Week in politics
REVOLT!!!
For the first time in the 10year history of the Howard Government, there have been 3 members crossing the floor and voting with Labor against the government's bill to excise the whole of Australia from the migration zone. This proves that there is still some heart left in this government, although its fading.
Now, if Sen. Judith Troeth crosses the floor in the Senate, the Government will need the vote of Sen. Fielding (Family First) to push it through. Fielding has had a meeting with Howard, the Indonesian Ambassador AND one of the West Papuan Asylum seekers. I admire Bruce Baird (one of the "dissident" liberal) in his statement if that "Family First" means anything, they cannot vote for a bill that splits up families and/or places them in indefinite detention in an overseas country where we have no say over the conditions and laws that govern their existence. Indeed this is a great fob-off of responsbility. The other "wildcard" is Barnaby Joyce, who has also resevered his decision. I like that guy, if only that he brings a bit of unpredictability and brinksmanship to the Senate.
Just to restate my point: People don't jump onto leaky boats and take a dangerous trip to Australia because they want to make life difficult for Australians. Nobody puts themselves and their families at such personal risk, unless they are very, very desperate.
In other exciting news, there was a fantastic stouch betweeen "Bomber" Beazly and "Ironbar" Wilson Tuckey. The upshot was the Beazly describe the legislation as "Weak and Worthless", then told Tuckey to take his "Weak and Worthless self" back into the building. Tuckey came within millimetres of calling Beazly a Son of a Bitch, but pulled back, calling him a "Fat so-and-so". Great theatrics.
For the first time in the 10year history of the Howard Government, there have been 3 members crossing the floor and voting with Labor against the government's bill to excise the whole of Australia from the migration zone. This proves that there is still some heart left in this government, although its fading.
Now, if Sen. Judith Troeth crosses the floor in the Senate, the Government will need the vote of Sen. Fielding (Family First) to push it through. Fielding has had a meeting with Howard, the Indonesian Ambassador AND one of the West Papuan Asylum seekers. I admire Bruce Baird (one of the "dissident" liberal) in his statement if that "Family First" means anything, they cannot vote for a bill that splits up families and/or places them in indefinite detention in an overseas country where we have no say over the conditions and laws that govern their existence. Indeed this is a great fob-off of responsbility. The other "wildcard" is Barnaby Joyce, who has also resevered his decision. I like that guy, if only that he brings a bit of unpredictability and brinksmanship to the Senate.
Just to restate my point: People don't jump onto leaky boats and take a dangerous trip to Australia because they want to make life difficult for Australians. Nobody puts themselves and their families at such personal risk, unless they are very, very desperate.
In other exciting news, there was a fantastic stouch betweeen "Bomber" Beazly and "Ironbar" Wilson Tuckey. The upshot was the Beazly describe the legislation as "Weak and Worthless", then told Tuckey to take his "Weak and Worthless self" back into the building. Tuckey came within millimetres of calling Beazly a Son of a Bitch, but pulled back, calling him a "Fat so-and-so". Great theatrics.
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