Sometimes the blogosphere seems riddled with rubbish, other times it is brimming with chestnuts worth digesting. The balls-up in the NSW Parliament by Labor in its marital tiff with The Shooters is burning up the blogosphere. Here is a small sample of varying quality of what I've seen:
* North Coast Voices - 29/08/09
* The Petition Site - 6/08/09
* Radio 2SER Razors Edge - 26/07/09
* Care 2 News Network - 22/08/09
* Alternative Media - 21/08/09
* Feral Thoughts - 17/08/09
* From Magna Carta To Here - 3/09/09
* Animals Australia - 26/06/09
* Venting Vegan - 7/08/09
* The Bull - 24/06/09
* NSW Law & Justice Monitor - 4/09/09
* Bartlett's Soap Box - 4/09/09
SkyNews offers an abridged version culled of the story from the Daily Telegraph today.
The Australian looks at the planned shooting range at Hill Top and flirts with providing an incomplete picture as to why Labor had a deal with The Greens that led to the loss of The Shooters Party votes since June.
The Sydney Morning Herald for 3/09/09 has its profile on the Parliamentary stalemate.
Showing posts with label Shooters Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shooters Party. Show all posts
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Labor & Shooters! I Almost Choked on My Weeties!
This morning I nearly choked to death with laughter as I had my Weet-Bix stuck in my throat. I saw the Sydney Morning Herald's article about The Shooters Party. Labor doesn't get it! If you support the boys with guns you'll alienate the community that supports conservation, ecology, and preserving animals (The Green vote). If you support The Green-style vote (which you should) then the loony-bin brigade will rally to put yet another Shooter in Parliament in 2011.
This lot of Labor don't have even the barbed-wire nous of an ultra conservative like Tony Abbott who effectively knocked One Nation off its perch.
And when will journalists turn the spotlight on the cause of the deadlock in Parliament? Why were The Shooters put off-side? It was Attorney General Hatzistergos' rabid lobbying in late June to push through the ridiculous merger of the Protective Commissioner. The public didn't want it. The disability advocates didn't want it. But Mr Hatzistergos and his off-kick Glanfield dug their heels in. They ran amok among the minor parties looking for support. The Greens said "ok" but Labor had to kick The Shooters. So, remember that the Attorney General, first-law officer of the state helped to stuff his own party's prospects of pushing through any more bills in the Legislative Council.
What has Labor done since the recess in June and the re-opening on Tuesday? Oh the de facto Premier Wedderburn tried to offer a lamb chop to The Shooters but the doggies wouldn't bite! So look at the "better service" delivery NSW is now receiving from Labor. It is surreal!
This lot of Labor don't have even the barbed-wire nous of an ultra conservative like Tony Abbott who effectively knocked One Nation off its perch.
And when will journalists turn the spotlight on the cause of the deadlock in Parliament? Why were The Shooters put off-side? It was Attorney General Hatzistergos' rabid lobbying in late June to push through the ridiculous merger of the Protective Commissioner. The public didn't want it. The disability advocates didn't want it. But Mr Hatzistergos and his off-kick Glanfield dug their heels in. They ran amok among the minor parties looking for support. The Greens said "ok" but Labor had to kick The Shooters. So, remember that the Attorney General, first-law officer of the state helped to stuff his own party's prospects of pushing through any more bills in the Legislative Council.
What has Labor done since the recess in June and the re-opening on Tuesday? Oh the de facto Premier Wedderburn tried to offer a lamb chop to The Shooters but the doggies wouldn't bite! So look at the "better service" delivery NSW is now receiving from Labor. It is surreal!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Another Lame Duck Premier About To Depart
Yes, it is just a mere formality before Nathan Rees ceases to be Premier of NSW and a new marionette show orchestrated from the right-wing faction of the ALP begins. The choice of a woman - Kristina Keneally or Carmel Tebbutt - will be a change of puppet for sure. But the lads in Sussex Street miss the point: we are not fooled by the attempt to imitate Queensland with Anna Bligh.
As the Upper House relationship between the ALP and the Shooters Party remains at a stalemate the prospect of a hung Parliament needing to be dissolved for an election looms large.
The members of Cabinet should be asking themselves how did they end up in this mess. All they have to do is think back to the absurd lobbying of Laurie Glanfield and John Hatzistergos over the merger of the Protective Commissioner and Public Trustee in June. They secured the passage for that via wooing The Greens in exchange for stuffing up The Shooter's bill on bang-bangs in National Parks. If Glanfield and Hatzistergos had not been so adamant about pushing through on that issue then maybe Labor would still have The Shooters onside. Now they don't and it is impossible to govern the state without at least 3 secure votes from minor parties.
As the Upper House relationship between the ALP and the Shooters Party remains at a stalemate the prospect of a hung Parliament needing to be dissolved for an election looms large.
The members of Cabinet should be asking themselves how did they end up in this mess. All they have to do is think back to the absurd lobbying of Laurie Glanfield and John Hatzistergos over the merger of the Protective Commissioner and Public Trustee in June. They secured the passage for that via wooing The Greens in exchange for stuffing up The Shooter's bill on bang-bangs in National Parks. If Glanfield and Hatzistergos had not been so adamant about pushing through on that issue then maybe Labor would still have The Shooters onside. Now they don't and it is impossible to govern the state without at least 3 secure votes from minor parties.
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