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Zanas
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« on: December 30, 2014, 05:31:21 AM »

How is it possible for someone to be both "hard left" and also an anti-gay bigoted religious freak??? In the rest of the civilized world you are never considered leftwing if you are no gay-positive. What is it with Australia?

In Canada if you opposed gay marriage you would be a pariah and face expulsion from the NDP (the sister party to the Australian Labor Party) and also from the liberal party. The only party in Canada that would not expel an MP for being anti-gay would be the Conservative party and even they are backpedal ling like crazy on the social conservative stuff.

Why does Australia stand alone in terms of being so retrograde on gay rights compared to the other Anglo countries like Canada, the UK, New Zealand and these days most parts of the U.S. as well?
NDP is certainly not the sister party to the Australian Labor Party, at all, in any way whatsoever.

And Australia tend to be retrograde on a number of things, not only gay rights. Sorry Aussies.
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2014, 07:12:59 AM »

Hifly teaches us that one can be left-wing and a bigoted conservative unwilling to grant equality to the people. News at 6.


Oh, and about the fact that both NDP and ALP belong to the Socialist International, so do the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the Republican Turkish Party of Northern Cyprus, the Fatah or the MAS in Venezuela... Not all members of the SI can be described as "sister parties".

If anything, I would say the ALP is closer to the Liberals in Canada than to the NDP.
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2015, 05:05:42 AM »


The AJP snagged the last seat, and (as far as I know) its very first state level seat in Australia.

That pleases me for some reason.

It's good news for a couple of reasons:
- The AJP is new, and this is only its second contested election.  For them to beat out the No Land Tax Party for the final seat with a campaign budget of $12,000 was both not predicted but also gives them a leg up in establishing themselves as a political fixture, which is important because
- Mark Pearson, leader of Animals Liberation Australia, will be the first ever Australian politician elected as a voice to represent animals, and he is a legitimate and credible voice who will be able to, hopefully, negotiate against the 'ag gag' laws increasing penalties for exposure of animal cruelty, and then we can maybe look at a ban on puppy farms, get rid of greyhound racing, and other nasties that are currently tolerated...
IIRC, Labour (or at least parts of it ?) is in favor of keeping greyhound racing because jobs. Is the Coalition in favor of getting rid of it because class warfare, a bit like what we saw occurring in the infamous Bird Massacre Referendum in Malta ?
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