"Political Correctness" or Blatant Deception?

ABC News 24 was having a go at the school chaplaincy program tonight. The fact that it's a successful program endorsed and loved by public and private schools, and parents and students alike didn't seem to matter. Because Chaplains are mostly Christian, and give advice based on Christian values, they felt the need to oppose it.

I can't blame just the ABC (they were merely doing what reporters do – reporting facts and asking questions, albeit in a manner that revealed a bit of bias against it). After all, they were only reporting what some MPs had been saying about it. The key issue of debate seemed to the issue of homosexuality, and whether or not the chaplains support it. Of course it would come as no surprise that most chaplains don't, nor should they have to (for doing so would go against their own beliefs).

The whole debate seems to be based on the false premise that homosexuality should be endorsed and accepted rather than discouraged. Think about it this way: If you were counsellor or health practitioner a child you were talking to told you that they are addicted to cigarettes or illicit drugs, you wouldn't tell them it's harmless and OK. No, doing so would be not only dishonest but criminally negligent and a gross failure to carry out your duties.

Chaplains are there to attend to many emotional and spiritual issues that school children have. They are not and never were intended to be secular. Schools already had secular counsellors and they just can't perform the same role that chaplains can. So why would a child come to a chaplain to talk about their sexuality, if they weren't interested in hearing the chaplain's honest opinion? As a chaplain, wouldn't you be morally obliged to give it? And homosexuality is just as much a health issue as drug or tobacco addiction, having even more serious effects on lifespan. Moreover, a person's sexuality can change, as has been proven time and time again – this is another thing that the left and homosexual activists don't like to admit, and try to silence.

So the left have one question to answer: Is homosexuality something they want to encourage? Because if it is, then by all means get rid of school chaplains. And while you're at it, extend the definition of “marriage” to cover same-sex unions, and allow children to be deprived of mother and father in the home of a same-sex couple. And promote it in schools, and shut out any view to the contrary. Sound familiar?

It's time to put an end to this social experiment and restore some moral sanity to our education system.

Carbon Tax To End Millions Of Years Of Droughts And Floods In Australia

Carbon Tax To End Millions Of Years Of Droughts And Floods In Australia

Yeah, right.  Celebrated Sydney restauranteur and so-called "1 Million Women" ambassador, Christine Manfield had this to say:

“I’m not agreeing with Julia Gillard on that one, I think it’s a really wimpy way out,” Manfield told The Australian.

“It’s just another f . . king tax—it doesn’t solve anything.”

We tend to agree with you, Christine!

CURRENT COOLING PHASE PREDICTED BACK IN 1979

The real science speaks for itself.  Follow this link to see an article published back when climate science was done for science sake - 1979 when scientists predicted in detail the cooling phase which has begun after the natural cycle of warming since the last mini ice age. Lest we forget.

GUEST LABOUR WOULD SOLVE HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM

Jobs (instead of foreign aid to corrupt regimes) for our Asian neighbours, in work that Australians don't want, and the Asia-Pacific desperately needs. 

AUSTRALIA'S richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has called for a radical overhaul of immigration laws to allow thousands of unskilled "guest workers" to be imported from Asia to help build mines in the country's north.

"Just think where Australia could be if we welcomed guest labour, even if limited to remote or hot areas, or to unskilled and semi-skilled positions.

"We should, on humanitarian grounds, give more of these people the opportunity of guest labour work in Australia, so that they can feed and clothe their families and pay for medical and other pressing needs."

Could this be the humanitarian solution that the most vocal of the left has been looking for? 

BROWN BOASTS OF CONTROL OVER GOVT AGENDA

Bob Brown just admitted what we have been saying all along: That it is the Greens who control the Government, and there is no way in hell they would allow an election when they've got it as good as this:

But the Greens leader was also forced to defend reports he was disappointed his [b]power sharing arrangement with Labor was not delivering greater rewards for his party.

[b]“No, I don't feel that is the case,”[/b] Senator Brown said.

The Greens leader said the debate over a [b]carbon pricing[/b] regime [b]was only featuring on the national agenda because of the influence of his party[/b].

“There would be no carbon pricing debate in Australia. [b]Both the big parties went to the election saying they would put it off.

So Bob Brown and I finally agree on something - the solitary Green tail (Bandt) is wagging the 72 ALP dogs.

