Victorian Election ----------------------------------

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25 NOVEMBER 2006 - Shooters added another notch to their gunbelt with the outcome of todays Victorian State Election as the ongoing political tragedy for the Coalition since Port Arthur continues with that election seeing the Liberal and National Parties failing to win seats because shooters have deemed them unfit to hold public office.

The cause of this can be directly be attributable to the 1996 Gun Laws forced on them by the Federal Member for Bennelong - PM John HOWARD, and the collusion by the then Premier Jeff Kennett who arrogantly told shooters he didn't care what they had to say at protest rallies in 1996.

The ongoing failure of the these once formible political parties to win any State election since Port Arthur now signals the fact they are finshed as a political force in Australia. This fact was pointed out this evening by ABC-TV election commentator Kerry O'Brien when he asked the question why was it the Liberals had lost so much support that they once had.

The answer is shooters and their families, who make up a sizable percentage of voters, will not vote for theives.which the Liberals were following Port Arthur and this fact is supported by the fact that all Coalition State Governments have been thrown out of office since 1996 and have failed to be re-elected since and there is no sign of change. It is the only explanation for why there has been a change to voting patterns nationwide since 1996.

The situation for the Victorian Liberals is the same as that of the Queensland Nationals - their fate was tied to guns and they failed to realize shooters would permanently cease voting for them. It is a very serious situation for them as the evidence is clear that the sun has now set on them. Like the bullets of the Port Arthur gunman they are a spent force.

Their failure was to not realize any deviation from the winning formulas of the former Bolte--Hamer & Jo Petersen Governments of the 1960s - 80s ( and an acceptance of the fact that Australians like a gun culture ) would spell in ruination for them.

The Liberal Party Executive now has a clear choice - either continue with the gun policy and the thief who implemented it ( John Howard ), or stop the rot and move quickly to get rid of both of them. The Nationals Executive too need someone of strength and the only shining star in their ranks is Senator Barnaby Joyce who would make a excellent leader.

It is not a question of changing State leaders but one of changing the Federal leadership because it was it that created this problem by unlawful interference in State affairs in 1996. And the new leader and treasurer should not come NSW because it is persons from that particular State who have continually stuffed up Australia since federation.

The detail of what is required is the annoucement a GUN GIVE-BACK* to shooters who handed in guns ( at the rate of two guns of their choice for every one handed in in 1996 plus a case of ammo for each and a written apology ) along with the arrest and jailing of all those persons involved in the Port Arthur Massacre and all the other gun massacres that have been manufactured in Australia since 1987. Federal grants to Tasmania should be withheld until it complies. Such a give back could be implemented under Federal Defence Legislation thereby bypassing the States if they refuse to co-operate.Andthis is reinforced by growing concerns about armament in Asia to our north the lessons of Australia predicament back in 1942 justify civil rearmament as a priority now.

It is also clear from this election result that ex Premier Jeff Kennett will not be remembered as a great leader but the man responsible for wrecking the Victorian State Branch of the Liberal Party and undoing all the goodwill the former Bolte and Hamer Governments built up with the Victorian public. Just as John Howard along with those criminals in Tasmania will be remembered for wrecking the Coalition at State level.

Needless to say the Tasmanian Branch of the Liberal Party whose people presided in 1996 are not the flavour of the month with other State Branches and the National Party.

* And it should be remembered that there has already been somewhat of a Gun GiveBack in Australia's recent politcal histrory - in 1988 immediately following the NSW State Election after Barry Unsworth's removal from office the Griener Govt returned to shooters those guns that had been handed in during the initial stages of Unsworth's gun grab.

DECEMBER 2006 - it is also worth noting that the Victorian State election has now seen two DLP candidates being elected to the State's Senate like Upper House much to the horror of the ALP.

Old ghosts of the past have now come back to haunt the ALP like phoenix from the ashes and to settle old scores.

The anti communist DLP ( Democratic Labor Party ) was formed by a split in the ALP in the 1950s and resulted in the ALP being kept out of office for around 20 years but lost its place in Parliament in the 1970s. Its founder the late Bob Santamaria will be smiling on this result.



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