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A new political party for new times : Comments

By Peter Pyke, published 16/7/2010

The advent of the Republican Democrats means there could be a third mainstream political force in Australia.

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http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10690#176935

Peter Hume, excellent comment, i agree with almost all of it, except your critique of the, http://www.democrats.org.au/ i was an active member, once upon a time, long ago & far away.

Their demise was caused by policy mistakes, namely falling for the same "PC Thought Police" Rubbish that infected both of the Major Mistakes & the Dirty Tricks campaign that they inflict on every 3rd force that comes along. Look no further than what they did to Pauline Hanson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0bqQetlgJ4

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8630135369495797236#

What Australia needs right now is a protest organisation like the American "Tea Party" Movement to lobby existing politicians on our behalf, instead of them only listening to "Big Business" or who is paying the biggest bribes.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10690#176938

rexw, your correct about the labour right being corrupt, but the Lunatic fringe left are even worse.

I have been talking extensively to disgruntled EX labour voters & traditional, swinging voters for years now & they most emphatically do not want a republic or anything else the Communists have been Dogmatically promoting.

99% of the population do not want any of the PC Thought Police Poison being inflicted on us by the Red/green/getup/labour/repdem Communist Coalition (when you explain to them, what the spin/rhetoric/propaganda/dogma/mantras, REALLY mean).

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10690#176939

CO2, spot on. Everybody who's in favour, talks about AGW with a "Big Stick" approach without even trying a carrot first.
Posted by Formersnag, Friday, 16 July 2010 4:51:48 PM
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Although I would consider myself both a republican and a democrat, this new party holds little appeal.
How's this for a really groovy idea; a party of representatives who ask the people what THEY want, instead of telling them what they should want.
Considering the exponential increase in information sharing in just the last few decades, why are we still stuck with a model produced in 1901?
By using this new fangled world wide web thingy, we could be telling our representatives how we want him/her to vote on every issue, instead of picking a 'least worst' contender, and then having to wait three years to kick him/her out, if they prove incompetent/corrupt/selfserving/bloody stupid.
We don't need a new party, so much as a new political paradigm.
Posted by Grim, Friday, 16 July 2010 9:09:14 PM
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Grim

>>> We don't need a new party, so much as a new political paradigm. <<<

I hear you, we need the pollies to listen.
Posted by Severin, Saturday, 17 July 2010 7:09:22 AM
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Sorry new party...you just lost the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne with....*this*

//REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATS accept that responsibility for liberty and justice cannot be confined by national boundaries.

We are committed to fighting poverty, oppression, hunger, ignorance, disease and aggression wherever they occur and to promoting the free movement between nations of ideas, people, goods and services.//

In SHORT..you are globalist internationalists and if you had half a chance you would TIE US UP and bind us with trash and rubbish from the U.N. and then harp on about our 'human rights obligations' which are in fact nothing other than a bunch of wishes on a list which results from the lobbying of vested interest groups, especially including those from the Islamic and gay groups.

If I were you mob...I'd give up before expending so much futile energy with a re-cycled 'Democrats' approach to things, and if you want to be CENTRIST..then it might be better to actually have CENtrist policies rather than the usual predictable permutation of the Left Wing socialist agenda.

Consider this a bite on the rear end, from which (like with a bite from a Gila monster or a Kumodo dragon).. you are unlikely to survive.
Posted by ALGOREisRICH, Saturday, 17 July 2010 1:44:53 PM
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There IS actually a new party with the RIGHT policies...

The Stable Population Party of Australia

http://www.populationparty.com/Home/About-Us
Posted by Ludwig, Saturday, 17 July 2010 1:51:55 PM
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Ludwig

>> Stable Population Party Objectives

The key objectives of Stable Population Party are as follows:

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To stabilise Australia's population at around 23 million to 2050.
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To provide leadership and support to other countries experiencing rapid population growth, so as to help them stabilise their populations, and thus help stabilise global population.

Policies

In order to achieve our objectives, the key policies of Stable Population Party are as follows:

* Adopt a formal national 'population policy' to stabilise Australia's population at around 23 million until 2050.
* Adopt a balanced and sustainable migration program, with annual immigration at around *50-80,000, being equivalent to total annual emigration.
* Reject any selection of immigrants based on race.
* Maintain Australia's current annual refugee intake of 13,750, within the broader immigration quota.
* Phase out the Baby Bonus and re-direct funds to genuinely needy families with children, as well as education and training for our workforce.
* Tie foreign aid wherever possible to the improvement of governance and economic and environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on women's rights and education and on opportunities for couples to access family planning services.

*Note, the proposed immigration level is around the average per capita rate for major Western countries. <<

Worth putting in as a below the line preference - after checking the bona fides of candidates in my region. Will still be voting first for Greens. And I really like Julia Gillard, it is the rest of the party I am concerned about.

As for the representatives for the Libs in general and around OLO in particular - well they sure as hell won't be getting a look-in as they appear to be incapable of polite discussion, where people might just disagree with what they have written.
Posted by Severin, Saturday, 17 July 2010 4:57:28 PM
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