Tasmanian Labor/Greens (former Young Liberal) independent, Andrew Wilkie, can't help but throw his 2 bob in on how democracy works.

Frankly politicians would be treating the Australian electorate with contempt if they were to discard the August 2010 election result because they thought they knew better than the voters.

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I seem to remember the voters choosing LNP, 73 seats to 72 for the ALP. Wilkie and the Greens/”Independents” [i]chose Gillard[/i]. The voters didn't get a say in this "government" - just the way, apparently, Wilkie likes it right now.

MINING MAGNATE SLAMS CARBON TAX & BUSINESS LEADERS

Australia's (first ever) richest woman, mining magnate Gina Rinehart slams the Gillard/Greens Government's Carbon Dioxide tax, and wonders where the rest of the business leaders have disappeared to on this.

If imposed at a rate of $26 per tonne the carbon tax will cost:

• 126,000 jobs in regional Australia (according to Access Economics);

• 10,000 jobs and 16 coal mines (according to ACIL economic consultancy);

• 24,000 jobs in other areas of mining (according to Concept Economics); and

• 45,000 jobs in other energy-intensive industries (according to Frontier Economics).

And that is just for starters.

And what for? It won’t stop China and India from continuing to emit carbon dioxide on their own account.  These nations understand that you cannot raise a population’s standard of living without also increasing energy consumption....

...We can’t wait any longer for Australia’s business ‘leaders’ to finally stand up on this issue! If we don’t stand up, we run the great risk of seeing the consequences of  such non-action in Australia, and I sincerely hope we don’t.  

We all have to do our part to ensure this farce is dead and buried.  We don't bridge the divide between the prosperous and their counterparts, by knocking those who work hard and achieve down to the level of the others.  We should be lifting the rest of Australia up to achieve the level greater levels of prosperity experienced by other sectors.

From all the rhetoric, you'd think that this was the first time we've had a so-called two-speed economy, and that it is a bad thing. If the Government spent responsibly, they could have used the resources boom to contribute to the Future Fund set up and presided over by former Treasure Peter Costello AC.  Instead, we go from zero national debt and $22 billion surplus inherited by the Labor Government after the exit of Prime Minister John Howard's in 2007, to a forecast debt of $250 billion in the current treasurers' latest attempt to raise the borrowing limit to such an historical and reckless amount.

Contrary to the Labor spin, the true "recker" does not take the form of the leader of the opposition, but is this inept Government in their devastating handling of our economy.

OVERLAND MUST GO

YAF has sent an open letter to Victorian Deputy Premier and Minister for Police, Peter Ryan regarding corruption allegations which have surfaced of Commissioner Simon Overland, and the latest farce of Overland dismissing his most honourable deputy (and best candidate for Commissioner in our opinion), Sir Ken Jones, last night.

Sir Ken was abruptly called in to Mr Overland's office yesterday afternoon and ordered to clear his desk and leave immediately. His removal came hours after The Saturday Age had submitted detailed questions to the office of the Attorney-General, the Department of Justice and the police about the circumstances of the slaying of Williams.

Sir Ken could not be contacted for a response last night.

A police spokesman said: ''The Chief Commissioner has asked Sir Ken Jones to finish at the end of today because it is right for him and Victoria Police.''

Sir Ken will now remain on leave until his resignation takes effect on August 5. Mr Overland has cancelled his own planned leave.

Police Association secretary Greg Davies last night slammed Mr Overland's handling of the crisis. ''I think Simon Overland is the Chief Commissioner in name only from this day on,'' Senior Sergeant Davies said.

Although the online form to Contact Peter Ryan is limited in number of characters you can send, you can make your complaint via this link or write in to the details on that same page, and let the Government know that we won't cop the politicisation of the police force, or police corruption, in any shape or form.

YAF addresses tackling police corruption in its official Statement of Purpose but it starts with you, and it starts now!  Don't delay.

