"Michael Laudahn eOpposition" (ch8051zh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) writes:
> Republic unites a thousand
>
> AUSTRALIANS could vote on a republic as early as the next election,
after
> the 2020 Summit breathed fresh life into ditching the Queen as head of
> state.
>
> Kevin Rudd last night signalled he would consider fast-tracking plans
for an
> Australian head of state, despite voters backing the current model less
than
> a decade ago.
>
> The republic was one of the few ideas to genuinely excite the 1000
> participants at the two-day talkfest.
>
> Delegates stood and applauded when the announcement was made, during the
> summit's wrap-up session in Parliament's Great Hall.
>
> After Rudd government minister Bob Debus backed a republic by 2010, the
> summit eventually backed a more cautious process and time frame.
>
> Voters would first be asked if they backed severing all ties with the
> British monarch.
>
> If the answer was "yes", another plebiscite would have to be held to
develop
> a preferred republican model.
>
> The Prime Minister would not back the Debus time frame, but said there
was a
> "clear resolve" at the summit to push the issue forward.
>
> "I am a republican. (The summit) brought forward some fresh approaches
as to
> how a republic might be brought into being," he said.
>
> "The Government will work its way through all of that during this year."
>
> But delegates - asked to consider big changes to Australia's model of
> government - backed away from a ban on all cor****ate donations to
political
> parties.
>
> Instead, they embraced a more modest set of reforms, including automatic
> enrolment for young adults when they turn 18.
>
> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23571013-662,00.html
>
>
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> --
> When discussing immigration-related issues (fx accepting another
mohammedan
> demand, yes or no), insist on returning back to the basic questions
instead:
> Why are they here at all? Why aren't they in their own countries? Who
has
> taken them here? Did the people give them permission to take them here?
In
> other words: If you don't want to cede additonally, then refuse to
discuss
> the '1117th' consecutive problem of the strangers' presence - discuss
the
> CAUSE.
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