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Kevin Andrews and the challenges for Australian conservatism after Hanson : Comments

By William Hill, published 21/9/2016

The supporters of Hanson, Xenophon, Lambie and Katter do not feel that the present arrangements in parliament are working for them and we should not rush to dismiss them.

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Billy I believe you should already know the Labour duo was CHIFLEY and CURTIN you being a graduate an all? Still with dross like you having a University degree why am I not surprised.
That error ruined the whole thing and you aspire to politics I suppose?
Posted by JBowyer, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 10:24:11 AM
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What no thoughts on the substantive argument. You must be a low altitude flier.
Posted by The Third Man, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 11:05:06 AM
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The main problem is economic mismanagement. The government could ensure that enough jobs are readily available. Instead they choose to pursue a balance budget, even though that's neither achievable nor any use whatsoever.
Posted by Aidan, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 11:21:32 AM
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You mention Bob Katter right at the end.

What makes people , like you , think that Katter is a right wing conservative ?

He may be slightly ,very small, c, conservative on some policies but right wing he is not !

READ his background... in simplistic terms,he is COUNTRY PARTY ( NOT The Nationals) ie Agrarian Socialist... look it up.
Posted by Aspley, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 11:46:56 AM
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I can only think of one real challenge for Australian conservatives!? And that is a name change to the Australian Conservative (status quo) party! Libertarianism, dressed up as actual liberalism?

Mr Menzies was at least competent, even though opposed to change? And why would anyone in their right mind, change a template that ushered in unparalleled post war prosperity, that saw us become the third wealthiest nation on the planet and a creditor one at that!

WE can be that nation again, if we emulate some of the ground rules of Mr Menzies? All our energy reticulation remained in public hands, BOLD Conservative governments borrowed like it was going out of existence to build stuff. Dams, power stations and railroads?

Others who followed stupidly sold the work and sacrifice of the forbears who created it! Telecom, the commonwealth bank, numerous insurance companies and state banks!

Yes sure, some absolutely asinine Labor governments treated these things as some sort of ATM they could and did raid at will? Robbing them of the essential operational capital! The reason they collapsed!?

Then sold off state owned infrastructure to pay for their bumbling crisis to crisis management style, with examples like the regularly touted natural cost camouflaging the real reason for the betrayal of sacrificing forbears!?

Every western style economy rests on just two support pillars, energy and capital! And the reason for the referenced golden era was that we still exclusively owned and controlled ours!

And, but only if intelligently led could do so again! And a good start would be the rollout of state own nuclear power plants (Energy) as clean safe molten salt thorium reactors, which will not only supply cheap energy (a dollar a year) for the average family if intelligently formatted!

But do double and highly profitable duty if used, and they could be! To safely consume (burn it don't bury it) nuclear waste imported into this country, all while earning many billions for the practise!

Sadly not doable! Given Today's pollies are there, it would seem, exclusively for themselves? Rather than their fellow Australians!?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Wednesday, 21 September 2016 1:18:38 PM
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The elites who own this country via the creation of money as debt,hate One Nation because it is a threat to their authority.One Nation wants to leave the UN and bring back a Govt owned bank that can create our money for growth debt free just like China does.

China has OS debt = to 4% of GDP. Aust has OS debt= to 105% of GDP. The West is owned by private central bankers who want also to own Russia and China. War beckons for these power hungry lunatics.
Posted by Arjay, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 8:41:20 PM
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