We need a prime minister who wants to earn your vote, not one who is bankrupting the country trying to buy it

 How people vote is there own business and we each have our own reasons for voting the way we do. I live in a safe Nationals seat and I will be voting for the Nationals. My reasons for this are: 

I want to see Labor out of Govt and the only party capable of doing that is the LNP. 

I want to see the LNP voted in with a majority in Reps and control of the senate for the express reason that without that nothing will change. 

I do not want to see the country throttled by a minority govt regardless of whether it’s the LNP or Labor. And a hostile senate voting against a minority LNP govt would be a disaster. 

I will not be voting 1 for micro, minors or independents for the express reason that micro and minors are grievance parties who are there to divide the conservative vote. And based on history their voters can’t be trusted to not put Labor back into govt given they handed Labor govt in 2022. The easiest thing to do in politics is play to grievances when you know you will never be in the position of having to deliver on them. Based on history independents largely vote with Labor or the Greens and against a conservative govt. 

I have read Peter Dutton’s plan. I have listened to his interviews and whilst he is yet to hold his election launch on what he has released to date I believe he will help steer this country back in the right direction. And I believe he has the will to and the courage to make the hard decision. 

Dutton’s budget night address highlighted that his plan isn’t a vote winning bribery plan. Gas and nuclear is the antithesis of Labor, Greens and Teals. And nuclear is not embraced by older conservatives. That’s despite more gas being an absolute must and nuclear being a sensible solution. 

Removing a swag of public servants isn’t openly embraced either, but the increase by Labor with the underlying purpose of manipulating unemployment number was scurrilous and hideously costly. Plus Labor hasn’t fully accounted for them in the 2025 budget.  But once again that’s not a vote buying decision. 

Killing off a swag of Net Zero projects most assuredly isn’t a popular choice with many. 

Would I like Peter Dutton to go further on some things? Yes. But he has a long priority list which I agree with. I would prefer him to win Govt and deliver on those things first because that is in the best interests of the country. If the country thrives all of us benefits.  

To those who demand that Dutton commits to their personal wish list items and who declare that if he doesn’t they won’t vote for his party. Fine, but no one else that you vote for will deliver on your demands either regardless of what they tell you.

No doubt Dutton will release more details in the coming weeks that won’t be popular with everyone and more discussion will take place. For me I want a leader who is solid and grounded. A leader who wants to earn my vote not one who will bankrupt the country trying to buy it. 

Peter Dutton wants to earn your vote. Anthony Albanese is offering bribes to buy it. The rest are playing to your grievances. 

Both left and right are targeting Peter Dutton

Critics on the left often accuse anyone who criticises Labor of being influenced by Murdoch press. However, they overlook the fact that the Murdoch press has also targeted conservative leaders. Howard, Abbott, Turnbull (who leaned more left than right), and Morrison were actively targeted. All lost their positions as Prime Minister after the influence of these attacks on voters. Now, Dutton is facing similar.

Recently, Dutton has been the subject of what can only be described as a cheap hatchet piece by News Corp’s Samantha Maiden. A beat-up which was heavily exploited by Labor. Paul Kelly from The Australian regularly pens negative pieces about Dutton as he did in his column yesterday. Tony Bramston from The Oz is another. On SkyNews, Kieran Gilbert is a very frequent detractor. Some of the columnist in The Spectator also jump on the let’s bash Dutton bandwagon. So despite the lefts claims, the conservative press are equally prone to attacking conservative leaders as the leftwing press.  

And both the left and those who claim to be on the right use the Murdoch/Newscorp press to attack conservative leaders on social media. And they have been extremely active in attacking Peter Dutton.

Add to that many of the so labelled right demanding that Dutton emulates Trump. Then openly declaring Dutton will not get their vote. They do that whilst ignoring the significant differences between the US and Australian electoral systems. The power disparity between a President and an Australian Prime Minister. Not to mention the vast difference in global influence between the two countries. Whilst many will consider this harsh, their demands are classic ignorance personified. 

No Australian Prime Minister has the authority to sit behind a desk signing executive orders. No Australian Prime Minister is voted in as the leader of the country unlike a President. Australia is a small country relying heavily on exports to stay afloat and on imports to enable us to function. That requires a more considered approach to taking on global issues. 

Conservatives attacking and undermining a conservative govt’s over several years has led to the continuation or rise of opportunistic minor and micro parties and independents. Parties and their supporters who purport to support conservative values. Parties like One Nation, Palmer’s manipulatively named Trumpet of Patriots (formerly UAP), The Libertarians (formerly Lib Dems), The Centre Alliance and The Katter Party. Their leaders talk tough, but talk is cheap, but it plays to an audience. And in 2022 it was their supporters who played a significant role in putting Labor government by preferencing them over the LNP. 

