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Oz election in May

Post by JimC » Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:27 pm

A federal election here is just around the corner. The Liberal/Nationals coalition is on the nose with many voters, but they are also suspicious of Labour. There may be a rash of independents from all over the political spectrum. The coalition has a powerful right-wing rump, including this little treasure...
LNP Senate candidate accuses weather bureau of fudging data to suit 'global warming agenda'

The ABC yesterday revealed Mr Rennick's unconventional views on pre-school, which were shot down by the Prime Minister.

Federal Labor is now calling for Scott Morrison to sack the candidate from his winnable position on the Liberal-National Party Senate ticket.

Mr Rennick last month accused the weather bureau of "rewriting weather records to fit in with the global warming agenda!"

"Our public servants are out of control," he said on Facebook.

The spray was in response to an article published in The Spectator magazine that accused the federal agency of concocting "a consistent global warming trend".

Mr Rennick in February shared another article on social media, which criticised the BoM for not being transparent enough when declaring weather records.

"The Bureau of Meteorology should not be fudging records to perpetuate global warming hysteria," he wrote in response.


The nation's weather agency has updated old readings, allowing like-for-like comparisons with temperatures recorded using modern equipment.

It has retained the original data, which is publicly accessible.

Asked about Mr Rennick's statements, a BoM spokesperson yesterday said: "The bureau has not 'rewritten' the climate record."

"The integrity of the bureau's data is at the core of the trust that the Australian community has in us," the spokesperson said.

"The nation's leading statisticians and mathematicians … have confirmed the rigour, reliability and robustness of our methods."

Mr Rennick has also heavily questioned the work of the world's leading climate change body — the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — saying in response to one of its climate warnings: "The numbers just don't stack up."

Mr Rennick last night said: "Climate change is a complex issue worthy of debate and scrutiny."

The Opposition labelled the 48-year-old a "right-wing climate denialist".

Mr Rennick is third on the party's ticket — a position that could deliver him six years in the Upper House.

The Brisbane accountant has also claimed that helping families send three-year-olds to pre-school is a Labor Party conspiracy to strengthen government control over child raising.

And he has floated the idea of slashing Australia's company tax rate to 12 per cent — more than half its current rate.

Mr Rennick argues the move, in combination with other radical changes, would prevent multinational tax avoidance.

The self-described Russophile has also cast doubt over Russia's involvement in a deadly chemical attack in Britain.

"This is the sort of thing you expect from a One Nation candidate — not one of Scott Morrison's candidates," Labor climate spokesman Mark Butler said.

"If Scott Morrison wants to show some leadership he should sack Mr Rennick and find a candidate that isn't a radical right-winger."

Mr Morrison on Monday said he did not share Mr Rennick's views on early education.

"That's not Government policy, won't be Government policy, that's not my view, won't be my view," the Prime Minister said.

But he said Mr Rennick would remain on the Senate ticket, describing the LNP as a "broad church" that included people with "many different views".

If Mr Rennick was dumped, Senator Ian Macdonald could move into the third spot.
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Re: Oz election in May

Post by Seabass » Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:05 pm

So in other words, he's a tiny fraction of the idiot that Trump is? :ask:
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Post by JimC » Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:11 pm

The Coalition cannot rid itself of its reactionary rump, and they tend to exert power over policy out of proportion to their numbers...
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:09 am

I just want to see Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton lose their seats.
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Re: Oz election in May

Post by JimC » Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:17 am

You're not alone in that...
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Re: Oz election in May

Post by Svartalf » Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:47 am

But who's fit to replace them? don't any such people have Buckley's chance of getting elected?
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Re: Oz election in May

Post by Hermit » Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:55 am

Svartalf wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:47 am
But who's fit to replace them? don't any such people have Buckley's chance of getting elected?
Most Australians don't particularly examine their local candidates' qualities. They tend to simply vote for the candidate the party of their choice dishes up. Candidates are chosen, at least in theory, by members of the local party branches. In practice the candidate is imposed from above. This is where factional branch stacking becomes important. There is usually a fight between the left and right factions of every party over who controls each respective branch, and sometimes it is vicious. In the 1980s it involved standover tactics in a couple of inner Sydney Labor Party branches, which included serious bashings.

In short, the successful candidates are not elected by the common people. They are imposed by power brokers and numbers men of the dominant faction further up the hierarchial ladder of each party. Unless the seat is a marginal or swinging seat the dominant party's choice wins automatically.
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