**************** Summary of web form submission:

Comments/Enquiries The Honourable Mr Ryan MLA, Deputy Premier It is with concern that we write concerning the state in which Victoria Police finds itself this day. The alleged conduct of Commissioner Simon Overland with respect to the release of crime statistics to favour the outgoing Labor government, in addition to his long list of failures & M.I.A.s was unacceptable, but to learn that he has now ordered the immediate dismissal of Sir Ken Jones is a step too far, even for Mr Overland. Without going into details of which you're all too well aware, we seek the immediate suspension or dismissal of Mr Overland, and reinstatement of Sir Ken Jones as acting Police Commissioner or Police Commissioner until the Ombudsman completes his investigations into Mr Overland's alleged conduct. Our organisation, Young Australia's Foundation, strongly opposes corruption at all levels. The people have lost faith in our police & are quickly losing faith in our Government. We urge immediate & swift action in remedying this farce. YAF.com.au

WHY YOU CAN HANDLE IT - OSAMA RAID PICS

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WARNING - GRAPHIC PICS OF COURIERS WHO DIED WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN BELOW. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF IMAGES OF DEAD TERRORISTS DISTURBS YOU!

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Despite the Obama administration (once again) treating us like 1. We can't handle the truth; and 2. "Just trust us!"

Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary from earlier today:

"There is no need to release these photographs..."

I have a theory which I derive from the recent birth certificate release, which took Obama 3 years to produce after telling us we didn't need to see it either. The theory is this:

- Just as the release of the birth certificate and the news of Osama's death distracted from the dismal performance of the Obama Presidency, and has even led to a spike in his popularity, in like manner keeping the photos up his sleeve gives Obama another chance to "distract" us from the disaster that is his economic management. Look out for the release, like with the birth certificate, during this 2012 reelection campaign... Like next week, say, when the debt ceiling (14+ trillion USD) needs to be raised!

WARNING - GRAPHIC PICS OF COURIERS WHO DIED WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN BELOW. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF IMAGES OF DEAD TERRORISTS DISTURBS YOU!

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CARBON PRICE MUST UP HOT WATER BY $17000

I couldn't help but notice that the amazing solar super special *in a sarcastic voice* which was faxed to our offices is an indication that the Gillard/Greens Carbon (Dioxide) Tax must necessarily increase the price of electricity and natural gas, and therefore hot water, by some $17,000 in order to make the only alternative - solar - cheaper and entice you to switch over.

Given that we don't have any alternatives for base load power, we can't just switch power sources when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow... so what the Gillard Govt fails to tell you when it explains how "price impacts" will form incentives, is that if there is no alternative, you either pay the money, or go without!  Me thinks the latter will be where we end up.  Gone will be the days of hot showers, heating, cooling... jobs! We will necessarily have to revert to dark age living (and the ailments, diseases and shorter life expectancies that come with it), and for what?

A decrease in CO2 emissions by 5% (Labor's proposed reduction) of 1.5% (Austraila's total contribution to CO2 levels) of 0.8 ppm (the amount of CO2 thought to be in the atmosphere as a result of man's activities)!  For those of you whose calculators can't compute figures this small, even if the climate modelling is correct (bahahahahhahaha!), that is an approximate reduction of 0.0006 parts per million of atmospheric CO2.  Convert this to an amount in degrees, and it is practically negligible, at best... and will take 1000 years minimum to achieve, according to Labor mouthpiece and Climate Commissioner (and neo pagan of the year) Tim Flannary.


If you enjoy paying $18000 for your hot water system, not including supplemental energy at Carbon Tax prices when the sun don't shine, then by all means.  Just keep in mind that when this new "innovation" Gillard keeps promising eventually comes, you'll have to rip out the old inefficient panels for new and better ones, and pay China (who manufactures the panels using Australian coal to generate power) all over again.

Happy Snap

Drew and Daryl at YLM Fed Con on Gold Coast earlier this year

GREENS EXTREMISTS TO LOSE ISRAEL BOYCOTT

After new NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell warned Marrickville Council and its Greens Mayor, Fiona Byrne, that it should dump its boycott and sanctions against Israel, or be dumped itself, at least one Greens councillor has had a sudden change of heart.  If Labor continues with its last-minute backflip and votes down the review of the already passed motion, then this is hopefully the end of what Kevin Rudd has now dubbed "nutty" policy from one of Sydney's local councils, but which was supported by Rudd's Marrickville Labor colleagues unanimously when the motion was first carried.

Young Australia's Foundation has no hesitation in denouncing the BDS policy and actions of the NSW Greens, a policy which was once also supported by Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown in the Senate (when he formally registered the Greens' opposition to a Coalition motion for the denouncement of the Israel BDS worldwide).  YAF also denounces the views of incoming senator Lee Rhiannon in relation to the Israel BDS.  Ms Rhiannon enters the Senate on 1 July 2011.  She has refused to back down from her support of the Israel BDS movement when asked on Sky News just this week.

