Paul1405: No, sorry, we Greens are firmly planted on Mother Earth the other 2 are orbiting somewhere right of Pluto.

I'm sorry mate but the Greens have always been well outside & to the left of Pluto. Planted on Mother Earth? EH WHAT!?

Individual: It's called competence,

& you think you’ll get that from Abbott. I don’t think so.

Spindoc: There are currently about 22 percent Green/Other votes showing in polling.

Where do you get your figures from? At some Greenie demonstration. Latest I heard was that Australia was totally dis-enchanted with the Greens because of the Green caused stuff-ups with the present Government.

Lexi: What impact might Palmer and Katter make?

If Palmer ever makes PM the first thing would be to knock off any Mining Tax, then the Royalties, then up the Pollies Pay & allowances, then a CSF plant in every back yard weather you like it or not,(marvellous what money can buy,) then more 457 Visa’s than you could poke a stick at. No jobs for Australians though. With Katter, we’d probably have a big BBQ & go shooting for the weekend. Personally, I like Bob. Sure, he’s a mouth but you know just where he stands. For the People. We’d get the Bradford scheme up & running, there would be plenty of water for the Murray & it would open up Northern Australia. Though, there’s a lot of people that seem to be against that idea.

Clive stands for Clive. He tried to buy the LNP in Qld & failed & was totally pissed off.

Lexi: many businesses are losing money and people are losing jobs due to the high Australian dollar.

I don’t know about that. Something's very strange in this department. When I went to GB Australian products were cheaper than they were in Australia. That’s with the transport cost & all. Same in Singapore. Why is that? Australia manufactures very little these days. Everything is imported. If you try to start manufacturing anything in Australia the Government will put every impediment in your way. I really don’t think it has anything to do with the price of the dollar. Even the Banks borrow overseas at about 1.5 to 2% interest & charge us 7%+ & 29%+ on your Credit Card.

Sonofgloin: Re Katter and Palmer, why not, can't hurt, we are being bled to death by incompetents, may as well be bled from one who knows what they are doing. I would vote for Katter before Abbott.

So would I mate. I’m totally sick of these 2 we have dominating the scene at the moment. They are both sel-serving. Neither of them have the People at heart.

Divergence: If we want to sell entry to Australia, a fair price would amount to (at least) several hundred thousand dollars.

Australia does this already, especially if you are from the UK.

Paul1405: When the Mad Monk takes over he will have so many string pullers he won’t know which way to turn,

Paul, you are soooo right.

David f: Bob Katter is, in my opinion, more honest than most people in politics

Yes David, & that’ll be his downfall unfortunately. It was with Pauline.

Hasbeen: Yes a really genuine bloke, but a bit hair brained, & at times goes off half cocked.

My God, don’t we need more of this type of person, the Clem Jones, Barnaby Joyces, Katters, Joh & even old drunken Labor Pollie (can’t think of his name) from Townsville in the 50’s, rode a pushbike. Men that say what they mean & mean what they say. They may be characters but they were fair dinkum & cared about their people.

Oh Sung Wu: I've never been so close to putting a .38 Spec in my mouth...!

Can I watch, can you do it with one, or do you want a second round. ;-) Listen mate. I had the same problem when I came home, Hypervigilant. I remember once walking around a building site street wall when a ramset gun went off. 3 of us hit the deck, rolled, got up with no weapon, & S#!T. I found a way to accommodate the extra adrenaline. I went skydiving. Worked a treat.

In conclusion. I’ll vote for an independent, if it’s one of Katters mob or Pauline or whoever, but I won’t be voting for one of the 2 useless self-serving Bastard Parties we have at the moment.

o sung wu,

Just wanted to let you know that there were heaps of children and young people commemorating ANZAC Day where I live.

I hadn't been to an Anzac service for years, but this year our son became interested, so we took him. Not before he'd asked many questions and completed a lot of research off his own back - even finding a New York Times article for an elderly friend of ours whose father was recognised as the last British survivor of the allied landings in Gallipoli when he died in 2001.

I think my son recognised the solemnity of the occasion, as did the other children at the ceremony.

You're not alone.

Poirot: Just wanted to let you know that there were heaps of children and young people commemorating ANZAC Day where I live.

Where I live too. Did you know that there were Vietnamese troops at Gallipoli? They fought with the French Colonials on the tip of the peninsular on the Eastern side. From Cochin China or North Vietnam. Well there ya go.

I'm reading all the posts with great interest
on this thread and the one thing that seems
to be coming across is the disappointment
people are feeling in both major political parties
at present.

Only four more months to go until the election.

I wonder what the May budget will bring?