Rec'd on email and interesting.......
As you are aware Australians will be voting in the Federal election on 21 August.
With the Labor Government on the nose; political analysts expect the Greens to increase their vote significantly, especially in the Senate. A swing of just a few percent would see the Greens with as many as 8 Senate seats thus handing them the balance of power a disastrous situation for all Australians but especially so for those of us involved in the shooting and fishing sports.
So please, help us stop the Greens from gaining control of the Senate.
We need your help in two key ways. Firstly we need your vote. The Shooters and Fishers Party are running 2 Senate candidates in the following States:
New South Wales: Jim Muirhead and Al McGlashan
Victoria: Peter Kelly and Alex Krstic
Queensland: Andrew Peter and Chris Huggett
Western Australia: Paul Peake and Christine Peake
Tasmania: Ray Williams and Jeff Blackmore
Northern Territory: Phillip Hoare and Matt Graham
Secondly we need your help in passing on our message #65533; please pass on this message to your family and friends whether or not they are shooters or fishers. Stopping the Greens is important for all Australians.
The attached "anti-Greens" Pamphlet and Poster show how much a threat the Greens really are. We are asking supporters to help us 'spread the word' via their email networks and 'word of mouth' at club meetings, at the range and amongst family, friends and work colleagues.
If you haven't visited the Shooters and Fishers Party website yet, please have a look at: http://www.shootersandfishers.org.au/ where there's several video clips outlining our aims.
Click on the 'You Have 2 Votes', 'Why Get Political' and 'How You Can Help' tabs and then click onto the video 'play' button in the middle of the screen.
Thanks for your support.
Regards
Shooters and Fishers Party
PO Box 1201 St. Marys NSW 1790
Tel: (02) 9833 1118
Fax: (02) 9833 1117
Web: shootersandfishers.org.au
**** that I'm voting for the Secular party.
They stand for:
* A woman's right to choose an abortion
* Voluntary euthanasia
* The right to die
* Embryonic stem cell research
* Same-sex marriage
We stand against:
* Censorship
* Religious indoctrination of minors
* Counter-productive "anti-terror" restrictions on civil liberties
Secular party also say they want to seperate Church and State. i.e. Religions would no longer be tax emept. That would bring in HEAPS of extra tax.
That being said, there is no way they're going to be elected, at least not in my lifetime. But it can't hurt to try.
As far as I see it, the only credible person with any popularity is Kerry O'Brien from the 7:30 Report. Wish I could vote for him.
Who better to represent Australia when meeting with the president of the USA and what would he be able to extract, perhaps an apology ala KRudd style for the people of the middle east.
Ummm, who would I vote for to get daylight savings back on the agenda?
I still can't beleive we don't have it
f*** that ill vote for the secular party aswell
then the greens, who will protect australia from the aussie outdoor way off life..
I bet the shooters and hunters party would have supported the bounty on the Thylacine. Looks like they also support UZIs and the logging of every last tree in aus..
#8593; above post was from me with wrong login..
does that count for two votes for the secular party???
Vote Greens if you want to vote for a party honest enough to disclose their intentions.
Same if you give a sh!t about where we are heading globally and locally, not just about a shiny new Plasma/false invasion prophecies/jacuzzi/boobjob for the trophy wife.
I don't agree with all their policies (honestly who does agree withh 100% of their preferred party's posi??) but I admire them, their integrity (er.. not counting the Freo Greens member) and most importantly their vision beyond a self-serving 3-4 yr term.
Vote Greens to actually make a positive differance - AND smarten up the lazy 2 party duopoly.
BTW - Secular party are interesting too but too new (IMO) to have the runs on the board and confidence in longevity.
Each to theirs whatever you go for. 
Shooters and fishers, what kind of philosophy is that?
I'm voting for the ducks and fishes party.
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Why not use the preferential voting system to your voice your concerns but to make sure the main party you dislike the most is placed last? Also if you are in a safe Labor seat, consider putting the Labor candidate last. If you are in a safe Liberal/National consider placing the Lib/Nat candidate last.
It would be a great result if the main bigwigs of both major parties lost their seat like Howard did last election. It would show politicians they cannot take anyone for granted and they have to represent the electors in their electorate if they want to keep their job.
Its a bit of a joke that getting preselected for a safe seat is basically a job for life and someone can have a career in politics stretching for all of their student and working life, ie getting involved in student politics, becoming a party flunky, union staffer or MP assistant/researcher and then riding roughshod over local branches to get parachuted into a safe electorate to set you up for the rest of your life. Half the time they don't even live in the electorate they represent.
Meanwhile they use your money to tell you what an awesome job they are doing.
there are some geniune politicians with excellent tastes in music out there.
i listen to him on 4zzz religiously.
unfortunately i don't vote in brisbane.
andrewbartlett.com/