YAF members attended the bipartisan rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament at the beginning of 2009 in support of Israel, a rally which was addressed by both Labor and Liberal members of parliament in a show of solidarity with our ally.  YAF welcomes the decision of Federal Labor to rejoin the Coalition in denouncing this meddling by city councils in the area of Australian foreign policy, and more specifically, the denouncement of this specific BDS policy altogether.

BEHRENDT IN TWIST OF IRONY CAUSES OWN UNRAVELLING

Before a decision has even been made on the lawsuit which Larissa Behrendt is participating in against News Limited columnist Andrew Bolt, she has managed to undo herself with a single tweet, likening the comments of Aboriginal activist Bess Price, to the offence created by watching a man having sex with a horse!

And now, ironically, her own appointment as Chair of the Gillard Government's review on closing the gap between indigenous and other Australians when it comes to higher education, is in jeopardy.

What Behrendt and the Labor government claim was an apology emailed to Price, could hardly be described as one - it was not an apology for the substance of her comments per se, but to any "offence" they may have caused, as though offence lies solely within the reader/hearer, and not in her slur in and of itself!  And besides, Price has stated she will not accept the apology until it is made publicly.

And yet, the Gillard government continues to prop up Behrendt and her appointment, which was made on the very day the revelations of the tweet were reported on by the Australian.  For a government that can't seem to get anything right, this appointment would have seemed to be an easy decision to reverse - given that it eventually will have to.  It could have saved the egg on its face, but for some reason has decided not to.  The longer this destructive government stays in power, the harder it will be for Australia to claw back from the destruction.

UPDATE: Alan Jones (of 2GB Radio in Sydney) vindicates YAF's view above on Behrendt's tweet & so-called "apology."  YAF maintains that the Federal Government MUST dump Prof. Behrendt now!

COALITION RECAPTURES YOUTH VOTE

Coalition support among young people is back above 2002 levels since the emergence of Tony Abbott as leader.  Support for Labor is plummeting, meanwhile the Greens are the biggest winners among young Australians.

The Australian newspaper reports that the latest Newspoll figures confirm a steady increase in primary support among young people not only to the Greens, but more worryingly so (for Labor) to the Coalition.

Newspoll chief executive Martin O'Shannessy examined data from the most recent March-quarter demographic analysis of voting intentions, comparing it with the same quarter for each year going back to 2002.

He notes that the Greens were a big winner in total primary vote growth over that period. "However, the rise of Tony Abbott as Liberal leader has restored the Coalition primary vote to past levels generally and within the youngest cohort of voters," he says.

Analysis of separate Newspoll figures taken about the same time as the so-called Tampa election in November 2001 shows that rather than losing the youth vote during the controversy, the Coalition picked up support.

The longer-term challenge for Labor appears to be that the growth in the Greens vote across all ages has been in part at the expense of the ALP.

Mr O'Shannessy says it is possible the swing from Labor to the Greens is temporary. "However, a look at the underlying demographics of Labor, Green and Coalition voters gives us reason to think a more permanent change may be happening," the Newspoll chief told The Weekend Australian.

Far left Labor votes cannibalised by the Greens can be recaptured, in a similar way that the Coalition won back three quarters of voters who had defected to One Nation (the other quarter, by and large, moved to the Greens).  However, the youth vote transfer from Labor to an Abbott-led Coalition is not, by any means, so easily won back.  Continual claims by Labor in Question Time, and by the partisan Press Gallery that Abbott is toxic, and that his leadership is under threat by a divided party, appear more and more baseless as Coalition popularity skyrockets across the voting spectrum, and the Greens fail again, now in NSW, to perform as well as once predicted.

The most toxic things for young Australians, it would seem, are the Rudd/Gillard Governments.  With the May Budget date looming, we call on the Gillard Government, and the Treasurer Wayne Swann, to rein in the reckless spending and the pork-barreling, and help put downward pressure on inflation and ever-increasing interest rates and the cost of living.

For the Cause...

