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'Racist' comments about new Family First Senator

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Well, that's your opinion, Joe, not mine.
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 21 April 2017 11:21:30 AM
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Dear ttbn,

I don't believe that you didn't vote for Tony Abbott.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 21 April 2017 11:22:46 AM
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I totally agree that no one who was not here at a very young age, grew up here, & was educated here should be allowed to be a member of any level of government here. I don't care what their ethnic background, as long as their experience from early childhood is Australian.

It is only by growing up in Australia that anyone can really understand Australians, our aspirations, dreams & needs fully enough to govern.

Unfortunately we may soon have to excise some suburbs from this, where with English no longer spoken, neither the experience of growing, or the education bears any resemblance to anything Australian.

Joe, you are going way too far on this one. Swearing on a bit of paper has never made anyone an Australian, or a Callithumpian for that matter, it simply gives them an unearned cut of our wealth.
Posted by Hasbeen, Friday, 21 April 2017 12:03:34 PM
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Hi Foxy, ttbn might claim "technicality" that as he does not live in the seat of Warringah he didn't actually vote for the Mad Monk. just loves him to death. I like that leak. Abbott owes his political existence to Money Bags Malcolm, so says some mysterious party leaker, which hole in sieve could that be.

A good friend of mine Mehreen Faruqi, who like this lady from Africa filled a casual vacancy in the NSW Legislative Council, and then was elected in her own right. Mehreen is one of our best representatives in the parliament. Maybe you can read her bio, she has had a remarkable career since arriving from Pakistan I think about 20 years ago. A shining example of what can be achieved by people coming to Australia as migrants. People who some fool thinks should not have the same rights as the rest of us.
Posted by Paul1405, Friday, 21 April 2017 12:12:06 PM
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Foxy,

There is no way that I could vote for Tony Abbott, as I do not live in his electorate. In fact, I cannot remember when I last voted for the Liberal Party. I am a Conservative, remember.

Hasbeen,

Good to read you comments. Joe seems to have lost the plot in this area.

Paul,

Well, yes, I did get technical on Abbott, but what about the fact that I haven't voted Liberal for I don't know how long?

I do not love Abbott “to death”. I have said in the past, and I will say it again, he let down Conservatives very badly by doing nothing about Section 18c, and waffling along about 'Team Australia', when a quarter of the population is not Australian, and not part of any team. The only Australians are those born here.

While I approve of what Abbott is currently saying about Turnbull and the Coalition, I think that he is a hypocrite who could have done what he now wants others to do when he had the chance as PM. I never want to see him in any serious political position again. He is yesterday's man.

While I'm in the mood to engage your silliness, I saw in passing your comment about Hitler. The only thing I have in common with Hitler is I don't drink alcohol, and I haven't smoked for 23 years. Apart from that, there is nothing. The man was a Socialist, a lunatic and an anti-Semite who used Muslims to help him get rid of Jews.

The fact that you know when his birthday is could say something about you, though
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 21 April 2017 1:32:20 PM
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ttbn,
Bob Day was initially elected, but his election was subsequently found to be invalid because he was constitutionally ineligible. FWIW I'd be in favour of changing the constitution to loosen the restrictions that prevented Bob Day from being eligible, and also to change eligibility requirements to conditions for taking up the seat rather than for standing for election. But these changes have not been made, and the constitution is important and should be strictly enforced.

The AEC reran the count without Bob Day, and Lucy Gichuhi was elected. FF wanted to replace Bob Day with someone other than her, but they couldn't do it BECAUSE LUCY GICHUHI WAS ELECTED!

It being a double dissolution election, she was elected for a three year term (now closer to 2). She probably won't get reelected after that because her party's popularity seem stop be waning. But if she does well in parliament, she may well defy expectations.

As for your hearing problems, your sense of arrogant entitlement is astounding! Disabled people have a right for reasonable steps to be taken to ensure they can fully participate in society without too much inconvenience, but nobody has a right for society to be completely rearranged the way they want it. It certainly wouldn't be reasonable for someone who's completely deaf to demand that all our MPs be fluent in sign language!
Posted by Aidan, Friday, 21 April 2017 2:50:24 PM
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