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buzzanddidj

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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #15 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 7:23pm

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 6:15pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 5:25pm:

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"We've been working with the clubs over the last few years to … keep them competitive with NSW clubs," Gaming Minister Joy Burch said.
Poker machines in NSW have no limit on the notes they accept, while Victorian and Queensland pokies accept $50 notes.

... and THERE ... lies

"the PROBLEM"

Victoria reluctantly went in to the pokie business on the realisation gamblers were going to pour the contents of their pockets into these blights on society - whether in Victoria, or ELSEWHERE

For MANY years NSW pokie clubs had run "courtesy buses" to pick up Victorian gamblers in the morning, take them across the NSW border to a licenced pokie den - and get them back by early evening
The return bus trip was "free" - as was lunch

So Victoria WAS developing a gambling problem - but the NSW Governments were picking up the spoils

The ACT has a similar dilemma

NSW is a hop and a jump - from ACT anywhere
The ONLY way the ACT government can help and support its OWN gambling dens - is to try and match the terms and conditions of the "neighbours"

And by driving its gamblers across the border the ACT Government is handing all that tax revenue to NSW

how gullible are you... RELUCTANTLY???

you believe anything that suits your love of labor.

... and look who blew FIRST
Apologies for hitting such a *shrill* note to such delicate, white, "christian" dog-eat-dog capitalist ears

NATURALLY ( ... and wisely) you have disputed NOTHING in my post ?

... and YES - I use "reluctantly" in its correct context
The
John Cain Labor Government
rejected them
They were introduced by the
Joan Kirner Labor Government

- and then "turbo charged" by the
Jeff Kennett Liberal Government

As for
"you believe anything that suits your love of labor"
- if I had The Pope's sinister powers I would unplug every last one of the f*ckers and give them a burial at sea - hopefully off the coast of W.A.

'I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.
Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.'

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #16 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 8:31pm

longweekend58 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 6:46pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 6:25pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 5:08pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 3:56pm:

]Maybe not concern yourself so much with the greens conscience but be concerned about the liberals obvious substantial lack of.[/highlight]

But the Liberals don't 'pretend' to be the 'moral arbiters' for ALL of Australia..

You missed the 2013 federal election campaign and the Gillard term of government.

Nice meaningless statement DNA.

Many would comprehend that Abbott and co were pretending to hold the moral high ground through that period.

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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14213 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience? Reply #17 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 9:00pm Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 8:31pm: *Abbott and co were pretending to hold the moral high ground through that period.*
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience? Reply #18 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 9:47pm WA are penalised for not having pokies. The feds deem we could raise money from pokies. If this anomaly was corrected WA would get $400mil more from the feds. Ok I will try and find a link for you Drongoes
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience? Reply #19 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 9:51pm http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/fair-go-for-the-west-government-opposition-back-fairer-gst-distribution-system/story-fnhocxo3-1227124381143
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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #20 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:04pm

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 5:08pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 3:56pm:

]Maybe not concern yourself so much with the greens conscience but be concerned about the liberals obvious substantial lack of.[/highlight]

But the Liberals don't 'pretend' to be the 'moral arbiters' for ALL of Australia..

Probably just as well, because they don't actually HAVE any.

Morals, ethics, scruples. Call it what you will, it's totally absent in the neo-con DNA.

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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #21 - Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:34pm

Kat wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:04pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 5:08pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 3:56pm:

]Maybe not concern yourself so much with the greens conscience but be concerned about the liberals obvious substantial lack of.[/highlight]

But the Liberals don't 'pretend' to be the 'moral arbiters' for ALL of Australia..

Probably just as well, because they don't actually HAVE any.

Morals, ethics, scruples. Call it what you will, it's totally absent in the neo-con DNA.

As it is from Labor and the Greens...the difference is, the LNP don't pretend that they have more morals,ethics etc than they do have...unlike the others.

"I just get sick of people who place a label on someone else with their own definition.

It's similar to a strawman fallacy"
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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #22 - Jan 13^th, 2015 at 2:40pm

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:34pm:

Kat wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 10:04pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 5:08pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 12^th, 2015 at 3:56pm:

]Maybe not concern yourself so much with the greens conscience but be concerned about the liberals obvious substantial lack of.[/highlight]

But the Liberals don't 'pretend' to be the 'moral arbiters' for ALL of Australia..

Probably just as well, because they don't actually HAVE any.

Morals, ethics, scruples. Call it what you will, it's totally absent in the neo-con DNA.

As it is from Labor and the Greens...the difference is, the LNP don't pretend that they have more morals,ethics etc than they do have...unlike the others.

exactly right

AUSSIE: "Speaking for myself, I could not care less about 298 human beings having their life snuffed out in a nano-second, or what impact that loss has on Members of their family, their parents..."

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Re: Aren't the Greens the party of conscience?
Reply #23 - Jan 13^th, 2015 at 6:04pm

Yes there is definately some sort of negative universe/reverse polarity going on when it comes to ethics, somehow the unscrupulous left has managed to paint the ethical right as the real villain in all of this.
Not really sure how they have managed to do this but kudos to them, its a propaganda victory and even if it is evil one must still respect the shear audacity of it, white anting education and the media has helped in a big way.
So has big government.

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