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If Beddell resigns his seat of Rankin forcing a by-election Pauline Hanson's One Nation have confirmed that they will stand a candidate in the seat. David Oldfield believes that this will be a useful litmus test in the lead up to next year's Federal Election.
The seat of Rankin has been one of those effected by the Australian Electoral Commission boundary review.
Here are full statistics, booth by booth of the 1996 Federal Election results in Rankin - which borders Pauline Hanson's seat of Oxley. The result showed an 11%+ swing away from the Australian Labor Party who just hold the seat by the narrowest of margins.
That Labor party broadsheet, commonly
called the Sunday Mail, excelled itself this weekend with pages and
pages of glowing reports on Cheryl Kernot - now that she has joined the ALP.
The most laughable bit of reporting, based on my own personal experiences,
is by that fellow Sid Maher, who landed the job of writing not one, not two,
but at least THREE glowing reports about the woman of the moment.
His articles,which have about as much
credibility
as handouts by the Flat Earth society are accompanied by an astounding
nationwide poll by Quadrant Research taken on behalf of the Sunday
Mail.
The poll taken on a sample of just 851 people, nationwide, aged over 18 years
came up with the following results which it states are subject to "the maximum
error due to chance of 4%". Now what that is supposed to mean God alone knows.
But what we do know is it is easy to select Labor voter hot spots nationwide
to "swing" a result... for the record here are the Quadrant Research
results (under the heading "How you would
vote"):
| Party | October 16, 1997 | June 24-25, 1997 | Election March 1996 |
| ALP | 54% | 35% | 38.8% |
| LIB/NP | 37% | 48% | 47.3% |
| DEMOCRATS | 4% | 9% | 6.8% |
| ONE NATION | 2% | 4% | - |
| OTHER | 3% | 4% | 7.1% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% |
The front page of "The Sunday Mail" carries the heading, "Labor Surge... Stunning poll boost for Kernot."
And claims that:
Just so that you fully understand what the report is saying, it is saying that on the day of the survey - the day Kernot jumped ship - 851 people nationwide of unknown location (political bias) provided a 20% swing to Labor because of the jump.
Now every Australian I have spoken to (including Labor and Democrat supporters) are stunned at her move and say that she cannot be trusted and that her political ambitions have got the better of her. Now I admit that you could count my sample on both hands but the sense of mistrust for Ms Kernot seems to be upmost in people's minds at the moment... Don Chipp said it all in yesterday's Courier Mail.....
I am not questioning Quadrant's results, just questioning the political leanings of the suburbs they were asked to ask the questions in the sample and how the questions were couched. It is also interesting to note that Quadrant have been in the vanguard of producing readership figures for News Suburban newspapers. (That is what their advertising rates are based on). These papers are all part of this machine called News Limited.
Here are some quotable quotes from various Sid Maher articles... under the heading: "Resignation cost $140,000 a year":
"Former Australian Democrats leader Cheryl Kernot gave up a yearly pay packet of almost (Au)$140,000 in deciding to quit the Senate."
Well now isn't that self-sacrificing! It has already been revealed that she is now on the ALP payroll and no-one is saying how much she is or will be getting paid. And what about her staff who lost their jobs when she resigned? Not a whisper - while she had been negotiating her pay packet over several months with the ALP her staff were turfed out on the street following a press interview... yes the staff found out about their (un)employment position through press reports that Kernot had jumped ship!
Under the heading, "People power lift", words from the all conquering Kernot include, "There aren't many women around in senior positions... there's not much choice is there."
"I feel really strongly I've got a lot to learn. I don't even know if I'd make a good minister yet."
One thing that she can count for, it appears, is biased reporting from Sid Maher of the Sunday Mail....
I claim the fame for calling the ALP - Beazley's Bovver Boys..." but it is nice to know that ALP members agree with my point of view.
Factional mudslinging is now rampant among ALP members in South Australia following the state election just a week ago.
The Labor Opposition deputy leader in the Upper House, Ron Roberts, has written to his leader Mike Rann angrily rejecting attempts by newly elected left wing "factional heavies" to stack the party's minor leadership positions.
Rejecting an offer which was put to him allowing him to retain his position if he supported the dumping of Lower House deputy, Ralph Clarke, Roberts wrote, "I spit in the face of their offer. I cannot be brought (sic) and I will not be captive to bovver boys and girls to the detriment of interests of loyal party members and the battlers of SA for whom I have worked for 35 years and have busted their guts to give us the honour of governing SA."
Roberts then resigned his posts as deputy and primary industries spokesman... says a lot about the "clean" Australian Labor Party.... when their own start falling into the traps and gaps.
The Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide is finding it hard to accept the Au$1 million gift (or blood money according to some) that will come to them following settlement by Frank Gilford of the case involving the two British nurses locked up in a Saudi jail on charges of murdering his sister Yvonne.
Under the Au$1.7 million settlement Frank Gilford has waived his right to demand the death penalty (under Saudi law). This fate has become a very real possibility for Deborah Parry.
The twelve man board of the hospital will meet next week to discuss whether to accept the money which will attract a further Au$2 million from the state government to develop a new wing which would be named in memory of Yvonne Gilford.
Making the
news" -
Subject:
Cheryl Kernot
How can the majority of politicians get upset by the lack of esteem with
which the public holds them?
Democrat voters have been shafted and been made to look stupid.
After the past week, anyone who is loyal to the Labor, Liberal/National or
Democrats needs their head read.
What has happened to statesmanship, integrity, honesty etc.?
Personal ambition and self interest seems to be the only thing they have
in common.
Cheryl Kernot had a battle with her conscience, and Cheryl won.
Another gorgeous day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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