Turnoff Thetelly

A very interesting site, called Get Up, is gearing up to give Australians some hope of organising themselves in order to gain a better outcome in the next federal election. Tassie Times readers should browse the site and get ready to speak out — via their vote — about the lies that have been told and the arrogance displayed by LibLab politicians over the past 10 to 20 years

A very interesting site, Get Up, is gearing up to give Australians some hope of organising themselves in order to gain a better outcome in the next federal election. Tassie Times readers should browse the site and get ready to speak out — via their vote — about the lies that have been told and the arrogance displayed by LibLab politicians over the past 10 to 20 years.

It is a disturbing thought that our treatment, at the hands of Tasmanian LibLabs, may not transfer into deciding our vote in the federal election later this year — our anger should be transferred to the feds as well — otherwise we will have to wait until 2010 for another chance! And politicians’ disregard for representing voters is evident at every level of government.

This quote from the Get Up website — http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ — should alert first-time voters to become enrolled as soon as possible: “Don’t Let Them Stop You From Voting”

The federal Government has passed extraordinary legislation that will close the rolls for new voters at 8pm on the very night the election is officially called — known as issuing a writ. Last federal election, the AEC received a total of 423,975 enrolment cards in the week between the announcement and the close of rolls. Of those, 78,816 were new enrolments. But this time people won’t get that chance.

Howard has also tried to ram through ID Card legislation, without a mandate, while the Libs and a few mates have control of the Senate, but he has met unexpected opposition. Let’s hope the small number of Senators involved can hold the fort until after the election.

A quote about his cynical abuse of power from Steve Lewis of The Australian:
“John Howard exploited the 2004 poll result — which delivered the Coalition a one-seat Senate majority — to drive through a series of contentious policies, including Work Choices, Telstra’s privatisation and changes to the electoral laws.”
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21967989-601,00.html