tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post3575281374518016191..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Down To The Doctor's: The ‘Lucky Country’ has a real electoral choice [corrected]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-21189496773490060312013-09-08T09:58:53.825+12:002013-09-08T09:58:53.825+12:00Looks like your endorsement worked Richard!! haha!...Looks like your endorsement worked Richard!! haha!<br /><br />They have won a Senate seat from New South Wales!<br /><br />Amazing what libertarian parties can do when they actually go out and campaign.Mr Lineberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-20124149110041790952013-08-26T14:24:29.370+12:002013-08-26T14:24:29.370+12:00Good luck on Christmas Island. I will be very inte...Good luck on Christmas Island. I will be very interested to hear a first hand account from a libertarian perspective. It's an ever growing problem that I'm not sure an open immigration policy can solve.<br /><br />Richard WiigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-35687452465103926222013-08-26T13:26:09.789+12:002013-08-26T13:26:09.789+12:00Another well written article.
I wish you all the ...Another well written article.<br /><br />I wish you all the best with the upcoming adventures on Christmas island.<br /><br />It's been an interesting experience watching the rugby down here in southern N.S.W.<br />Almost no one watches it,& those that do are resigned to NZ winning before the match has even started!<br /><br />It's very PC here, as it was in NZ 10 years ago, so it will be interesting to see if this starts to decline, after the Australian election.<br /><br />P.S. If your partial to marmite, stock up now & take it with you..<br /><br />B Whiteheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-66914805015818818582013-08-26T12:48:38.754+12:002013-08-26T12:48:38.754+12:00I did get it wrong about the LDP policy on climate...I did get it wrong about the LDP policy on climate change - my bad, I misread a one sentence summary of the policy without looking at the details. <br /><br />So, happily, I am pleased to be able to say that the LDP and Libertarianz parties are in complete agreement on all issues.<br /><br />I'm going to keep an open mind on how humanely the Xmas Island immigrant detention centre operates, until I've worked there and seen the conditions in which the asylum seekers are kept. From a medical point of view, I do know that many of these people arrive in very poor physical condition and need urgent (often life-saving) treatment, which is where I will be involved. <br /><br />Yes, it is a concentration camp of sorts, in the same way all refugee camps are. This one is a cut above just about all others in terms of quality of shelter, food, etc., and it is a concentration camp to which people from Afghanistan, Iran and Sri Lanka keep coming in their thousands.Richard McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763002401676224819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1963402625290443952013-08-26T11:24:14.323+12:002013-08-26T11:24:14.323+12:00Mind you, I think the Doc has it wrong by going to...Mind you, I think the Doc has it wrong by going to work in a concentration camp...Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-74175569002638182702013-08-26T11:23:52.545+12:002013-08-26T11:23:52.545+12:00@DW: Yes, think the Doc might have that one wrong....@DW: Yes, think the Doc might have that one wrong. Their website says:<br />"The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) believes... That atmospheric carbon dioxide is increasing but considers the consequences of this, whether it is due to human influence and if anything can or should be done about it, as too uncertain to warrant government action...<br /><br />"Global Warming<br />Scientific evidence suggests that the Earth’s climate has changed throughout its existence, sometimes dramatically, and that changes in climate have impacted human civilisation. Much of human history has been subject to the effects of global warming or cooling - the origins of the Sumerian, Babylonian and perhaps also biblical stories of a great flood, for example, are probably due to a massive rise in sea levels following global warming 7,600 years ago.<br /><br />"Global cooling from 1300 to 500 BC gave rise to the advance of glaciers, migration, invasion and famine. The Medieval Warm Period from 900 to 1300 AD led to the Vikings establishing colonies and trade routes.<br /><br />"Whether human activity is causing climate change or not, the important issue is whether governments are capable of implementing policies that mitigate it without reducing the prosperity of future generations.<br /><br />"Should the evidence become compelling that global warming is due to human activity, that such global warming is likely to have significantly negative consequences for human existence, and that changes in human activity could realistically reverse those consequences, the LDP would favour market-based options."Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-57915819518065164762013-08-26T10:56:52.475+12:002013-08-26T10:56:52.475+12:00Great article Doc and all the best for your new un...Great article Doc and all the best for your new undertaking.<br /><br />I must confess when I read 'Christmas Island' I had to look it up (*blush*); sure you will do some good work and be of great assistance to many people.<br /><br />A good friend of mine in NSW is a member of the LDP and once had me roaring with laughter when he said "the ACT party is much more extremist and libertarian than us"<br /><br />Oh how perceptions differ from reality!Mr Lineberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25289085467232374332013-08-26T10:44:59.358+12:002013-08-26T10:44:59.358+12:00@ Doc MCGrath
has Wikipedia got it wrong about LD...@ Doc MCGrath<br /><br />has Wikipedia got it wrong about LDP on "climate change"?<br /><br />(see last line below)<br />from Wikipedia<br />Policies[edit source | editbeta]LDP policies include the following:[6][7][8][9]<br /><br />Extensive reduction of taxes and fines, industrial relations regulations, and government spending including welfare, health and defence<br />Support of extensive privatisation and deregulation<br />Support of a 20 percent flat rate income tax<br />Support of extensive free markets and free trade<br />Support of nuclear power<br />Support of market over government responses to climate change<br />the drunken watchmannoreply@blogger.com