The Australia mind can only be the most patient and third most friendliest people in the world. But the Lebanese boys of the seventies and eighties and still going on Yesterday, faced fascism and cruelty under the hand of convict offspring. So they fought back the best way they could find. They wanted equality like so many more. But the Australian mind sometimes act's like this." ON your marks! Get ready! and go!" And if you haven't got it by the third time, POW! And upper cuts can be served with tomatoes and beetroot. And when the BBQ was over, all the people found their place, and balance has been was found.

Nice story. but read this! VOTE LABOR! Cause I think the government has said quietly in the beer gardens, "Don't worry"! Its all about the ying and the yang, its your turn now, and I expect that swimming pool and BBQ in place, and in order, when you get your pay rise.

Believe it or not, its the mind of a politician. The system runs its self. It doesn't matter who's in charge! You or I can run this country!
If you get stuck, just pass it on too your adviser and problem is over.

The Moral of the story is, The politician always wins.

I saw Philip Ruddock on Lateline. He said he'd been told that 3 Liberal Party members had been expelled, but he didn't know who they were. When pressed he said "I don't know who they were. I didn't ask. Nobody told me."

Does Philip Ruddock really believe that every voter is A CONGENITAL IDIOT?? No wonder politicians are held in such low esteem, when they take us for fools.

Arjay,
Decades of racism at Cronulla? Really?

How many decades - two, three, four, five, six?

Does the left-wing media you accuse include people like Alan Jones too?

Were all those rioters local residents or were there a few "outsiders" there as well?

Then again, in your universe, maybe that whole incident was just a harmless prank too.

Arjay, Oppositions can most easily claim the high moral ground, they don't have to account for their actions in the same way as the incumbents do.

But there is a strong tendency in Oz to allow the Left a sense of humour and a lot more latitude than the conservatives. Garretts line about changing Labor policies post election was broadly accepted as a throw away line and a bit of a joke. Had a Lib said this, this would be seized on as proof positive of their evil intent etc etc.

Remember too the earnest discussions had about Keatings strength of character and the virtues of changing one's mind when Labor junked the L.A.W. tax cuts? Howard would be crucified for anything similar. He is still being vilified for 'never,ever'; despite subsequently going to an election with the |GST as his central policy!

The Cronulla demonstration/riots indicate the level of failure of policing prior to the events.Conflict between Westies and the locals in beach suburbs is nothing new, but had been escalating in Cronulla for a few years. The abject failure of Maroney? and Iemma to provide effective policing contributed greatly to the troubles.

Palimpsest now proves my point, twisting and spinning to the irreverent believers with the aplomb of Howard himself.

BTW, I am still voting Liberal in the STATE elections.

The blinkered minds of Palimpsest and Arjay can’t seem to distinguish the difference between the two … the Liberal steam-roller have caught them hook, line and sinker.

Well To be honest both parties are dudding the public.
Why not let the debate also cover how Australians feel about Muslim coming here in the droves?
I mean why not?
Its just like live exports.

You dont hear Rud or Howard addressing it despite the fact they KNOW its one of the most political issues following them around- quite literally.

Its very clear to me despite who is behind this that its a given it wouldnt go down well with the public.

So there you are- The real question we should be asking is why dont the Australian public have the right to say- Who will come and who they want to come and if they want more Mosques.

So in fact, neither side is addressing the real issue behind this.

Pretty rude if you ask me. People DONT WANT MORE MOSQUES. You can say it. Why shouldnt they be free to say what they DONT WANT in THEIR subburb!

I always voted Howard but not this time.

I will vote for the Greens to give them power in the senate to stop live exports and reopen abattoirs to supply work in regional areas.

Neither Rudd or Howard give a SH about cruelty to animals.

As for the outcome.
I think the polls are wrong. I think people in QLD will vote for Howard.

I base that on the fact we know Rudd better than others and hes really upset farmers years ago by stopping the water projects years ago..

That wasnt smart and if nothing else farmers have basic common sense so they wont want a bar of him.

Of course the younger uni kids might think its hip to get rid of the old man.
However even they are starting to understand our health and hospitals are a result of Labour and it would be a disaster