on 28-04-2014 01:27 PM
Here they are, for those that don't know:
We Believe:
In the inalienable rights and freedoms of all peoples; and we work towards a lean government that minimises interference in our daily lives; and maximises individual and private sector initiative
In government that nurtures and encourages its citizens through incentive, rather than putting limits on people through the punishing disincentives of burdensome taxes and the stifling structures of Labor's corporate state and bureaucratic red tape.
In those most basic freedoms of parliamentary democracy - the freedom of thought, worship, speech and association.
In a just and humane society in which the importance of the family and the role of law and justice is maintained.
In equal opportunity for all Australians; and the encouragement and facilitation of wealth so that all may enjoy the highest possible standards of living, health, education and social justice.
That, wherever possible, government should not compete with an efficient private sector; and that businesses and individuals - not government - are the true creators of wealth and employment.
In preserving Australia's natural beauty and the environment for future generations.
That our nation has a constructive role to play in maintaining world peace and democracy through alliance with other free nations.
In short, we simply believe in individual freedom and free enterprise; and if you share this belief, then ours is the Party for you.
on 28-04-2014 04:36 PM
exactly and what's happening with Operation Spicer shows that they are certainly following this one......
That, wherever possible, government should not compete with an efficient private sector; and that businesses and individuals - not government - are the true creators of wealth and employment.
on 28-04-2014 05:18 PM
Chris hartcher is a member of the same faction as the PM i think. mates.
on 28-04-2014 05:25 PM
on 28-04-2014 05:42 PM
@donnashuggy wrote:I am not one for a smear campaign but this isn't looking good
ps. I thought I had an original thread topic idea! OH well!
Copying is a form of flattery 😄
on 28-04-2014 05:45 PM
@donnashuggy wrote:I am not one for a smear campaign but this isn't looking good
ps. I thought I had an original thread topic idea! OH well!
It is the original. All that yachting, so the Fiberals do have a soft spot for "boat people".
on 28-04-2014 06:40 PM
The Looters' Party
The Coalition's Direct gateway to corruption
Today we saw more Liberal Party corruption exposed by the the NSW ICAC — meanwhile, the same party continues with its misguided plan to pay polluters. Bob Ellis says this is a wide gateway to corruption.
IT’S HARD TO THINK of a wider gateway to corruption than the paying-the-biggest-polluters legislation pitched to us by Greg Hunt.
A company has to cut back by, say, one per cent the carbon it puts in the air and someone has to measure this.
If he says: yes, too right, it’s down to 99 percent, that company gets fifty million dollars. If he says: no, bad luck, it’s as bad as it was, or worse, the company gets nothing, not even a fine.
It would be hard to find a job more suitable for Arthur Sinodinos, provider of clean sewage to Nick Di Girolamo in times past, or John Elliott, say, or Jodee Rich.
What is truly amazing is the penalty for a big polluter that pollutes even more — which is no penalty at all.
Killing the planet, it seems, is not even a misdemeanour now. If you do it, you pay less than a parking fine — you pay nothing at all.
Not since Enron has there been a sillier set of numbers.
Everything that happens – new fighter bombers, offshore processing, sewage pipes to new suburbs, the brave new world of ‘infrastructure’, Australia being ‘open for business’ – is seen as a new open door to corruption by this, the Looters’ Party.
They have no purpose other on earth than these dirty backroom dealings, the $20 million for Sinodinos, these $1/2 billion to Wilson Security for beating children on Manus.
It’s what the Liberals do.
And now they’re giving the big polluters billions for killing the planet one per cent slower.
And it takes your breath away — literally. They are truly, truly awful people.
And so it goes.
on 28-04-2014 08:44 PM
"They have no purpose other on earth than these dirty backroom dealings, the $20 million for Sinodinos, these $1/2 billion to Wilson Security for beating children on Manus."
Here was I thinking the criminal convictions recently were for ALP luminaries only, and the CFMEU, silly me.
