Yes, paul...

The "terror hysteria" juggernaut appeared to be rolling along according to plan.

I have no doubt that the burqa ban was something that they were "all in on". They assumed one more tweak of nations psyche regarding Muslims would just be meekly swallowed by the majority and all would be according to agenda.

Unfortunately, the "security" issue was the stumbling block - as there could be no valid reason to segregate people if they'd already been comprehensively screened - and cleared by Parliament House security.

The govt has been left with egg on its face with this one...and Credlin no doubt decided that it was time to abort the shambles when it became apparent that it was a "shambles".

(She's a bit dumb really..)

The problem Australia is having now is due to an introduced feral species called Islam.

Australia didn't have this problem when there were only a few scattered about here & there. Now, like cane toads, they are becoming a National problem & need eradication. I doubt if we will be able to rid Australia of all of them but, like the prickly Pear, something has to be done to get the problem down to a manageable level. Otherwise Australia is doomed if the infestation get out of hand. The introduction of Myxomatosis & Parvovirus has controlled the Rabbits.

We need the introduction of something along those lines in Legislation before it's too late. Australia need to stop acerbating the problem by importing any more of this introduced species, now. The cause of the problem.

LOl!...here's the type of dingbat the likes of Abbott and his cohorts appeal to...

"....The introduction of Myxomatosis & Parvovirus has controlled the Rabbits.

We need the introduction of something along those lines in Legislation before it's too late. Australia need to stop acerbating the problem by importing any more of this introduced species, now. The cause of the problem."

Shame you weren't around in Germany all those years ago...they had similar views on certain sections of their society.

You would have felt right at home.

(Sometimes Godwin's Law is valid)

I've never seen any woman in a burka, in the flesh, so to speak. Nikabs, yes, every day. Women should be allowed - well, they ARE allowed - to wear pretty much whatever they like. Fine with me.

On the other hand, I can understand the need to restrict anybody wearing any sort of covering over their faces - bikie, hoodie, face-mask-wearer, etc. - from parts of Parliament House. Fair enough.

IF it's true that dumb-@rse children WERE planning to disguise themselves as Muslima in nikabs, and then heckle politicians from the public gallery - and nothing too dumb surprises me about the soy-latte LygonSt set these days - IF this is true, then one can only despair at their idiocy and lack of thought of consequences for innocent Muslima in nikabs, offending no-one and just going about their business.

IF this scurrilous rumour is true, then imagine the outcry against the nikab across Australian society.

IF it is true, then these stupid, stupid people could do great damage to innocent people, innocent Australians who happen to be nikabi.

When I was out on the streets in the sixties and seventies, I wouldn't take part in any demo or march or whatever in which innocent people got into trouble or were hurt in any way. The rule seemed to be: never do any harm to innocent people, or put them out in any way.

Slightly off-topic: perhaps the same dumb-dumbs were involved in forging their addresses before the last elections, claiming to live in Indi when they didn't. Oy, how stupid can you get ? So after the election was called, and before voter registration closed three weeks or so later, these dumb-dumbs filled out registration forms, all neatly in a handful of files now, which the police can go through at their leisure, identifying frauds and preparing charges. One of them is supposed to have even been a lawyer.

When will children learn that you can't lie and cheat, and get other people into trouble, for what you think is a Good Cause.

God save us from fools.

Joe

Joe,

(Slightly off topic, but we're allowed to do that if you say so...:)

"Slightly off-topic: perhaps the same dumb-dumbs were involved in forging their addresses before the last elections, claiming to live in Indi when they didn't. Oy, how stupid can you get ?"

Is that the same Indi where this happened?

http://theconversation.com/lost-and-found-the-case-of-the-missing-votes-in-indi-18140

"In any case, McGowan’s bid for election was boosted last night when the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) found a box of first preference votes that was mistakenly labelled. Instead of marking the box as containing 2,115 votes for McGowan, the AEC had marked it as containing 1,115 votes."

Lucky, eh!

poirot: Shame you weren't around in Germany all those years ago... they had similar views on certain sections of their society.

The difference being the Jews were actually a benefit in their Society.

There is a big difference between the introduction of a beneficial species & destructive ones, like Cane Toads, Prickly Pear, Rabbits, cats & the religion islam. More Jew's, Hindu's & Buddhist's would be beneficial in Australia.

Just think. Would we be having all this trouble in Australia now if there were no moslems? I don't think so.