Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Greens are panicking in Australia in the wake of the recent cliffhanger Federal Election, as the likelihood grows that climate skeptic Pauline Hanson, who has repeatedly demanded a Royal Commission into Climate Change, will control the balance of power in the new Australian Senate.
Australia Is Being Swamped By Climate Change Deniers
With Pauline Hanson looking certain to return to parliament, there’s never been a worse time to be the Great Barrier Reef, writes Liz Conor.
Fellow Austraiyans. If you are reading me now it means that I have become murderous.
Murderously, apoplectically incensed.
Pauline Hanson appears to have picked up a spot in our Senate at the time of writing, possibly even two or more. She will represent Queensland in our House of Review, where our nation’s proposed laws are rejected or amended. And it’s not a three-year term. Unless Turnbull (potentially newly rolled into Prime Minister Morrison out of revenge for the LNP’s slashed majority) finds some other spurious reason to call a double dissolution, Hanson’s term is Six. Six. Six.
Hanson will make extravagant use of the Senate’s committee system, already proposing royal commissions into Islam and climate science. How in chrissname do you conduct an inquiry into one of the three major world religions? Imagine the terms of reference. Are there too many believers? Should they perform the pilgrimage to Mecca? Are Humans superior to Angels? Will the Australian Royal commission into erm, Islam require the seventh-century originals of its foundational documents be tendered – the Qur’an, hadith and tafsir?
And why does Hanson even have an opinion on climate science? Why are racists climate deniers? Does Hanson have doubts about enlightenment empiricism? Logical positivism? The verification of Authentic Knowledge? Or has she, like most climate deniers and obstructers, featherbedded her campaign with undeclared funds from fossil fuel conglomerates?
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believe we are in danger of being swamped by Caucasians, tax evasions and Australasians. They have their own culture and religion, form ghettos, and do not assimilate.
We are bringing in people from Oxley at the moment. There was a huge amount coming to our polling booths, and they’ve got diseases, they’ve got BIAS.
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Read more: https://newmatilda.com/2016/07/04/australia-is-being-swamped-by-climate-change-deniers/
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the climate enthusiast who toppled Australia’s former PM Tony Abbott, used a provision of the Australian Constitution to trigger a double dissolution election – a simultaneous election of both federal Senate and Representative seats.
Turnbull’s intention was to secure a clear mandate. But it all went wrong for him – the election turned into a massive backlash from former Abbott and Palmer United supporters, who defected in droves to minor parties like Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
Unless Turnbull is really lucky, and the remaining uncounted votes go his way, Turnbull’s only real hope is to cling to power as leader of a fractious minority government, with “support” from people who despise him.
So who is Pauline Hanson? Hanson exploded onto the political scene in 1996, when she won the seat of Oxley in Brisbane on a tsunami of populist right wing revulsion at the unwavering political correctness of mainstream political parties. She is one of Australia’s most colourful and well known political characters. She has been repeatedly accused of racism because of her strong views about Islam and uncontrolled immigration. She was convicted of electoral fraud in 2002, but the conviction was overturned in 2003 on appeal.
Her return to politics, this time as a Federal Senator, in a likely pivotal political position, is being greeted with horror by greens and socialists who frankly have been having a very bad year, since the “high” point of the hollow Paris agreement.
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Dear Liz, your tears are delicious and your squeals are music to my ears.
Dear Liz- it’s the Sympathy Hotline calling for you- guess who it is. Nobody.
A commenter, Green persuasion on another site, says Hanson wants an RC on AGW, and calls it an attack on the periodic Table.
RC- Royal Commission
An attack on the periodic table? What the…? I tell ya, they’re all crazy!
Now that is a real change in the weather, ” “Australia Is Being Swamped By Climate Change Deniers” “. Would that be considered a downpour? Sounds unprecedented to me.
That would be considered a “downpoor.”
This the first time I have read this in its entirety:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
I think it may relate…
A good read.
Well, it’s the 4th of July here in the states. Independence Day….
Happy 4th of July to you from an Aussie ally.
J. Philip Peterson July 4, 2016 at 8:08 pm
This the first time I have read this in its entirety:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
Declaration of Independence
That’s why we Protestants believe that when we die, and are taken by angels to go be with the Lord forever, that we are first met in heaven by 70 Virginians.
Happy Independence Day to all. (:
Zeke — You have a somewhat twisted way of thinking that I applaud. — Eugene WR Gallun
Now I feel sufficiently punished for having punned.
That’s good!
I thought it was a 70yr old virgin
“How in chrissname do you conduct an inquiry into one of the three major world religions?”
For starters, by not blaspheming the name associated with the faith that proclaims the best news humans will ever hear.
I think Islam is more of a political movement than a religion.
Ask how many cities were bombed or how many innocent people were shot in its name in the last month. Ask how many times its key religious text says it is approved to lie to non-believers and kill or enslave those who are non-believers. Read the koran… it is enlightening. ..
In general there are two primary source documents for Islam, the Koran and the Hadith. Both contain very violent passages, but the Hadith is far more radical. Alas, very few Imans outright reject the Hadith, (Which was written after the Koran and is likely the primary source of violent Jihad) and format a purely “internal spiritual battle” interpretation of the Koran passages, thus for them “submit or die” becomes an internal struggle to surrender to the laws of the Divine, or spiritually die from lack of attunement to Allah. Those Imams who promote this “internal Jihad only perspective” all have death Fatwa’s (legalized Islamic jurisprudence death sentences) issued against them.
