australia politics

Continued from here. As usual the split point is arbitrary and participants may quote from the preceding thread. True. But some of those have come by plane, which the government can't stop, and the one boat they needed to stop they didn't.

In his most recent sermon given at The Truth of Jesus Christ Church in Kenthurst, north west of Sydney, Israel linked the devastating bush fires in NSW and Queensland to same-sex marriage and abortion legislation. Quoting from Isiah 24, he doubled down on the “hell awaits gay people" theme...

All, I've been away from the forum for a while but thought I'd share what election day was like on Saturday: It's a Saturday, so there's plenty of time to vote. I decide to wander to the local school, which is set up for the day as a polling booth So, after breakfast, walking up the street...

Just trying to be a bit optimistic here. ;)

So we have a new Prime Minister, and that means a new period in Australian political history. XXXX has won the vote in the Liberal Party Room after the spill motion was carried 45-40. Scott Morrison defeated Peter Dutton, again 45 votes to 40.

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/peter-dutton-calls-for-prochristmas-uprising-against-political-correctness-gone-mad-20161214-gtbj63.html Where is my exploding irony meter? And a monkey, and a deadhorse being flogged. :monkeyr::deadhorse:id: Lat time I checked I'm a...

An Ozzie senator has said Australia should exit the UN to avoid the global conspiracy of climate change which he thinks is a hoax. He hates the "unelected swill" of the UN. Incidentally he was elected by Queensland, where else? Malcolm Roberts: Australian senator wants 'OzExit' from UN...

It's official - Turnbull has just been elected PM by 54 votes to 44 and Julie Bishop is the deputy PM.

Some of us can occasionally be guilty of holding up Australia as a model for good gun policy. Unfortunately, it's usually not true. Coalition accused of undermining senate inquiry into illegal firearms market

The last of the decent Liberal Prime Ministers has died, aged 84.

Apparently non-Christian immigrants are a threat to this nation. At least, according to one politician. Looks like this is one candidate I definitely won't be voting for in the upcoming election. From an article in my local newspaper: Complete article...

Former Australian Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam died yesterday aged 98. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-prime-minister-gough-whitlam-dead-at-98-20141021-1192t2.html He is most famously remembered as the only prime minister in Australian history to be sacked by...

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/australia-repeals-carbon-tax-1405560964?mobile=y Good on 'em.

The Government has made a chaotic mess of, the NBN, Education, Health, in fact we might as well include the whole Budget. Tony Abbott is obviously not P.M. material, so who should lead the Liberals and in fact be the P.M.

Tony Abbott breaks his first pre election promise. News Limited came to his defence by the national political editor of News Corporation’sSunday Telegraph, Samantha Maiden. At the annual Garma Indigenous culture festival organised by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, he announced a new Indigenous...

Who will you vote for in the coming Australian Federal Senate elections.

Who will you vote for in the coming Australian Federal Election. I have already voted. Voted early going to USA on Monday for the all of September.

Let's all go to the nation of Islam. I think the Jesus worshiping Jews live there. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23644422 You know you're in trouble if you are in politics and are compared to Sarah Palin :boggled:

Dutch anti-Islam (anti-EU, anti-Polish) politician Geert Wilders is visiting Australia. What have the Australian members of the forum heard of this, and how much do they care?

Slippery Pete is now being investigated for defrauding the Commonwealth of $900 in cab charges in 2010. Should Tony Abbott be investigated for possibly defrauding the Commonwealth of at least $6651 in 2009 whilst advertising his book Battlelines. From The Independent. Any comments on this. Do...

The irony, it BUUURNS! http://www.news.com.au/national/tea-party-to-whip-up-a-political-storm/story-fncynjr2-1226537489379

I'm calling it early! Malcolm has already started campaigning with a swingeing attack on sound-byte politics (hmm, who could THAT be directed at!) at the Woodford Folk Festival. With Mr -63% as LOTO the LNP would be absolutely crazy to take that toxic man to the 2013 election. Sure, he is still...

The hyperactive Tony Abbott seems to like making a statement of stunt a day. Why not catalogue them here. They are invariably stupid or wrong. To start:- By removing the Carbon Tax, power prices will instantly fall 10%. No, completely wrong.

In this thread we discuss the many and varied errors of judgement and stuff ups by Julia Gillard. Here's a few to get us started: - Knifing Rudd - Links to union corruption (Bruce Wilson, Ralph Blewitt) - Forged documents (??) - Misrepresentations to the Australian public, Andrew Wilkie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6RGhAdfgEUQ#! Here are some of Peter Slipper's text messages Warning - strong language. Plibersek evidently tried to hide these from publication; Gillard and Labor defended this bloke! And they accuse others of misogyny. Gillard fails...

Today, the Carbon Tax once again is lied about, and a pensioner's anguish is abused for political gain. A doubling of her power bill was obviously distressing. Her mind could have been set at ease when it was presented by her for inspection to her local member instead of exploiting her anguish...

This is Gillard talking with all guns blazing. Launches an attack on Abbott who looks very uncomfortable. Start at the 3 minute mark. ihd7ofrwQX0 This is spreading over the Internet big time. Lesson for the day. Do not attack members of your own party, even after they have done the dirty on...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-19/same-sex-marriage-bill-voted-down/4270016 :( This is the bill they voted down: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation/billhome/r4749%22 "Amends the Marriage Act 1961 to: enable same-sex marriages to be...

Discuss.

Is Julia Gillard a liar? Did she lie when she said there will be no carbon tax? Techniically she probably didn't. Did she when she said she had arrangements in place for a processing centre in East Timor? It looks like it. What about Wilkie, did she lie to him. He would probably give an...