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3 hours ago, facthunter said:

Worshipping him will be COMPULSORY soon

Well, you guys worship the major parties, the ALP and the Coalition, who in the 60s introduced compulsory military service. Two year jail sentence for failing to comply.

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4 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

Well, you guys worship the major parties, the ALP and the Coalition, who in the 60s introduced compulsory military service. Two year jail sentence for failing to comply.

 

Conscription was reintroduced by Menzies in 1964 and retained by Holt, Ewen, Gorton, McMahan (all Libs) and abolished by Whitlam shortly after taking office in 1972. In terms of conscription, one side of politics maintained it and one side abolished it as soon as they took power.

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The difference is that the PM is simply the person who his/her party elects to lead them.

Albo is currently doing a good job but if he were to fall off the perch or do something stupid, someone else in his party would do just as well.

(I think Jim Chalmers the current treasurer has real potential.)

It's not a popularity contest over here. We elect the party, they choose the leader.

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 We will agree with you when we can, GON.. Look up things like corruption Level and desired places to Live.   Yes as Marty says the  Leader is chosen by the elected members Here . Trumper reckons DOG put him there. Bush said Dog speaks through him, A born again reformed rug addict,  Crazy CULTS thrive in the USA Greed is the religion and Guns are an addiction and a big problem.  Servicemen Are Suckers and Losers in Trumps opinion AND IF you haven't noticed, Trump behaves as if HE rules the entire WORLD and that NO ONE should be allowed to stop him.  Nev

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1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Trump behaves as if HE rules the entire WORLD and that NO ONE should be allowed to stop him.  Nev

He's more interested in saving the United States from international socialism. 

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You should be on the STAGE GON,  The Scandanavian Countries are where the PEOPLE are the Most Content and not that warlike these days. Trump wants to make himself (and his cronies) RICHER and stuff you other suckers.. Nev

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54 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

He's more interested in saving the United States from international socialism. 

International socialism, like our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?    

 

"US President Donald Trump this week threatened to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals, a move which sent a chill through Australian manufacturers.

American drug companies have long railed against what they call our ‘socialised medicine’, arguing our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme discriminates against them and unfairly forces down prices. "

 

Australia Institute

The PBS is, literally, a life saver for Australian families.

The Australia Institute has compared the staggering difference between the prices Australians and Americans pay for some of the most common medicines in the world.

For example, Atorvastatin - a cholesterol pill which is among the top ten most prescribed drugs in Australia - is 125 times more expensive in the US. Australians pay $21.07 for a prescription of Atorvastatin. Americans are slugged $2,628.39 for the same medication.

A commonly used tablet for high blood pressure, Lisinopril, is almost 25 times more expensive in the US than in Australia.

More than 10 million Salbutamol asthma puffers are prescribed or sold over the counter in Australia each year. For every $30 Australians spend on these puffers, Americans are charged $50.

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"Americans who can't afford health insurance are going without life saving medicines and, in extreme cases, dying as a result," said Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist at The Australia Institute.

"It is a shameful situation which cannot be repeated here

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I dunno if albo and his mob are doing a great job, power bill rising so much they are sending out tax money to help pay them. people having to decide weather to heat there home or eat. House affordably going through the roof. HECS debt payments canned, nothing like dividing communitys, good for my daughter, not so much for my son. As far as trump goes, although I personally think pretty well what everyone else here thinks of him, he is pretty well keeping all the promises that he can control (not so good on the Russia Ukraine thing) he made during the election campaign. That is a bit of fresh air.

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25 minutes ago, Siso said:

he is pretty well keeping all the promises that he can control

Unfortunately, those promises have caused great distress within the USA and throughout the rest of the world. His method of international diplomacy can best be described as gunboat diplomacy. He thrteatens military or economic intervention if other countries don't obey him. 

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Trump is bog ignorant, (never reads books) Doesn't deal in FACTS. Cant understand Security and Defence Briefings. Loves money and Power and is very Narcistic and has difficulty putting e few words together who will create a Depression and WRECK the Worlds Economy  (AND CLIMATE) if allowed to. Amusing to watch IF IT WASN"T REAL.  Nev

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Talking of Scotland protesting Trump, if you Google images of "Scotland protest Trump" they have some brilliant signs.

My favourite:image.thumb.jpeg.f132c8e3bb5a54111280c67dc01f6d8b.jpeg

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A brief comparison....

 

Trump..... "Drill baby, drill!"

 

Albo.... Quietly approves 20 NEW fossil fuel mining projects!

 

Trump..... Cancel climate targets.

 

Albo..... Quietly backs away from climate targets (whilst the opposition tables a plan to cancel targets completely)

 

Is Albo just a more polite trump?

 

 

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Maybe we Non-Indigenous should take a page from the Indigenous playbook and start making Citizen Title claims so that these foreign corporations have to start paying the Non-Indigenous of this country royalties and compensation for the corporations' digging up and carting away the very ground we stand upon.

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Not really. Trump is a climate change denier who won't even allow info on it to be  available.   Australia is legally CONTRACTED to supply  to places that currently have NO alternative. Nev

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Similar to the ' sand mining '  of " Fraser Island " that couldn't be stopped ! .

So they denied the export licence. 

Thus shutting down a big money operation. 

Now a smaller Industry is feeling the cost of strangling the tourism out of Kgari .

spacesailor

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3 hours ago, facthunter said:

 Australia is legally CONTRACTED to supply  to places that currently have NO alternative. Nev

I doubt that Australia was legally bound by supply contracts - that relate to the 21 aforementioned (as yet) UNDEVELOPED fossil fuel mines.

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Supply is the reason given. That doesn't assure supply to Ourselves as any priority.  NATURAL GAS is an inappropriate name.. Global warming is not a Natural disaster either. It's a REAL one. Nev

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