Chris Lewis - I am also interested in what Palmer has to say. Again, i like people who promote a can do mentality, and i think he has some important ideas, especilaly adding value to our basic products.

Check out this video I found on the UAP website. Talk about putting the cat among the pigeons !!

http://t.co/wQfDh33GeK http://t.co/jAT0yZ72pT

Yes, i saw that. He is quite an impressive speaker.

The only thing i would disagree on is that parl should have a good cross section of people from different backrounds, albeit that business experience is crucial.

But on the whole, i hope his party wins a singificant number of seats. The parl needs much more far dinkum debate rather than the crap that dominates today.

Put it this way, i am waiting for the Coaliton's industry policy. If it is more of the same, i will consider voting for the Palmer Party.

Palmer is right, ps should be about serving the country.

G'day there CHRIS LEWIS & PRAXIDICE...

Thank you for providing us all with a Video or some Q & A's from Clive PALMER'S interview in Canberra. Some of what he said I find a quite problematic, particularly his solution to these Illegal Boat People, I believe he over simplifies the problem, thus his solution is substantially flawed ?

Something he did say that resonated with me, as well as it did with both of you two, apparently. Was to ensure we process our precious raw materials, as much as possible, in order that we may 'Value Add' to them, prior to exporting them to our overseas customers. As Mr Palmer succinctly put it, if Japan with their higher wages Bill can do it, why can't we in Oz do something similar, with an abundance of our manufacturing industry now lying idle ?

Sure, I don't believe for a moment Mr Palmer is our new political messiah, but he does bring one concept to the table that's been lacking for so long now I can't recall it ever being any different ?

We need well qualified business people to run this country in an economic sense. Unquestionably and definitely NOT career politicians ! Nor lawyers, union leaders, academics, social scientists, and other academic 'bottom feeders' the likes we have sitting in Parliament now, sucking the very life blood out of the country !

Over time, those of you who've been silly enough to read any of my threads will know, I'm absolutely opposed to capital punishment. I've now revised that to exclude...Politicians who are proved to be seriously corrupt. The untold damage these maggots do is so serious, they should forfeit their life ! There's one still living who managed to escape serious criminal prosecution because he had a terminal illness ? Even I 'the pacifist' would pull the trigger on this bloke !

Chris Lewis - Yes, i saw that. He is quite an impressive speaker.

Big Clive is certainly a breath of fresh air after the rambling ineptitude of most of the present crop. Whenever I hear that unspeakably awful screech affected by the red-headed witch, I want to throw up, not that the RAbbott is anything to write home about.

Chris Lewis - parl should have a good cross section of people from different backrounds, albeit that business experience is crucial.

Neither the ALP nor the LNP lineup exhibit much of a cross-section, both being heavy with failed legal-eagle types & in the ALP case, filled in with a bunch of union heavies. As I've noted previously, why do we allow treasurers with less ability & experience than a severely retarded pre-schooler (eg the dying duck) and NO accounting / economic qualifications whatever to mess with hundreds of billions of our hard-earned money ?? We wouldn't entertain the thought for two milliseconds with our business interests, so why isw it different with the biggest business in the country ??

Chris Lewis - The parl needs much more far dinkum debate rather than the crap that dominates today.

EXACTLY. If pre-school level yard-apes carried on like our bloodsucking parasites they would be expelled within the first half hour

Chris Lewis - Put it this way, i am waiting for the Coaliton's industry policy. If it is more of the same, i will consider voting for the Palmer Party.

POLICY .... WHAT POLICY ?? I seriously doubt that the RAbbott, or any of his sorry tribe for that matter, can even spell the word !! Look at their feeble response to the dying ducks budget, mind you what more could be expected from a hopeful party leader who is not only a failed lawyer but also a failed priest ... seems to be a trend developing here. Furthermore, shadow treasurer Hockey is also a failed lawyer. What convinces these turkeys they have what it takes to run a national economy when they couldn't even run a tinpot legal practice ??

I will be campaigning strongly against Labor as we now have the most deceitfull and incompedent government ever,

However i will vote most likeley for Palmer or Katter, if they have candidates in my electorate, but I will be putting the Libs ahead of Labor, in preferences, because the most important thing at this election is to be rid of Labor.

I also will not give either major party the $2.00+ for my vote.

Mr Abbott needs to be upfront with Australians
about what he would cut to pay for his $4 billion
infrastructure promise, his $440 million tax rebate
commitment and his "article of faith" to remove
means testing of the private health insurance
rebate, among others.

As I've stated previously, we do know that Mr Abbott
will establish a Commission of Audit, he's told us
that in his reply Budget Speech. This is a well-worn
Liberal tactic used by Premiers Newman, Baillieu,
and O'Farrell to avoid disclosing their real
plans prior to an election and keeping secret the
massive jobs, education and health cuts headed our way.

Australians deserve a lot more respect from the man who
wants to lead the nation. The up coming election will
be held against a backdrop of a fast0changing world.
And the central challenge for political leaders and aspirants
is to ensure Australia's continued economic resilience in
this time of change.