Australian Politics
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text of image: Hope is a good thing–maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies
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quote from Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption, use of the quote is in no way intended to suggest that King in any way endorses the contents of this post or this blog
Liberal MP, Michael Pengilly, (Finniss, South Australia), who once tweeted the words she’s a real dog
in reference to PM Gillard, it seems has continued his obsession with dogs.
Yesterday, Pengilly was thrown out of Parliament at the end of a rowdy question time by the Speaker for, allegely, yelling out a slur to the Transport Services Minister, Chloe Fox, why she was trying to explain transport related issues to the parliament.
The words that Pengilly called out were – allegely – you should be put down
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Stay classy, Liberal member for Finniss, stay classy.
And South Australian voters… Pengilly is a risk of losing pre-selection for the Liberals in the 2014 elections.
source: You should be put down, Liberal MP Michael Pengilly tells Transport Services Minister Chloe Fox, AdelaideNow, 29 Mar 2012
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Liberal and National politicians across the country are cutting back on programmes designed to help the environment, but have their hand out for Federal – taxpayer – money when it comes to cleaning up after extreme weather events attributed to changing climate.
Barry OFarrell in NSW is cutting back on climate change programmes. Ted Baillieu is slashing renewable energy targets while expanding coal power.
Can-Do Campbell it turns out is Can’t-Do when it comes to protecting the environment. One of his first points of business was the closure of the $430million Queensland Climate Change Fund. Probably one of his second points of business was checking with Clive Palmer, to see if that was acceptable, possibly.
Yet, when it comes to floods, bushfire, cyclones, it is Liberal leaders who have their hands out waiting for Federal funds to aid communities devastated by these natural disasters.
The warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change overnight that human actions are leading to more deadly and costly extreme weather events should give Liberal leaders from Tony Abbott to Campbell Newman pause for thought, the Australian Greens said today.
“The climate scientists’ warnings are getting louder, our weather is already getting more extreme, but Tony Abbott, Ted Baillieu, Barry O’Farrell and Campbell Newman are setting out to undermine climate action,” Australian Greens Acting Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.
source: here
One thing that gets forgotten, or obscured when politicians are making decisions that affect our lives – it is not just the environment, the climate, the planet. It is all of ours, it is our planet, not just the faceless billionaires. So turning over the care of the planet to the very people who profit from its destruction does not make much sense, and even less sense is the voters who support those moves.
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additional text IPCC EXTREME WEATHER REPORT SHOULD GIVE LIBERALS PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
The Deputy PM took to his twitter account @SwannyDPM to explain what he meant by his vision of a Fair Go.
This is what he had to say:
Tweets reproduced below the graphic in text format
The response to these tweets ranged from support to opposition. And those who disagreed with Swan’s opinions got ugly, rabid, vicious, hateful. I am sure that politicians are used to negative feedback, but this was a level of disrespect out of all proportion for a very senior member of the Australian government.
That people are opposed to the idea of a fair go, suggests they enjoy the inequality in this country. Possibly because of greed, selfishness, self-obsession, lack of compassion, xenophobia – who knows what drives someone to rant against equality.
But this is showing what the Ugly Australian really looks like
Swan’s Tweets
Spoke about the positive response reaction to the @THEMONTHLY essay and the predictable reaction from the Libs and vested interests #FairGo link
In dismissing #FairGo, the class warfare cry doesn’t cut it – it’s not about that, it’s about these two things… link
1 – Ensuring more people have say in public debate, and 2 – more people having a stake in our economic success. link
Just because you can’t afford a full page ad in the paper doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a say #FairGo link
And just because vested interests can afford to buy publicity doesn’t mean they speak for the majority. They don’t. link
I want to ensure more Australians will enjoy the benefits of the Asian Century, not just a fortunate few #FairGo link
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additional text by Wayne Swan, use of quotes in no way suggests that Swan in any way endorses the contents of this post or this blog
Turn Left 2013 
