Hey, hey, Tony Lavis : )

Prax,

Well, yes, I'm dissatisfied with the two majors...in fact, at present I'm composing a witty limerick to write on my ballot paper(s) for the entertainment of the vote counters.

However, I find it difficult to imagine that "Big Clive" is going to make the spectacular splash that he envisages. He pops up a number of months before the election, announces (with a Freudian slip of the tongue) that he wants to be Prime Minister - and what.

Do we have policies?

Can you provide them for me?

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see the two-party strangle-hold challenged "seriously" - to tickle 'em up and shake them out - but why haven't Clive's scintillating possibilities percolated down to me as yet?

I'm not feelin' the buzz.

Poirot

I understand the policy list is being formalized and will be published on the party website well before September. That said, there appears to be considerably more room to accomodate the wishes of constituents than has been the case with the political circus to date (ie a quantum move away from the traditional 'toe the party line or else'). A lot has been covered in media interviews, some of which are available on the party website. A few that come to mind are mandatory visas for boat-people or rack off hairy legs, onshore mineral processing, no lobbying, no 'professional' politicians, reduced income tax on second jobs. All candidates appointed to date have been interviewed by media & all have been 'ordinary' folk like small business operators, ex-military, etc, nary a lawyer, union heavy or failed priest.

Hell, now I'm really worried. For me to be in agreement with Poirot must mean I've got it wrong, but I'm damned if I can see where.

I mentioned earlier what happened to One Nation when they rushed around gathering up almost any one to stand candidates in as many seats as possible. They had more bad members than good, & we all know that is true.

Now I see Clive with old footballers, & Katter with an aging singer, desperately trying to get high profile candidates to help them make a show.

Well folks, what happened when Labor did the same? Yep we got a bald headed ex singer, who has proven to be actually worse than Swan, if that is possible, & is still stumbling around Canberra stuffing up what ever he touches.

Both these parties will be exactly the same, if they rush into expansion. Like one nation their hooch pooch of rushed policies will be rejected even by some of their own members, & they will make an English soccer crowd look intelligent.

Surely anyone taking into account the reason Clive split with the LNP will see him as totally self serving. There is also too much of the spoiled kid taking his bat & ball to go play by him self, shouting I'll show you, as he goes. Now I think of it, some posters here may be right at home with him.

Katter I'm sure has his heart in the right place, but is too thick to run a two up school, & will never hold any party he forms together. He would have some great policies, & some disastrous ones. Sure he could be an improvement on what we now have, at least he would be on our side, but I doubt any rushed new party would.

P, There you go again!

"Given the extent of my disgust for the RAbbott"

The only ones that are "disgusted" with Abbott are from the far left, either greens or rusted on Labor voters who suck up the propoganda from the Labor/green/Getup spin machines.

I doubt you can point out anything that TA has done that other politicians have not. Juliar has been far more deceitful, she has manipulated government bodies far more than TA, and she has a far more shady past.

Hasbeen,

It keeps happening...now I'm agreeing with you (gives me chills:)

You hit the nail on the head with "rushed new party".

It's nice to know that their policies will be with us "before the election", although probably not much before.

It does have similar feeling to the little pig that built its house of straw.

Rushing to construction with anything supposedly destined for lasting and stable value is not usually recommended.

At least Tony Abbort ( our next PM ) has the guts and good sense
to know when to dip out of an obvious ALP trap ( the "reform" of public funding of political parties electoral funding )

He shall win in a trot on 14 Sept, at last Australia will regain the good and wise federal Govt. we deserve. Mr Abbort will be ably assisted by
a very competent team of ministers of outstanding calibre e.g.

B Joyce, K Andrews, A Robb, S Morrison, B & J Bishop, S Mirabella
along with other very capable people currently in the shadow cabinet.

durmese