Pul1405 surely you see the likeness?
Greens are Labors pain in a tender spot.
Both these two party,s are about to become a pain for Lib/Nats.
And as the senate has to be their first time target further fracture that house of air wasters.
And in doing so not improve good government but stall it, greens style.

Hi Lexi,

The point I was making, as confirmed by your links, is that parts of our economy are geared to a high dollar and others linked to a low dollar. I guess there is a happy medium somewhere, but to assert that a low dollar is attractive for all sectors is not valid. What Australia has to first establish is what industries are most important and which will drive the greater benefit for Australia? Then we can decide whether a high rate of exchange or a low rate of exchange will support this.

The trick is, as always, to ensure that all sectors of our economy are functioning at optimum, rather than selecting a political ideology that serves only the party rather than Australians, al la Clive Palmer.

As for “fracking”, I’m concerned that this is generally not applicable in Australia for CSG as our shallow coal seam gas deposits do not require fracking. It would however be an issue should we start seeking deeper shale oil/gas deposits.

Your link is dated and not that relevant; 16 August 2011 is a lifetime away from today’s reality and is basically outdated by the rapid changes in the energy markets.

So to the policy position of Clive Palmer, the issues of a low dollar and anti-fracking remain obscure.

He won’t get my vote but it seems he is driving a “miner’s wedge” between all existing parties. Very smart because his mining wealth is secure no matter what happens. His political aspirations however, require him to appeal to, and compromise in area’s where two things exist, one that the major parties are already compromised and two, where he thinks he can get votes from those ideologically disaffected, with no capacity for original or cognitive skills.

Politics is a player’s game Lexi; you know this better than most on OLO. Don’t get suckered in as you run the risk of losing your enormous OLO balance and credibility. Please stick with the program and don’t let yourself be “played”.

sonofgloin, what precisely do you mean when you say Lexi is “holistically correct”?

Regards,

Spindoc.

Dear spindoc,

Thanks for that.

That's why I started this thread to find out what
others think and to hopefully get a variety of views.
Then, make up my own mind. Both men appeal
to me very much. However, you've raised some very valid
points which I do appreciate.

It will be interesting to read if others agree with you.

Hi Lexi, I doubt we can place Palmer in the same bucket as Katter.
Shoot-em-up-Katter is a loose canon in comparison to Palmer.

Palmer will have more overall appeal to voters than Katter does. Katter seems to appeal mostly to Queensland regional voters and to gun owners.
Having watched a documentary on him and his redneck ideas once, I would vote for the holy Abbott before him!

Palmer may be a new ideas man in politics, and wouldn't be the first 'rich' guy to dabble in politics.
He seems ok so far, but may not gel very well with working class Aussies.

Suse, Rupert Murdoch is one of those rich guys who's been dabbling in Australian politics for years. Murdoch has never needed to run for PM, he just pulls the strings of ever who's in office.
When the Mad Monk takes over he will have so many string pullers he wont know which way to turn,
Belly, the September election, so easy for me, all I am concerned with is getting Cate Faehrmann elected to the Senate for NSW. I want you out there doing your all for Labor, we'll need those preferences from your mob to win the 5th spot. You say you don't like Lee Rhiannon, wait till Cate hits Canberra, you'll like her even less. Hasta la vista, baby!

Spindoc>> sonofgloin, what precisely do you mean when you say Lexi is “holistically correct”?<<

Yeah it could be grammatically incorrect Sdoc, I meant it to represent “taking all into account” given we were discussing our economy I was meaning that Lexi was looking at more than just exports, a view of everything, the big picture.