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[National] Federal Election - 21st August 2010

I love how the media is publishing articles like "Rudd steals the spotlight again" as if it's not because of them.
;D
 
I preference vote. Greens will be 1, Labor somewhere probably in the top ten and Liberal dead last, just below Family First.
 
The only problem with the ASP (someone mentioned this in another thred) is that they have very little Economic policies, not to mention experience :S But I like many of their policies.
 
Did anyone else see the debate between Family First and Australian Sex Party on Sunrise this morning? I am unable to post a link but it is on their website.

Quite interesting.. Family First are beyond outdated in their policies to say the least.
 
^^ yes I saw it and it makes me sick that in their poll the family first party was leading, just goes to show how far the "for the children" wankbag statements go in swaying the braindead voters of Australia.
 
Can't stream video on thin clients at work :X

I compensated by looking up drugs policy for the different parties.

FF is a hoot:
FAMILY FIRST opposes policies such as giving free heroin to addicts, opening injecting rooms across the country and abolishing penalties for possessing drugs, as these all send the wrong message
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etc etc (well, probably only 1 etc as it's a one page document with about 4 bullet points on it - low literacy version for their supporters?).

Labour has a motherhood statement in their platform document:
Labor's response to the tragedy of drug abuse and related crime will be comprehensive, encompassing demand and supply reduction strategies, prevention of onset of use and early intervention as well law enforcement and harm minimisation policies. Labor is committed to an evidence-based strategy for dealing with illicit drugs that aims to improve safety in the community by reducing the level of drug-related crime; to reduce the spread of illness; to keep people alive; and to find new ways to reduce the use of illicit drugs in our community.
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But light on detail..

Greens of course rock with a comprehensive 2 pager - although they have backed off from some of the more progressive law reform ideas in previous policy. They finish with an encouraging:
33. increase the availability of harm reduction programs, including needle and syringe exchanges
and medically supervised injecting rooms and implement a rigorous scientific trial of prescribed heroin to registered users in line with the proposed 1996 ACT government heroin trial.
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And Liberal are the jokers in the pack. I thought they had nothing and then I realised I was looking under "health" and "community" on their website. I really needed to check out their crime platform:
3. Nationally Consistent Drug Laws
Australia lacks a national standard relating to quantities of drugs involved in establishing whether an offence relates to a commercial quantity or a trafficable quantity. Even within the one jurisdiction, the quantities that constitute an offence can vary from drug to drug, defying logic or consistency. Through COAG, the Coalition will seek a national standard relating to the quantities involved in the trafficking and possession of illicit drugs and nationally consistent penalties for all illicit drugs offences. Our policy will ensure that drug offenders are dealt with consistently by judicial systems across the nation so that there are no legal or definitional loopholes between states and territories that allow offenders to be treated differently across jurisdictions.
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Nice one fellers!
 
If anyone here is serious considering voting for the Liberal Party.Here's a clip of what Tony Abbott is really like.The one he wants people to forget,or don't know about,if they hadn't heard this. This is the type of prime minister we would end up with :(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjklT59clE4
 
As much as i'd love to agree with you that situation with Bernie Banton wasn't exactly straight forward. Abbotts statement was definitely a stupidly idiotic choice of words but the actions on other parties on that day weren't exactly honest
 
That belowtheline site is cool. I hate turning up on polling day with only a vague idea of who some of the minor parties and independents are. You can use their preferences to get the idea - then you can google the actual parties and see what their policy platforms are like.

I'll be preparing my custom how to vote card for sure :)

btw - Joe Toscano (running for senate in Vic) is worth a look. He's a long time anarchist activist - he often gets letters in the Age and he's pretty cluey.

And I note Socialist Equality are the party of the 4th International - carrying revolutionary socialism into the 21st century! I've got a song for them:

Who's the leader of the gang
who fights for you and me?
L-E-O,
N-T-R,
O-T-S-K-Y
Leon Trotsky (Hit him with an icepick)
Leon Trotsky (Hit him with an icepick)
Forever we shall hold the banner high, high, high, high
So come along and throw a bomb
Destroy democracy,
with L-E-O,
N-T-R,
O-T-S-K-Y
(Why? Because we love you)
 
The Nationals will be getting my vote in my local area on Saturday. I would almost vote for the Greens, but first of all thats a waste of time and second of all voting for the Greens is basically voting for the Labor party since they get a majority of the Greens preferences. Both major parties are lacking alot and thats what will make alot of people vote Green, but I beleive if people want change then they simply need to vote for the Coalition, unless they beleive in the "new puppet, new government" theory.

Plus, whether anyone likes it or not, or cares or not, Labor has forever gone down in history as sending us into deficit for the Liberal party to pay back. Labor have always been simply like borrowing money from the bank to buy something and love it, but cannot pay the bank back. Thats why not only federally, but at a state level, all the states, especially NSW and QLD are usless because they're broke.
 
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Don't follow Mark Lathams advise.

It may prove something with large scale convergence but without that its just a box full of wasted votes around the country
 
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