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Peter Dutton - Political Stirrer.

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Peter Dutton will now probably back-peddle on his
second referendum promise. I can't see him
pursuing that initiative now that he's achieved
what he wanted. It will be interesting to see how
and where the Liberal Party will go in tackling
the Indigenous problems that do exist - or will
they be ignored? Child welfare is a biggie that
should not be ignored, as is health, education,
employment, and so on.

We can no longer pretend these problems don't
exist.
Posted by Foxy, Monday, 16 October 2023 9:50:11 AM
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The true leader of this country needs to be Jacinta Price who single handedly took on the Elite and Big Corporations and with truth telling crashed the division of this country of race identity politics. Peter Dutton did not have to say a word when Jacinta led the No campaign. We should be celebrating her courage, but instead the ABC and SBS are licking their wounds after the loss of their biased Yes promotions.
Posted by Josephus, Monday, 16 October 2023 10:28:47 AM
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I can't see him pursuing that initiative now that he's achieved
what he wanted.
Foxy,
Why use such words ? He didn't ask for any of that nonsense, it was the crowd you so vehemently support who did that.
Dutton din't 'want' that, this nation needed this outcome for a better future ! We, including you should thank our lucky stars that there was sufficient common sense & decency to avoid jeopardising this future !
Posted by Indyvidual, Monday, 16 October 2023 10:46:24 AM
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"Liberal Senator James Paterson has just sent me a
'Thank You', for my part in the Voice referendum.
which was gracious of him. I won't tell him I
voted YES.

Despite my 'No' vote, I thanked everyone at the polling for their volunteering efforts.
I thanked the 'Yes' campaigners, I thanked the 'No' campaigners and also thanked the AEC staff.
That in itself may have been a small gesture or commitment to 'Voting NO to the voice of division', or it may have simply been recognition of these peoples selfless unpaid efforts, commitment to our country's democracy (even though I complain about it often enough) or just general good manners.
- Maybe all of the above.

"The true leader of this country needs to be Jacinta Price who single handedly took on the Elite and Big Corporations and with truth telling crashed the division of this country of race identity politics."

Maybe she could be, she did do a great job,
(I think both sides can recognise this - the 'Yes' side will probably first need to stop complaining and blaming)
She certainly had more influence than her counterpart.

I'm not sure she yet has a broad knowledge in other areas of governance to take the top job.
- But maybe that's exactly what the country needs.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Monday, 16 October 2023 11:41:55 AM
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Suggesting that Jacinta Price would make a good Prime Minister is rather fanciful. She has done an excellent job as a Country Liberal Senator, but I'm not sure that the senior party of the Coalition, the Liberal Party, would be keen on the idea. The only non-Liberal PM I can recall being PM was Deputy PM and leader of the then Country Part, John McEwen following the disappearance of Harold Holt. McEwen, as DPM, had himself appointed by the Governor General to avoid having Bill McMahon in the job, which proved to be a good idea at the time, when McMahon did get the job and fluffed it later on.

There might have been two other times when a non-Liberal served as PM in a non-Labor government, but I don’t think we will see Jacinta in the job in the future.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 16 October 2023 12:58:33 PM
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ttbn, you need to look up Australian Prime Ministers and the political parties they represented. Australia had a number of Non-Liberal Party and Non-Labor Party PM's before WWII.
Posted by Paul1405, Monday, 16 October 2023 1:51:17 PM
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