Paul1405,

In fact my meaning was nothing like that deliberately clipped version that takes it out of context. You have a habit of misquoting and making things up.

The post is just several posts back and easy for others to check.

Dear Paul,

You were absolutely right.

That was exactly what was said.

An attempt at the "Donald Trump" tactic of denial.

Gotta laugh.

Foxy,

Your growing Pinocchio Nose will rival that of your comrade Green, Paul1405.

You ran out of excuses for those 'Showboat' Greens, Ludlam and Waters, huh?

Leoj, as your fearless leader, the lovely Pauline would say; PLEASE EXPLAIN!

I can see you would be a Joh man from way back.

"Don't you worry about that"
"Goodness gracious, I know what you're trying to do."
"Just you wait and see."
"Let me tell you, what is good for Queensland is good for Australia."
"I call it feeding the chooks."

You said you rubbed shoulders with Aussie poly's, when you need to do a bit of fund raising. Was it with Old Joh and his band of merry men?

Thanks Foxy.

Dear SM,

«I fail to see how changing S44 of the Constitution is in the national interest»

Indeed, had there been such a creature called "national interest", then S44 would have been one of her protective scales.

But while this bird of nationalism ought to rest with the dinosaurs, I agree with you that having a referendum just to operate on this single scale, is way too expensive. Rather wait and place this on a long-term to-do list, for some future referendum once public-opinion is ready to repeal and replace the whole Australian constitution or at least half of it.

Yuyutsu, reading your posts I often find myself agreeing with you. Do you think there is a cure for it? Seriously, that term "national interests" that the Turnbull's and the Shortens's of this world like throw around with such gay abandon. Its sacrosanct, not to be questioned. If you happen to ask why? about this or that, you are hit with the line "its in the national interest" (how dare you question it!) "sorry I asked".

We should ask "in whose interest?" and the answer is more often than not, the elite who control and dominate society. The correct term is "sectional interest".