Dabop
Master Poster
I'm surprised it took him that long...... he's always been more 'onenation' material in terms of his beliefs....
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Dabop
Master Poster
LOL- if they DID get to 200 million Aussies signing up- a clear sign of fraud indeed lol
I wish these racist creeps would be honest with their messaging. They only want to restrict black and Asian immigration. No objection at all to white Brits, New Zealanders and South African coming here.
rjh01
Gentleman of leisure
I found the original. Thought they could not be that stupid. But they are .
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
What about Italians, Greeks, Lebanese, and other "Aryan" countries? Or is there going to be a Swarthiness Test rather than the old White Australia dictation test.
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
They know they can't call it the return of the White Australia Policy, but that's what it is.
A return to the Good Old Days of the 50s when men were men, women were in the kitchen and Asians were over there.
a_unique_person
Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
There was the Chinese takeaway shop.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Never mind that many Chinese emigrated to Australia during the Gold Rush era of the 1850's. That is, before the White Australia policy was even enacted. Mind you, there was that "massacre" thing at Lambing Flats... But I'm sure Advance would not condone that...would they!
rjh01
Gentleman of leisure
I just looked at ACNC for the non profit. Cannot find it. The number of people who has signed the petitions cannot be verified. One person can sign it many times, maybe with different email addresses.
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
I'm pretty sure Advance was the party that a few elections ago had a stated policy of killing anyone who attempted to enter Australia illegally by boat.Never mind that many Chinese emigrated to Australia during the Gold Rush era of the 1850's. That is, before the White Australia policy was even enacted. Mind you, there was that "massacre" thing at Lambing Flats... But I'm sure Advance would not condone that...would they!
They didn't state it outright like that, but it was clear if you read their complete electoral policy position. They had one policy that stated that anyone who attempted to come to Australia illegally by boat was by definition an enemy invader, and they had another policy - not listed near the first one - that stated that enemies of Australia should be killed.
NatalieSalat
Thinker
Everyone hates the Senate. Billy Hughes called it “that tinselled abortion of a House of Lords.” Paul Keating called it “unrepresentative swill.” Governments of all stripes have railed against its bloody-minded obstructionism. For decades it was ALP policy to abolish it. Yet it has survived for almost 105 years as a central pillar of Australia’s constitutional system and is no more likely to be abolished than is Christmas.
At the next election, as at every election, the question of who will win control of the Senate will be nearly as important as the question of who will get to sit on the Treasury benches. Governing in the face of a hostile Senate is a dangerous business. The authors of the Constitution (not coincidentally a Queenslander, Sir Samuel Griffith, and a Tasmanian, Andrew Inglis Clark -- QLD was a small state in 1900) deliberately made the Senate a very powerful upper house, and it has not been shy about using its power. The Senate has destroyed three Australian governments: those of Joe Cook in 1914, Jim Scullin in 1931 and Gough Whitlam in 1975. It has made life difficult for many others.
At the next election, as at every election, the question of who will win control of the Senate will be nearly as important as the question of who will get to sit on the Treasury benches. Governing in the face of a hostile Senate is a dangerous business. The authors of the Constitution (not coincidentally a Queenslander, Sir Samuel Griffith, and a Tasmanian, Andrew Inglis Clark -- QLD was a small state in 1900) deliberately made the Senate a very powerful upper house, and it has not been shy about using its power. The Senate has destroyed three Australian governments: those of Joe Cook in 1914, Jim Scullin in 1931 and Gough Whitlam in 1975. It has made life difficult for many others.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Possibly not even one person signed it at all. Takes no effort to modify a website content to anything you like, if you own it.
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
I think John Kerr destroyed the Whitlam government. I seem to recall there was somewhat of a kerfuffle.
NatalieSalat
Thinker
Had either Bert Milliner not died or had he been replaced properly, Fraser would not have had control of the Senate
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psionl0
Skeptical about skeptics
Politicians are not everybody. Not a single proposal to make even the slightest change to how the Senate works (eg simultaneous elections for both houses) has ever even looked like being approved by the voters (with the exception below).
Many voters prefer that the government powers be checked by an upper house they don't control. It is seen as a protection against abuse of power. When the Howard government won control of the Senate in 2004, we got "Work Choices".
This can not happen today. In one of the few successful constitutional referenda, voters approved a change to the constitution that stipulated that a casual Senate vacancy can only be filled with a member of the same party that the departing Senator belonged to and that the replacement would serve out the rest of the Senator's term.
Had this change been in effect in the 1970s, the Gair affair would never have happened.
psionl0
Skeptical about skeptics
It's finally here. The Albanese government's social media ban law takes effect today. From now on, people under 16 are banned from using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter) and You Tube (this list will grow of course). Social media companies that fail to make sure that under 16s can't access their platform face heavy penalties
www.abc.net.au
I for one hope that this new law not only fails but backfires badly. Even the slightest hint of success will only encourage the government to bring in even more internet censorship. Many international countries are closely monitoring this new law with the aim of implementing their own version if it works as intended.
'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins
After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.
www.abc.net.au
I for one hope that this new law not only fails but backfires badly. Even the slightest hint of success will only encourage the government to bring in even more internet censorship. Many international countries are closely monitoring this new law with the aim of implementing their own version if it works as intended.
I opened a thread in social issues about this. I think that, if the net impact of social media on children is not clear, the ban shows good leadership and is better than just keeping fingers crossedIt's finally here. The Albanese government's social media ban law takes effect today. From now on, people under 16 are banned from using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter) and You Tube (this list will grow of course). Social media companies that fail to make sure that under 16s can't access their platform face heavy penalties
'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins
After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.
I for one hope that this new law not only fails but backfires badly. Even the slightest hint of success will only encourage the government to bring in even more internet censorship. Many international countries are closely monitoring this new law with the aim of implementing their own version if it works as intended.
NatalieSalat
Thinker
Three loopholes remain:
1. There is no requirement to actually fill a vacancy
2. There is no requirement to accept the nominee concerned (used in TAS in 1987)
3. If a senator leaves their party and becomes an IND or a member of another party and then dies/resigns mid-term, it is their original party that chooses their replacement, even if they became an IND or started their own party.
a_unique_person
Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
Parents have been parenting for hundreds of thousands of years. New technology has brought new threats.It's finally here. The Albanese government's social media ban law takes effect today. From now on, people under 16 are banned from using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter) and You Tube (this list will grow of course). Social media companies that fail to make sure that under 16s can't access their platform face heavy penalties
'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins
After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.
I for one hope that this new law not only fails but backfires badly. Even the slightest hint of success will only encourage the government to bring in even more internet censorship. Many international countries are closely monitoring this new law with the aim of implementing their own version if it works as intended.
Unusually it's got bipartisan support. Expect retribution from Trump on behalf of the tech bros.
I don’t doubt it. Tariffs will be threatened.