Drew Scott, Esq. BCom LLB GradDip LP 
Federal President
www.YAF.com.au

HOUSING UNAFFORDABILITY - CITY AND COUNTRY

I just recently heard a story on ABC radio about housing affordability (or lack thereof) in mining towns. We have all heard about the housing affordability problem in our major cities, and most of us have grown to accept it, although there's no justification for it. Similarly sized cities in the US have much lower land prices, and always have, even before the burst in the "real estate bubble" there. If we heard what prices were in the US at the height of this bubble, we'd be laughing or dumbfounded at what's considered expensive there. In Nevada, which was among the states most affected by the boom and subsequent bust, median home prices went from $150,000 in 2000 to $300,000 in 2007, before dropping (http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2011-03-26-nevada-real-estate.htm). Yet, over the long term, home prices in the US have remained remarkably stable, according to the graphs on this page (bearing in mind that the peak in 2005-2006 was corrected by the subssequent bust). Median house sale prices now sit at arount $200,000 in the US.

Yet in Australia, it's a very different story. In the land with "boundless plains to share", people are struggling to afford a tiny block on the outskirts of one of our major cities. Median house prices in Australia's capital cities range from around $300,000 in Hobart to around $500,000 in Sydney. Yet, even in remote mining towns, where these boundless plains are most accessible, we have seen prices rise to the point where residents of those towns were quoted as saying, "I just don't understand how anyone can afford to live here if they don't work in [the mining] industry". While some resort to desperate measures such as sleeping in caravans, others take the fly-in, fly-out option, choosing to spend days away from their families rather than fork out the money to live close to their workplace.

While it's easy to blame these prices on the mining boom, price is always determined by supply and demand, not purely by demand. The problems these towns have is the same problem that our cities have - the supply just isn't keeping up with the demand. So what is stopping someone subdividing the relatively cheap land around these towns, selling the blocks for slightly less than the going land prices in the town, and making handsome profits from their enterprise? Such a process, if allowed to continue, will quickly bring prices back to more realistic and affordable levels.

There is only one plausible explanation for the current situation - and that is excessive government regulation of land release. Whether it be in a small mining community or in a large city, it's the government (usually state or territory government) that manages the release of land for housing. As the monopoly supplier of land, the state governments of Australia have abused their monopoly power for their own profit - through land tax, stamp duties, and the sale of land for housing.

This "tax by stealth" is doing immeasurably more harm to the Australian people, economy, and family life, than any other tax a government has brought in (or considered bringing in) in recent times (carbon taxes included). Most of this harm is dead-weight loss, the states see relatively little of it come into their coffers. The loss comes in the form of high household debt levels (leading to high national debt levels, higher interest rates, and lower levels of business investment) and mortgate stress and its associated pressure on family life (especially when both parents have to work to make ends meet). The current generation of young Australians may get very disillusioned with this system, facing a far harder climb to home ownership than the one their parents faced. This is one of the most serious problems our generation faces, and one that we, as young Australians, must stand up and do something about.

I'd say that governments in Australia can't be trusted to supply affordable land anymore. Not in the city, and not in the country. While they should be trying to encourage development and growth of remote communities, governments are once again sitting on their hands, content to do nothing substantial to fix this problem. I'm beginning to think that we need to start pushing for deregulation of land release, giving all landowners the right to subdivide their land. The government should ensure subdivision is properly planned, but should not stop it outright. It's time to break the government monopoly over land release. How else are we going to improve and maintain housing affordability for future generations of Australians, and keep the Australian dream of home ownership alive?

GREENS VOTERS NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE

Lucy's comment in response to an "article" by Sarah Hanson Young of the Greens:

“Keep up the good work Sarah! Millions of Australians voted for your party to keep that vile Tony Abbot from power. He should be deported to Christmas Island.
Although I am 100% in favour of a carbon tax I think we need to compensate our struggling artists as they use more pencils and charcoal than most people do. Schoolchildren too.

Lucy | Lane Cove - March 15, 2011, 10:40AM”

I wish I could say this were a hoax message, but sadly not...

READER COMMENTS ON DISCREDITED IPCC CRANKS

"cohenite replied to nellie
Sun 20 Mar 11 (07:58pm)

NO CARBON DIOXIDE TAX; Indeed.

Piers (Akerman), I saw you on Insiders this morning and you were hemmed by the 2 alarmist groupies either side of you who, along with Cassidy, both agreed with Gillard’s arguments; those arguments in support of Gillard’s carbon tax are from authority and consensus and secondly on the basis of risk management.

The argument against authority and consensus is to note the IPCC is the source of both; all other science academies and organisations like the CSIRO and BoM rely on the IPCC for legitimacy. In 2010 the IPCC was audited by the premier global scientific auditing body, the InterAcademy Council [IAC].