In the 2022 election, this is the percentage of voters who claim to be conservatives in voting for the above parties who preferenced Labor ahead of the LNP.

 One Nation–36%

UAP–38%

Lib Dems–29%

Katter–39%

Centre Alliance–60%

Over 600,000 votes preferencing Labor were from this group, the highest vote counts coming from UAP (239,548 votes) and One Nation (259,696 votes). That was a blatant act of treachery as Labor’s victory and subsequent government formation was down to preferences from those parties in winning several seats for Labor. No staunch conservative would have preferenced Labor. And for the record those percentages weren’t just an aberration in 2022. In fact the percentages were much higher in 2013 against Tony Abbott.

In 2022, 64% of independent voters preferenced Labor. Of that, the overall ‘Teal’ vote was 313,227. Whilst we blame the Teals (closet Greens) for putting Labor into Govt, the collective of so-called conservatives made a much bigger contribution.

Parliamentary votes show many elected independents are working against the LNP, contrary to their image. I also note in recent days I’ve been followed on X by two people who said in their bios they are going to run as independents for the senate. However, a quick scan of their X posts highlights they aren’t independent. They’re just anti-LNP candidates encouraging their followers to put the LNP last. Both have been blocked.

In this coming election, we can add Rennick’s People First Party. And no doubt a swag of independents, particularly for senate spots. They crave the power to be kingmakers.

The leaders of these micro and minor parties will not be the Prime Minister in 2025. And whilst as mentioned, they talk tough, that is easy to do when you will never be a position to deliver or to be held account! 

Pauline Hanson has been around for a long time and whilst I agree with several things she stands for; her party would be lucky to achieve 6% of the vote. Clive Palmer is a conman. Make no mistake, Palmer is the fossil fuel equivalent of Simon Holmes a Court, protecting his business. His duplicity is legendary. First in usurping the United Australia Party mantle and then claiming their legendary prime ministers; Joseph Lyons, Billy Hughes and Robert Menzies as leaders of HIS party. Even publishing that on his website to con people. This round he has purchased the name Trumpet of Patriots to trade of Donald Trump’s win. Another con.

If we want to be rid of the scourge that is Labor & Greens in this country, conservative voters must stop playing games. Stop voting for the minor, micros and independents and put the Liberals or Nationals first. To do otherwise almost guarantees another three years of Labor, but this time it would be a minority Labor Govt. That means The Greens & Teals will hold the controlling vote and their demands are even worse than what Labor has lumbered us with already.

It is time to wake and wise up.

You may not like Peter Dutton, you don’t have to but if you want Labor gone and you don’t want to see this country in a bigger mess with a Labor, Greens/Teal minority vote for the Liberals or Nationals first.

 

 

History Repeats?

I watched again last night Ronald S. Lauder’s address on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. 

In particular, the words he spoke about the rise in anti-Semitism that led to death camps like Auschwitz resonated. He spoke of how things began slowly and then rapidly escalated. 

He mentioned the rising we see today in Europe, North America and even mentioned in Australia. More importantly, he stressed that what started in 1933 was started by those who hated Jews. But it was advanced by indifference by those who thought anti-Semitism it didn’t affect them because they were not Jewish. However, he pointed out that the death camps’ victims encompassed more than just Jews. He mentioned the 70,000 Polish Christians who were also killed at Auschwitz, along with many others. 

He noted that once again we are seeing the attacks, the boycotts, and the exclusions, but they’re not just targeting Jews. They are attacking Judo-Christian beliefs, which is the bedrock of our western civilization. Robert Lauder stresses that today we have a generation lead by social media, indoctrinated by activist teachers and aided by a complacent population who don’t see it as their problem. 

But it is these statistics that should alarm us all. In the US today 87% of Americans 30 years of age and over fully support Isreal’s right to exist. Every other country has similar numbers. But under 30 years of age, that number drops to 40%. Nearly half of the future leaders group doesn’t believe Israel has a right to exist. 

This isn’t just isolated to America, it’s happening everywhere, and that has never been more clear than here in our own country, Australia. It’s not fundamentally Jews they hate, they hate western civilisation. 

We can no longer be indifferent about this because, whilst Jews are being targeted, we are all being targeting and we are all playing the price. And we know where indifference and complacency can and has led and that escalation once it takes hold can be very rapid. 

If you haven’t watched Robert Lauder’s address, here’s the link. 

https://youtu.be/ibbLbn5m0XQ?si=C8_1H1MdDNMFEKwI