Labor to give LGBTI candidates preference

[village_person]

Labor Party to consider affirmative action plan for gay candidates

FEDERAL and state Labor would have quotas for gay and transgender candidates in winnable seats under a divisive affirmative action plan.

The deal, believed to be between the dominant Left and the Old Guard factions, has been done ahead of this weekend’s state conference, and draws Opposition Leader Bill Shorten into the debate.

The issue, to be discussed last night by Labor’s Rules Committee, has been labelled “toxic” after some in Rainbow Labor, who met to discuss the proposal on Tuesday night, did not want to speak out for fear of being labelled homophobes.

Some have also questioned why the affirmative action plan for the LGBTI community would start in four years but an affirmative action plan for indigenous candidates would not begin until 2030.

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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/labor-party-to-consider-affirmative-action-plan-for-ga...

Why not seek the best candidate for each seat? This is pure lunacy which puts in doubt the ALP's claim to be the 'party of ideas'. It seems as if the ALP has run out of ideas.

[myoclon1cjerk]

There's already a Muslim in the Federal parliament. Ed Husic. Nasty ALP. What about this then?

In October 2016, it was announced that Andrew Robb (LNP)had joined the Landbridge Group—a Chinese company which had been granted a 99-year lease on the Port of Darwin in 2015—as a "high-level economic consultant".

[icyfroth]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
There's already a Muslim in the Federal parliament. Ed Husic. Nasty ALP. What about this then?

In October 2016, it was announced that Andrew Robb (LNP)had joined the Landbridge Group—a Chinese company which had been granted a 99-year lease on the Port of Darwin in 2015—as a "high-level economic consultant".

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But is he gay?

[debra9275]

No, just corrupt

[peteepie]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Geeeze if they keep going the wont be enough letters in alphabet to cover it all lol

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ikr...I thought lesbians were gay.  What's wrong with just using gay for the lot?

[vampire-teddy]

most lesbians prefer the terms gay men and lesbians because while both groups like the same sex as their own there are still major differences due to gender

[the_great_she_elephant]

Why not seek the best candidate for each seat? This is pure lunacy which puts in doubt the ALP's claim to be the 'party of ideas'. It seems as if the ALP has run out of ideas.

Wow, talk about deja vu! This is the same argument that was trotted out when it was first suggested that women should be given more of a look in when it came to selecting  candidates.

In reality, "affirmative action" doesn't give anyone a unfair advanage, it simply gives them "a fair go" as in making sure those doing the choosing do not automatically (and often unthinkingly) dicriminate against them.