August1991 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Anybody know anything about this? Got anything to say? Know any good jokes? PM goes to GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Machine Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Australia is the place where the men are men and the sheep are nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Australia is the place where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.That's NZ. But point taken, BBM. Thanx.Anyone else got something to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slavik44 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Australia is the place where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.That's NZ. But point taken, BBM. Thanx.Anyone else got something to say? sure lets have some fun, As I was entering Sydney international airport the other day, the Immigration Officer stopped me. "Do you have a criminal record?" he asked. "I didn't know you still needed one," I quipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idealisttotheend Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 (I think we lost our resident Australian Takw... or whatever his name was, I'm sure he would have enjoyed the subject). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Machine Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 What kind of government does Australia have now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 My understanding is that their judicial system is based on kangaroo courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Machine Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Does Australia have a socialst government. I know NZ does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbarosa Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 whats the point of having convicts govern convicts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloniusfleabag Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Ahhh, jocularity, how I love you so. I hear it's illegal for a PM to go swimming unescorted after one of them drowned(or was eaten). Sadly, they #3 of the 'coalition of the coerced' to invade Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Canadian Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 From what I hear, John Howard is going to get re-elected. The latest poll that I've seen indicates a 50/50 split between Howard's Labour Party and the coalition. Gonna be a close one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Canadian Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Update time. Even with the Iraq mess, Howard still wins the election. http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...ion_041009.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted October 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Isn't it odd that no one says anything? If Howard had lost, the reaction would have been very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eureka Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I have not commented, August, because I am not aware of the issues in Australia. Presumably, domestic issues weighed heavier than Irq. We may well find the same in Britain and Blair could win again evn though the nation now opposes his Iraq stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 It might be worth keeping in mind that with ongoing Islamist violence in south-east Asia and particularly Indonesia, the threat of terrorism is considerably more personal for the average Australian than it is to Canadians. -kimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawasakm Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hello there, I've just logged in for the first time in some months. It would take to long to explain why so I'll leave it as a mystery. Seems you would like a quick answer as to why Howard won the election here. The concensus is that he won based on economic policy. The last Labour government ran the economy into the ground and the current Liberal government has gained a considerable amount of mileage out of it. Even though that was some considerable time ago. Now my take is that Howard and the Coalition (comprised of Liberal and National parties) won because they pushed peoples fear buttons. They run negative campaigns. People thought the economy would go to hell (despite the fact that all the leading economists did not think it would matter which party was in) if Howard did not win. He was seen as a strong leader and defintely appeals to the conservative. He has never been held in any way accountable for committing troops based on misinformation (not that I making opinion one way or the other on wether or not he should be). But I think his dishonesty precedes such events. He won the prior election by whipping up hysteria over the "invasion of illegal immigrants" entering Australia via dodgy boats from Indonesia. Just before the election there was a sensation known now as the "children overboard scandal". Photos were released of refugees throwing their children overboard when a Naval boat intercepted them. The government used these photos to paint a further picture of the evil that was occuring etc. Turns out the boat had been on fire and the parents were trying to save their children. Didn't come out until after the election strangely enough. Who took the blame? Not the Prime Minister. Misinformation used for political gain always seems to be the sole responsibility of those further down the chain of command. But since this isn't a thread that really seems to be of great interest to this forum I should stop rabbiting on. If you are interested try researching the ship known as the "Tampa". (Which is about a different ship but very interesting and related to the governments rather extreme reaction to refugess entering Australia illegally) One interesting side note however. I was watching a program called Late Line the other night when they were interviewing a former speech writer of George W. Bush. He [the speech writer] claimed that the Australian election had some impact on the American election. It was perceived there that the Australian vote was an indication that Australians were declaring that they would stand up to terrorists just as the Spanish election had indicated the reverse. Not at all how the election was perceived here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawasakm Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Does Australia have a socialst government. I know NZ does. Australia does not have a socialist government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawasakm Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 sure lets have some fun, As I was entering Sydney international airport the other day, the Immigration Officer stopped me. "Do you have a criminal record?" he asked. "I didn't know you still needed one," I quipped. Interestingly enough you don't need to be a criminal to enter Australia. Do you need to be a slave to enter the US? Alot of the convicts sent to Australia were deported for stealing food. Regardless of the reason that convicts ended up here I assure you that the Australian national character is not "criminal" nor is it defined, or derived from, criminal values, behaviuours or traits. My year 12 history teacher told me that convicts were sent to the United States. He went on to say that part of the reason that colonisation of Australia was desirable was that convicts could no longer be sent to the US (which was by then independent). Why aren't there convict jokes about America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Why aren't there convict jokes about America? Because Americans don't have much sense of humour. -kimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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