Sorry, I made a mistake here regarding the Tax Free Threshold, which is being lifted from $6000 to $18,000.

Forget about my comment which said from 6-18%.

I am also a member of the Democratic Labor Party here in Queensland.
Lorikeet,
I'd appreciate it if you could name just a couple of things democratic about Qld Labor.

Sorry, I can't think of anything democratic about the ALP.

I got blocked from the media for 8 weeks, as soon as an election was projected by Anna Bligh.

Two days after the election, a letter I wrote to the local rag was printed. Since then, everything I have written has been printed in the paper again, except for direct references to Labor.

Does your surname commence with a Q?

Lorikeet, I was interest in your parties policies, had a bit of a read. As a Green there are many policies of the DLP I don't agree with, but there are quite a few that I do agree with. like the Greens its good to see your party has gone to the trouble to develop detailed policy. i much prefer a policy I don't agree with than no policy at all.

Posted by Lorikeet, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 3:21:09 PM

" ... Sorry, I made a mistake here ... "

No doubt that's on account of your high I.Q. *LoriKeet* <snicker, snicker> but at least your big enough to (proactively) admit it. Ah, "boomerang karma," (for want of a better term,) tis a beautiful thing to behold. Conversely, *Lizzy Winza* knows the value of practicing humility in the face of the public, especially from up on a high point.

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*Lori* couldn't your party have thought up of a name more uniquely interesting than the "Democratic Labour Party." If it was a business name I'd have to wonder initially pre checks whether it would be accepted on the basis of its proximity to the (Australian) Labour Party.

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That's not to say of course that I don't luv *LoriKeets* with their furry tongues and raucous behavior ;-)

*Paul*

Yes, it's good to have policies I believe, and no doubt it is appealing to a certain segment of the electorate, but I have to wonder whether amongst the "swinging voters" that their are a not an insignificant number that pay little heed to such matters, and are more susceptible to "political messages" contained within simplistic, emotional rhetoric.

Based on the fact that the noalition keep spurting out no end of their one liners on "lack of trust" & "incompetence," I suspect that their rigorous and on going surveys is telling them that this strategy has no small degree of impact and effectiveness.

I personally think that they have over played their hand though regards to this, and like whingers in the work place, people get sick of it and the general conservative attitude of the electorate visa vi how public discourse should be conducted is such that some of them potentially will take offense to the extent of voting elsewhere.

In order for that to occur though they need to be provided with alternatives, and in that regard, any alternative other than the noalition or their down streamers.

Perhaps it would be worthwhile for the *Greens* and others to lace their policy based comments with a few secondary and tertiary streams of one liners, that peak the interest by addressing the needs and concerns of the electorate.

The media has been waying in with a prolonged relay regarding the overt and distasteful vitriol and aggression that has been all too prevalent in recent times and this presents (in my mind at least) the possibility to exploit a potential weak link in the "dragon's scales."