Former leader of the Australian Labor Party Mark Latham has had his 15 minutes in the spot light in an election where he is not even running. After Mark's loss against John Howard in 2003 he disappeared from public life till about a month ago. The Channel 9 show, 60 minutes decided to give Mark a soap box to stand on. With a camera crew in toe Mark went out wearing a media pass and joined the media pack. Mark used guerilla journalism tactics to ambush Tony Abbott and Jullia Gillard as they were walking to events. As the campaigns were getting boring the media pack turned their attentions on what Mark was going to do next.
On Sunday the 15th of August the article aired on Channel 9 and I must admit it was well put together with interviews with the Greens leader Bob Brown, former pollie Pauline Hanson and people on the street. The article looked semi serious till the end where Mark told us all to donkey vote. That's right he wants us not to vote at all in a protest against the two major partys. Well one of the parties is going to have to win and I would like to think that I had a say who it is.
Showing posts with label Election 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election 2010. Show all posts
Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Election 2010 - Sex Party Vs Family first
This morning I watched a debate (using the term lightly) on Channel Seven's Sunrise Show. It was between Fiona Patten of the Sex Party and Wendy Francis of Family First Party. It is a shame that two parties with valid points had such a problem expressing them in a debate forum. Except for the first thirty second intros both Fiona and Wendy were busy interrupting for either argument to be heard. After watching a second time on the internet I realise that the debate covered;
#Government censorship of billboards
#The internet filter,
#Gay marriages,
#Tax exempt status of religions
Wendy did seem to have a very narrow idea of the Family. The text-book husband, wife and children has gone by the wayside and I don't think that Family First realises it. It is true that when I grew up there were only a limited amount of kids at school from blended families but now it is the norm. Most marriages end in divorce these days and some people live together in defacto relationships. It might be good to live in the fantasy world of the good old days but the reality is that politics is a contest and the voters want their politicians to represent their way of life. I cringed as I watched Wendy publicly speak out against Gay Marriage she has just lost her party the votes of every gay person and every person with gay people in their lives.
As Fiona and Wendy were debating over whether Religion should be tax exempt Wendy said, "Well I think it is a free society". What the! So it is a free society when religious groups want to build churches but when it comes to freedom of speech on the internet and advertising on billboards the government should step in as a controller.
I know that these parties are politically poles apart but if you think about it on a social level they are a cause and effect. Without Sex in most cases you will not have a family to worry about. I have six children and yes I knows what causes it. But just because I like sex does not mean that I do not want to protect them from the evils in the world.
In my opinon while the debate was badly managed making it look more like an episode of Jerry Springer it was better than the Gillard Vs Abbott debate.
Sunrise Sex Party vs Family First Debate.
#Government censorship of billboards
#The internet filter,
#Gay marriages,
#Tax exempt status of religions
Wendy did seem to have a very narrow idea of the Family. The text-book husband, wife and children has gone by the wayside and I don't think that Family First realises it. It is true that when I grew up there were only a limited amount of kids at school from blended families but now it is the norm. Most marriages end in divorce these days and some people live together in defacto relationships. It might be good to live in the fantasy world of the good old days but the reality is that politics is a contest and the voters want their politicians to represent their way of life. I cringed as I watched Wendy publicly speak out against Gay Marriage she has just lost her party the votes of every gay person and every person with gay people in their lives.
As Fiona and Wendy were debating over whether Religion should be tax exempt Wendy said, "Well I think it is a free society". What the! So it is a free society when religious groups want to build churches but when it comes to freedom of speech on the internet and advertising on billboards the government should step in as a controller.
I know that these parties are politically poles apart but if you think about it on a social level they are a cause and effect. Without Sex in most cases you will not have a family to worry about. I have six children and yes I knows what causes it. But just because I like sex does not mean that I do not want to protect them from the evils in the world.
In my opinon while the debate was badly managed making it look more like an episode of Jerry Springer it was better than the Gillard Vs Abbott debate.
Sunrise Sex Party vs Family First Debate.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The big game - Election 2010
The debate
You can not have a Political commentary blog without talking about the Abbott v Gillard debate. I know that every commentator has already spoken about this debate but it has to be said “Thank the lord” that there is not going to be the three debates that Tony Abbott wants. As a matter of fact I do not think that he had enough political material to run one debate. Between them “moving forward” and “stopping the boats” I think that there was about 5 minutes of actual content. The only thing that made people tune in was the outside chance that one of them would pull a fiscal rabbit out of their hat and offer the voters a Kevin Rudd style hand out.
While boat people are a real concern to Australia, Australian are more concerned about hospitals and child care places. I can not see that the plight of the refugees is going to get voters to pencil the number one in a candidates box based on how their party says that they are going to deal with the issue.
The enviroment was glossed over with Gillard talking about community consultation groups and Abbott talking about his “Green Army”. Has anyone pointed out the that normal Army wears green, I’m just saying this is a bit confusing. There was no detail on either side as to how their solutions would improve the enviroment recover.
You can not have a Political commentary blog without talking about the Abbott v Gillard debate. I know that every commentator has already spoken about this debate but it has to be said “Thank the lord” that there is not going to be the three debates that Tony Abbott wants. As a matter of fact I do not think that he had enough political material to run one debate. Between them “moving forward” and “stopping the boats” I think that there was about 5 minutes of actual content. The only thing that made people tune in was the outside chance that one of them would pull a fiscal rabbit out of their hat and offer the voters a Kevin Rudd style hand out.
While boat people are a real concern to Australia, Australian are more concerned about hospitals and child care places. I can not see that the plight of the refugees is going to get voters to pencil the number one in a candidates box based on how their party says that they are going to deal with the issue.
The enviroment was glossed over with Gillard talking about community consultation groups and Abbott talking about his “Green Army”. Has anyone pointed out the that normal Army wears green, I’m just saying this is a bit confusing. There was no detail on either side as to how their solutions would improve the enviroment recover.
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