RURAL AUSTRALIANS BETRAYED BY THE “JUNIOR LIBERALS,” THE NATIONALS

Let’s have a look at the Nationals and how they failed to protect their Rural Constituents:

When Howard’s CITY LIBERALS demanded that Analogue mobile phones be phased out and replaced by digital phones, promising a better and more reliable service for the bush. We don’t have to tell you that this was a money-making ploy, and the digital system nation-wide, is a flop.

How the Nationals have stood by in silence as Deregulation in the Dairy Industry led to more than 1,000 farmers leaving their properties, although farmers and consumers were promised they would be financially better off. The only winners were the major milk processors and retailers such as Aldi, Coles and Woolworths. It is also worth noting that the Howard Government replacement for the shamed member of the Reserve Bank Board, Robert Gerard, with Woolworths CEO Roger Corbett, another job for the “boys.”

If anyone had any doubts that the Howard-Vaile-Liberal-Nationals are the epitome of Nazi Germany’s Adolph Hitler and his Gestapo should read “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” An example of this is the Howard Government’s rush to push three pieces of vital legislation through both Houses of Federal Parliament by undemocratically gagging debate on Australia’s three most important pieces of legislation, which entailed the Full Sale of Telstra, changes to the Industrial Relations Laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws. National Senator Barnaby Joyce, who looked to be one of the few shining lights for Rural Australia, buckled under pressure from Howard’s hard man, Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan.

The gagging of debate by the Howard Coalition of these three bills must have the tens of thousands of young Australians who gave their blood for the right to live under a democracy with the right to freedom of speech turning in their graves.

How the Howard-Vaile-Liberal-Nationals compromised our high standards of Quarantine for the U.S.–Australia Free Trade Agreement.

How Messrs. Howard and Vaile agreed to allow the United States to import products into Australia at a ratio of more then two to one to what we can export into their country. This means we will be importing the majority of products, which are in conflict with ours. No wonder we’ve had 40 plus consecutive National trade deficits under the Free Trade Agreement. See Link >>>> UPDATE – AUGUST 2004.

The only chance Australia has of ever returning to the boom days of the 1960’s and very early 1970’s is to replace National Party members with Independents, such as concerned members of your community who owe their allegiance to their constituents rather than the welfare of the party machine. How can Rural Australia vote for a Liberal–National Coalition when all the big decisions are made by City Liberals, and it’s no different with the Labor Opposition. A vote for the “Junior Liberals”, the Nationals, is a vote for the City Liberals who order the Nationals to jump and the Nationals response is, yes, how high.