" the $20 million for Sinodinos," when? link please.
It’s what the Liberals do.? also the ALP, and then get convicted, why is that?
And now they're giving the big polluters billions for killing the planet one per cent slower.. I guess your appreciation of climate science matches that of SRBA. We could double or reduce our emissions to nil, and it would not be noticeable on a global scale..
Finally, these alleged "billions" the figures please, and remember: SENATE.
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on 28-04-2014 08:47 PM
@monman12 wrote:"They have no purpose other on earth than these dirty backroom dealings, the $20 million for Sinodinos, these $1/2 billion to Wilson Security for beating children on Manus."
Here was I thinking the criminal convictions recently were for ALP luminaries only, and the CFMEU, silly me.
" the $20 million for Sinodinos," when? link please.
It’s what the Liberals do.? also the ALP, and then get convicted, why is that?
And now they're giving the big polluters billions for killing the planet one per cent slower.. I guess your appreciation of climate science matches that of SRBA. We could double or reduce our emissions to nil, and it would not be noticeable on a global scale..
Finally, these alleged "billions" the figures please, and remember: SENATE.
nɥºɾ
I think this is in the wrong thread, there is one for Labor - Is the Labor Party sticking to its beliefs - i think thats it.
on 29-04-2014 09:38 AM
You couldn't make this stuff up, the true Fiberals........Royal Commission is in order, followed by a series for tele, just like Underbelly.
http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/a-watchdog-tinkler-gets-a-crash-course-in-real-time-20140428-37e62.html
"It is an unattractive prospect that someone at ICAC would have to listen to Mr Jones's radio program It's limited resources are better directed elsewhere," quipped counsel assisting Geoffrey Watson, SC."
Project "Black Ops" was Tim Koelma's ingenious scheme to destroy the career of Sydney Water chief Dr Kerry Schott. Dr Schott was proving to be a serious roadblock for Liberal donor Nick Di Girolamo getting a billion-dollar deal with the state government.
"Black Ops" use of an anonymous complaint to the ICAC did not work out so well as the ICAC investigators discovered Mr Koelma had used his brother to send in the complaint about Dr Schott.
The Liberal's chief fundraiser Paul Nicolaou was another arm of "Black Ops". He used the Millennium Fund letterhead to shoot off a letter to his friend Alan Jones on 2GB making all manner of baseless allegations against Dr Schott. They included terms such as "cover-ups" and "kickbacks".
Mr Nicolaou was hoping the broadcaster might repeat the allegations on air.
By day's end Mr Nicolaou had stepped down as chief fundraiser.
No doubt the good burghers of NSW will be pleased to hear that secret property developer donations were used to help launch the political careers of some of Chris Hartcher's office workers.
Take Darren Webber. His career leading up to election as the member of Wyong in 2011 is as follows: "Mr Webber was apprenticed as a smallgoods butcher, but that did not work out. He was then apprenticed as an electrician but that did not work out either."
After a stint in a call centre, Mr Webber volunteered to work part-time in Mr Hartcher's Central Coast electoral office.
He told the ICAC that the conservative faction of the party had triumphed in the area "because the central coast happening by virtue two census ago happened to be 98.7 per cent Anglo-Saxon background is conservative heartland [sic]''.
The member for The Entrance, Chris Spence, also had his electoral chances boosted by the developer dollars.
Mr Spence finished school in 1992. He then did some work in the security industry, and painting houses. He also worked intermittently in the office of the One Nation MP David Oldfield before joining Mr Hartcher's staff.
The inquiry heard that between 2009 and 2011 nine companies paid $414,042 to Eightbyfive. Of this Tim Koelma pocketed $265,000, Chris Spence $105,000 and Darren Webber $50,000.
The crossbenches of state Parliament are now crowded, with the three men being joined by upper house Liberal MP Marie Ficarra.
on 29-04-2014 10:01 AM
At least they have principles to stick to.