Comment Re:Politicians vs. public (Score 1) 249
A couple of points:
You're right about the sucking up to a senator (his name is Brian Harradine, incidentally, and he's not been a senator since July), but it wasn't about the Telstra sell off - it was about the GST, which has been on the Liberal Party agenda for quite a few years (fellow Australians will remember John Hewson's campaign in '93). Ironically, Harradine didn't end up supporting the GST bill. It got through with the support of the Democrats (their slogan used to be "Keep the bastards honest" - I wonder what happened?)
I mean i haven't heard anything about this for months now in the mainstream press; it's hardly big news
I think the reason its not been in the mainstream media is because the news media has been given other focusses - the East Timor crisis, and the republic referrendum of late.
But basically the chances of this bill really making any practical difference is virtually ziltch
I agree. Basically its not worth the paper its printed on.
You're right about the sucking up to a senator (his name is Brian Harradine, incidentally, and he's not been a senator since July), but it wasn't about the Telstra sell off - it was about the GST, which has been on the Liberal Party agenda for quite a few years (fellow Australians will remember John Hewson's campaign in '93). Ironically, Harradine didn't end up supporting the GST bill. It got through with the support of the Democrats (their slogan used to be "Keep the bastards honest" - I wonder what happened?)
I mean i haven't heard anything about this for months now in the mainstream press; it's hardly big news
I think the reason its not been in the mainstream media is because the news media has been given other focusses - the East Timor crisis, and the republic referrendum of late.
But basically the chances of this bill really making any practical difference is virtually ziltch
I agree. Basically its not worth the paper its printed on.
