the take over by a one world government, again without my
permission.
You have treated our veterans, exservicemen and women
along with our elderly, abominably. For this alone all those responsible
(public servants as well as pliticians) should be hung drawn and quartered
You have, on at least two occasions, worn a bulletproof vest at public meetings.
This gesture is an insult and an affront. Besides, with the big boof head
you have you must agree that it would be an easy target for any untrained
village idiot, like Martin Bryant.
You have led the Liberal party into a situation where
these dupes also have no principles. There are probably more, but you might
get the picture if you pull your head out so can look around and listen to
Pauline.
I have never considered Labor as an Alternative before
but because you have also fiddled with the voting system we had and I cannot
give you equal status, you do not leave much choice. Never mind, we will
do the same to them next time.
Worst of luck
John Hugo
Support for One Nation
Hello Pauline & all the ONE NATION Team.
We would like to tell you how much we admire and support
your work towards the betterment of Australia. We are appalled by the fear,
ignorance and rudeness so frequently generated by and on the media. We note
that despite that, there is a lot of support for you all from thinking and
disillusioned Australians.
Keep up the good work. We're barracking for you
all.
Regards,
Louisa and John, Peeramon
Help
Approximately 10.00pm tonight saw one of the One Nation
election ads on channel Ten. Great ad, pity about the Community Service
Announcement straight after (by courtesy of channel ten ) about the 'War
Against Racism' and the very coincidental time slot. My objection is that
these 'Community Service' announcements will continue after the 'Political
Blackout' just prior to election. I can't help but feel that this community
service is being politically slotted to coincide with One Nation Election
ads. There is a forum to complain about TV programming but I'm unable to
find it at the moment. Can you help? Where can I register a protest? I would
also suggest that this problem be set as a chat topic this week to alert
other supporters to protest against this biased programming.
Pawsey
Average Joe's view of the nation
I support One Nation for the simple purpose of the
dissatsifaction of our current body governing my country, yes My country,
You the government are employed by Me. Without Me you are nothing and you
know that as bigoted and arogant as you have become, I understand you have
the job that nobody wants, and some horrible decisions have to be made but
everytime I see you in the news you give me the impression that you are our
bosses and smacking us for our wrong doings, the sooner you relise this is
the wrong way to gain our trust and confidence the sooner you will become
the marters for the turning around of my yes My great Country.
Who ever reads this may have a good laugh at my writing
mistakes and bad grammar but guess what, I am an average AUSTRALIAN and I
am SO PROUD of being Australian, and I am ONE of so many that feel the same
way. The point I am trying to make without dribbling on which is the mistake
you have been making is that listening to us not the minority groups, they
make noise but do not carry the weight in the end as im sure you are finding
out. We are your people , dont ignore us and dont use us, a protest vote
would not be nessicesary if you just became the people you wanted to be in
the start of your career, you know what I am saying.
Thank you for listening to me if you did.
phillip faint
Contradiction?
Dear Sir
I would like to point out what seems to be a contradiction
between One Nation ideology and a certain page on your own website. On your
opening page ( http://www.onenation.com.au ), there is a statement quoted
from Pauline Hanson's maiden speech, "We do not want a society in Australia
in which one group enjoys one set of privileges and another group enjoys
another set of privileges." Indeed I do agree with such a statement.
However following links through your website I opened a page titled, "McKiernan
takes Spindler sexuality Bill another step"
http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/homo1.html ), while reading this
page I realised there was a contradiction. How are gay men, lesbians and
transgender people going to share in our country's future if this bill is
not passed? Should these people live with a different set of privileges?
(assuming that you define recognition of a relationship
as a privilege).
Would you please explain this issue to me?
Regards,
David Metters.
Another perfect day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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Where the politically
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One Nation's
Primary Industry Policy- 7th September 1998
One Nation's Tax Policy-
4th September 1998
One Nation "Media
Adviser" shows true colours- 1st September 1998
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
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Their first
day in Parliament - 28th July 1998
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