Australian Federal Election 2010

[pevergreen]

I doubt it will have any affect on the ANZUS treaty, as for Iraq et al, I doubt it.

I don't like Gillard, but then, the other choice is Abbott. Eurgh.

I identify with Labor more than the coalition, but...

Leader of the greens annoys me as well. Gunna stay with the local member, forget who it is, but I believe its labor now. Unless Farmer runs again, she held her seat here for many years, she did a fine job.

[naut]

I don't like Gillard, but then, the other choice is Abbott. Eurgh.

Likewise. Gillard is a smuck and Abbot is a fool, with backwards views on marriage, abortion and refugees. I'm voting Greens. It won't have any effect on my Rep seat, as I'm in Warringah, Tony Abbot's electorate. The . However, every vote to the Greens edges them to extra Senate seats, which is key regardless of whomever becomes the ruling party, as it means they have to compromise and don't get their own way. Plus I agree with every ideal the Greens espouse.

[aimlesswanderer]

Gillard is not likely to be the best PM ever, but far better than a gaffe prone conservative religious quack like Abbot. In a way it's a choice between faceless Labor factional power brokers and the coalitions' dinosaurs (Ruddock, Bishop, Andrews - the Living Dead) and religious quacks...

Given that I don't like conservatives and their general religiosity and slavish subservience to big business, I am voting for either Labor or the Greens. I'm in Big Joe's very safe electorate, but like Psychonaut I hope my senate vote helps gets a Green senator elected.

[pevergreen]

I am woefully ignorant of the green's policies, but I dislike them.

To err is to be human, to be wrong/uninformed and refuse to back down is to be australian.

[CountArach]

I am woefully ignorant of the green's policies, but I dislike them.

Why do you dislike them?

@ aimlesswanderer - I've met Lee Rhiannon a few times and she is one of the nicest and most genuinely thoughtful people I have ever encountered. Add in her dedication to issues (getting money out of politics in particular) and I think she will make a brilliant Senator.

[aimlesswanderer]

@ aimlesswanderer - I've met Lee Rhiannon a few times and she is one of the nicest and most genuinely thoughtful people I have ever encountered. Add in her dedication to issues (getting money out of politics in particular) and I think she will make a brilliant Senator.

I definitely think that political donations should be capped at a maximum of, say, $20. When politicians say that the massive donations from certain organisations don't affect policy at all, everyone thinks that is complete . That is just as nauseating as the massive corporations saying that they are "helping democracy" with huge donations.

Sometimes the Greens are a bit extreme, but often they have good ideas. I would not be happy with either of the main parties or Family First (quack religious nuts) having the balance of power in the senate. Definitely voting Green in the senate.

[Beskar]

Why do you dislike them?

Reminds him of Org Moderators, and he is scared of them spanking him for being a naughty boy when he leaves his computer on stand-by.

[naut]

I am woefully ignorant of the green's policies, but I dislike them.

So you dislike social justice and sustainablilty then?

• social justice
• sustainability
• grassroots democracy
• peace and non-violence
• renewable energy
• opposition to uranium mining and nuclear power
• promotion of a sustainable approach to water management
• preparation for peak oil
• energy efficiency
• public transport expansion
• support for refugees
• support for independence movements around the world, including East Timor, Tibet and West Papua
• support for human rights in countries such as China and Burma
• qualified support for voluntary euthanasia
• increased corporate taxation
• support for same-sex marriage
• regulated use of Cannabis for medical purposes

[Tellos Athenaios]

But what of Australia's Great Firewall?

[naut]

But what of Australia's Great Firewall?

Looking sickly, well at least until the election is over.

[CountArach]

So you dislike social justice and sustainablilty then?

• social justice
• sustainability
• grassroots democracy
• peace and non-violence
• renewable energy
• opposition to uranium mining and nuclear power
• promotion of a sustainable approach to water management
• preparation for peak oil
• energy efficiency
• public transport expansion
• support for refugees
• support for independence movements around the world, including East Timor, Tibet and West Papua
• support for human rights in countries such as China and Burma
• qualified support for voluntary euthanasia
• increased corporate taxation
• support for same-sex marriage
• regulated use of Cannabis for medical purposes

THank you sir. May I add being the only one of the main 3 parties who don't support any form of Internet censorship?

[miotas]

I'll most likely vote for the greens, I like their policies more than any other main parties.