Abbott and his Tea Party stoke racism..look at the racist comments on this board..look at the ugly racist Australians Tony brings out of their holes.

Condemn Tony Abbott's Tea Party!!!! Australia does not want a return to the shocking racist attitudes of the 1950's. This man should be laughed out of parliament and kicked out of Australian politics completely.

I will NOT surrender my great country to a LYING RACIST ELITIST CORPORATE BACKED PSYCHOPATH like Tony Abbot. 

Australians have such short memories.


REFUGEE ADVOCATES CONDEMN ABBOTT STOKING RACIST FIRES IN THE COMMUNITY
Press Release November 3, 2010

The Refugee Action Coalition today condemned Tony Abbott’s visit to Inverbrackie for stirring anti-refugee and racist sentiments in the community.

“The man who once like to boast about his role in undermining One Nation is now openly encouraging the racism and the re-emergence of Hanson’s party,” said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.

“Where Abbott’s mentor, John Howard, was happy to dog whistle his support for Hanson, Abbott is now openly encouraging the crackpots of the racist right.

“It was John Howard’s anti-refugee policies that encouraged the racism and Islamophobia that led to the Cronulla riots in 2005. Now Abbott is trying to put the Liberal Party at head of inflaming those same sentiments.

“The anti-refugee sentiments shamefully on display in Inverbrackie and Northam are a direct result of the race to the bottom between the Liberal and Labor parties before, during and after the election. It is not the racism in the community that is the real problem; it is the racism and dog whistling of our political leaders.

“Rather than stand up to the Liberals fear mongering about boats, Julia Gillard caved in. Her proposal for a regional processing centre in East Timor sends the message that asylum seekers are not welcome in Australia. The unprincipled position has left the door open to the disgraceful policies espoused by Tony Abbott.

“John Howard and Pauline Hanson’s anti-refugee policies were beaten by the efforts of the grassroots refugee movement exposing the myths behind the fear mongering. If Tony Abbott thinks the Liberals will win support by encouraging and appealing to racism, he better think again.

“A recent Red Cross poll showed that over 80 percent of Australians would be willing to assist refugees to settle in Australia. The noisy public meetings in Northam and Inverbrackie are not representative of the wider community.“

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skippy. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2011 at 3:09pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 4^th, 2011 at 3:12pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 4^th, 2011 at 3:12pm:

I don't know if you watched Insiders this morning gizmo, but about five minutes after the Bowen interview Barry said he'd received confirmation that the gov had just received official notification Nauru was definitely ILLEGAL. I cant believe people that write on political forums don't watch Insiders.

umm no

as much as i dislike howard and abbott

howards refugee policies did not contribute to the cronulla riots, as the anger was directed at youths of lebanese decent. and main contrubuting factor was the assault of a lifegaurd

skippy. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2011 at 3:16pm:


And Bowen said on the Skynews interview that they 'think' Nauru might be a problem...
But since Nauru is in the process of signing the UN charter on refugees, that would negate the High Court objections, would it not??

The current Govt will do anything to save its decrepit carcass. Gillard is a dead duck and the woman knows it. New South Welshmen know what a Labor Massacre looks like and there's a smell in the air that another one is coming.