"May I submit Cate Faehrmann as one that we do not need and, indeed, one that we are fortunate not to have got." Your opinion Is Mise, possible if you had met and spoken with Cate, as I have on many occasions, you may have a different opinion. As you come across as an arch conservative and Cate is very much a progressive you would be unlikely to agree with her on most issues, I suspect.
"Lee Rhiannon, a Federal Senator and a thin skinned Watermelon, i.e. less Green and more red than most Greens, we do need in the Senate as this puts her in a position to do the most harm to her party." Again I do not agree, I find Lee both knowledgeable and articulate, what I said for Cate goes for Lee as well. Your Lee Rhiannon opinion runs very much in line with the views published in Murdocks fish wrapper The Daily Telegraph, are you an avid reader of Piers Akerman? Nice to see you spell the names, Faehrmann and Rhiannon correctly, most of their detractors can't.
My biggest and only disappointment with the whole election was Cate's failure to win a senate seat in NSW.

>>May I submit Cate Faehrmann as one that we do not need and, indeed, one that we are fortunate not to have got.<<

You may but you are wrong: Cate Faehrmann would make an excellent senator.

As for the people we don't need in the senate: South Australian Senator Bob Day and Victorian Senator John Madigan are two people we could really do without - they are members of Family First and the DLP respectively. We already have enough conservative senators to outnumber the left-wing ones and we really don't need a couple loony extremists from the ratbag right. They tarnish the respectability of the entire House.

We could do without Glenn Lazarus too. I'm sure he's a nice guy with his heart in the right place and from what I've seen of PUP policies they aren't too objectionable. But his claim to fame is that he used to play rugby and rugby players are generally not regarded as the sharpest pencils in the box. In a country where we have doctors and scientists and engineers and lots of really clever people who we could elect to the Senate, why oh why did we have to elect Glenn Lazarus?

Cheers,

Tony

Cate Faehrmann was one of the three Greens in the NSW Parliament who engaged in spreading lies about and engaging in character assination against Brian Doyle, then CEO of the Game Council of NSW.

Brian Doyle had to seek redress by means of a Citizen's Right of Reply under the Privileges Committee of the Parliament.

Here: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/f0c434305450a948ca257a620083137e/$FILE/Report%2062%20Boyle.pdf

None of the three Greens named made any public statement, as far as can be ascertained.

Whilst " 1.5 The Committee draws attention to standing order 203(3)(b) which requires that, in considering a submission seeking a citizen’s right of reply, the Committee must not consider or judge the truth of any statements made in the House or in the submission."

That is left to the perception of the reader and my perception is that all three lied.

We don't need such people in Parliament, either they lied or were grossly incompetent.

"That is left to the perception of the reader and my perception is that all three lied." Do you also believe Mr Boyle is in no way "political"

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/game-council-to-be-abolished-20130704-2pdte.html

Yes, and no one has offered any proof that he is otherwise, whereas there is plenty of proof that the three Greens told outright lies or, if they were telling the truth, as they saw it, that they are dangerously incompetent.

Parliamentarians who don't check their facts, before putting their mouth into gear, should not be in Parliament.

"Mr Buckingham stated that:
1. ‘On the day of the announcement the people of Orange saw Brian Boyle go up Mount Canobolas, which was shrouded in thick, pea soup fog – you could not see 50 metres ahead – and say, “Isn't it great that I will be able to shoot up here? I can let off a highpowered rifle through a thicket of bush, in the fog, with no idea who else is in the park.”
Inevitably, someone will end up being shot.'"

The Mount had cloud over it but it was not shrouded in fog. The area where the interview with the television crew was was clear – as seen in the excerpts on the ABC program that night.
I never at any time made the statement attributed to me by Mr Buckingham.

"2. ‘I live in Orange and this is also my experience of the Game Council. It is a little fiefdom for Brian Boyle and his Shooters and Fishers Party mates. There is a $1 million kickback for these guys…’"

Mr Buckingham is implying corrupt activity by myself in receiving or being part of a $1 million ‘kickback’.
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Someone is telling lies and it's not Boyle; he doesn't have Parliamentary Privilege' behind which to hide.