The IAC found the IPCC’s science was flawed in 2 respects; firstly it had 50% of its so-called peer reviewed science written by such bodies as Greenpeace and the WWF.

Secondly, the IAC found the IPCC’s standards of certainty about its predictions were biased in favour of the worst outcomes. This shows a deep misunderstanding of what scientific certainty is; this is illustrated by Popper’s swan example. For instance if your hypothesis is that all swans are black and you send out 100 researchers who return with 99 black and 1 white swan, it does not mean your theory has been proved to a 99% certainty; what it means is that your theory has been disproved to a 100% certainty.

Global warming [AGW] only needs one white swan to be disproved [and there are many]; so far it hasn’t even produced one black swan!

Risk management is even less scientific; even if you assume AGW is real, risk management must look at the value of your investment as against the risk; if the risk is both small of anything happening and if something does happen that it is only minor than you are better not paying the insurance risk premium. Lomborg has looked at this and because, if AGW is real, not all the effects will be bad, in fact a lot of them will be beneficial, calculated that the best return is not spending anything on AGW but enjoying the benefits and adapting to the costs.

This idea that all effects from AGW will be bad is just one of many lies spread by the AGW industry."

CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER ATTACKS TEA PARTY & AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE

Question Time in the House of Representatives today made headlines for many reasons, but the least of which was this repugnant remark from the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet.

At approximately 30 minutes into Questions without Notice, Combet likens the Coalition's "concept of the People's Revolt" over Julia Gillard's Carbon Tax, to the U.S. Tea Party movement:

"It's the TEA Party.  The far right of US Politics. No ideas. Nothing to say. Nothing to contribute on one of the critical policy issues we face..."

The TEA Party movement is a grassroots movement that could have seen the emergence of a third political party in the United States (had it so decided), and led to an historical midterm election result for the Republican Party in November of 2010.  The sentiments of the TEA Party represent a phenomenal proportion of the people of the United States.  The concept of a People's Revolt, once touted as the birth of the American independence movement in 1773, has now become a dirty concept for the left in the USA, and now, seemingly, a dirty concept for the Australian Labor Party.

The people are revolting across the Middle East right now, and the left applauds the supposed democracy before even a single vote is cast in a Middle Eastern ballot box.  Yet sitting Democrat members and disgruntled Republicans who lost primaries to TEA Party candidates continue to discredit the people who put them into office (see Greta van Sustern's On the Record special on the TEA Party last Friday on Fox News for many firsthand examples).  One would have hoped that the ALP would have taken a lesson from the tone-deaf establishment politicians in Washington DC, but sadly, a member of Australian Labor formally continues this trend in the "people's house" this very day.

On the contrary, Tony Abbott (at 53 mins) "submit[s] [him]self to the Australian people" and to our verdict on his credibility and on a carbon tax.  We, the Australian people, cordially accept his invitation.

Young Australia's Foundation and our allies, in no uncertain terms, call for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to hold a federal election before proceeding any further with a carbon tax and/or ETS and/or a price on carbon, (or whatever non-"semantic" word the PM and her party would like to apply to Labor and the Greens' carbon "price impact.")

We rally all Australians from all political persuasions to join us in a Day Of Rage, as we descend upon Parliament House and Federal Members' offices across the nation in a People's Revolt.  We must apply pressure to the Government to drop this unilateral assault on Australia's way of life and cost of living, until we, the Australian people, duly receive the opportunity to exercise our right to decide at the polls.

At last, there is a clear distinction between the "me-too" parties – just the distinction we have been waiting for.  We will be heard.  We will decide.  The power of the people's revolt is real, it works, and so long as professional politicians consider that the people of this nation are not a force to be reckoned with, we will not just go away quietly.

Neither will we be held hostage by a Government that, as Tony Windsor admitted on 8 September 2010, is avoiding going back to the people at all costs because it would likely be thrown out.  Such a blatant circumvention of the people and our interests is unethical, and reprehensible.  Since that day on which the minority government was formed, the people of Lyne have been held hostage by Rob Oakeshott, the people of New England by Mr Windsor, and now the people of Australia are without doubt being held hostage by the solitary Greens MP, and by this illegitimate minority government and our twice unelected Prime Minister.

Look out for updated posts as we set a date with our alliance partners for our first Day of Rage, and seek to return the power back to the people at the ballot box!

For the Cause...