Islam, in its current form, is fundamentally not compatible with the US constitution due to Sharia law as practiced and interpreted by hundreds of millions of the worlds 1.4 or so billion Muslims. Islam in this sense is not just a religion but a geo-political force, the very foundation of which is to convert the world and set up political structure based on Sharia law.
As such without formal rejection of existing and formally practiced Islamic teaching and jurisprudence it would be entirely legal to refuse Muslim immigration and monitor and close many Mosques which teach ideals that are fundamentally and provably sedition.
It is not prejudice, but common sense to reject a foreign legal system demanding second class citizenship for women and non Muslims, for setting up Islam as the only state, for advocating murder of those citizens who do not accept second class status and who are gay, and who advocate and practice F.G.M.
David A July 4, 2016 at 9:43 pm: “In general there are two primary source documents for Islam, the Koran and the Hadith.”
I hope we aren’t ignoring the histories of it’s origination (the time and place), nor the history of the people involved.
In general there are two primary source documents for Islam, the Koran and the Hadith. Both contain very violent passages, but the Hadith is far more radical. Alas, very few Imans outright reject the Hadith, (Which was written after the Koran and is likely the primary source of violent Jihad) and format a purely “internal spiritual battle” interpretation of the Koran passages, thus for them “submit or die” becomes an internal struggle to surrender to the laws of the Divine, or spiritually die from lack of attunement to Allah. Those Imams who promote this “internal Jihad only perspective” all have death Fatwa’s (legalized Islamic jurisprudence death sentences) issued against them.
Islam, in its current form, is fundamentally not compatible with the US constitution due to Sharia law as practiced and interpreted by hundreds of millions of the worlds 1.4 or so billion Muslims. Islam in this sense is not just a religion but a geo-political force, the very foundation of which is to convert the world and set up political structure based on Sharia law.
As such without formal rejection of existing and formally practiced Islamic teaching and jurisprudence it would be entirely legal to refuse Muslim immigration and monitor and close many Mosques which teach ideals that are fundamentally and provably sedition.
It is not prejudice, but common sense to reject a foreign legal system demanding second class citizenship for women and non Muslims, for setting up Islam as the only state, for advocating murder of those citizens who do not accept second class status and who are gay, and who advocate and practice F.G.M.
What’s FGM?
“Jon July 5, 2016 at 1:27 am
What’s FGM?”
The answer no t for this blog. Use google in your own time and discover the brutality inflicted on women (Females. There is the “F” in FGM for you).
What’s FGM?
try Google – About 16,600,000 results (0.54 seconds)
1st one =
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation/Pages/Introduction.aspx
BTW, it’s not only Muslims that practice this, some Christians do too.
Sorry for the repeat pistings, severe glitch, was twice booted out of wuwt the moment I hit send, was cause to repeated attempts after post intially just vanished into the ether. Thus proving the existence of the etheral ether; (-;
From the article: “How in chrissname do you conduct an inquiry into one of the three major world religions?”
King Abdullah of Jordan says there is a civil war within Islam between the murderous radicals and the moderates. An inquiry should probably focus on that aspect, since that is the crux of the worldwide problem.
King Abdullah would welcome an inquiry. We should, too.
King Abudullah wants to differentiate himself and his peaceful beliefs from the murderous Islamic radicals. We should help him do that by calling radical Islam what it is: an Insane Ideology. King Abdullah does.
The Left wants to hide from this reality, and wants to call people who bring it up, racists, in order to shut down the conversation. The Left wants no part of confronting radical Islam.
In general there are two primary source documents for Islam, the Koran and the Hadith. Both contain very violent passages, but the Hadith is far more radical. Alas, very few Imans outright reject the Hadith, (Which was written after the Koran and is likely the primary source of violent Jihad) and format a purely “internal spiritual battle” interpretation of the Koran passages, thus for them “submit or die” becomes an internal struggle to surrender to the laws of the Divine, or spiritually die from lack of attunement to Allah. Those Imams who promote this “internal Jihad only perspective” all have death Fatwa’s (legalized Islamic jurisprudence death sentences) issued against them.
Islam, in its current form, is fundamentally not compatible with the US constitution due to Sharia law as practiced and interpreted by hundreds of millions of the worlds 1.4 or so billion Muslims. Islam in this sense is not just a religion but a geo-political force, the very foundation of which is to convert the world and set up political structure based on Sharia law.
As such without formal rejection of existing and formally practiced Islamic teaching and jurisprudence it would be entirely legal to refuse Muslim immigration and monitor and close many Mosques which teach ideals that are fundamentally and provably sedition.
It is not prejudice, but common sense to reject a foreign legal system demanding second class citizenship for women and non Muslims, for setting up Islam as the only state, for advocating murder of those citizens who do not accept second class status and who are gay, and who advocate and practice F.G.M.
The left will destroy itself in it continual denial of the truth about the last violent political dark age religion of antiquity that seeks political world dominion.
“In general there are two primary source documents for Islam, the Koran and the Hadith. Both contain very violent passages, but the Hadith is far more radical.”
Have you never read the bible or the torah ?? some extreme violence promoted there – murder, genocide, ethnic cleansing, enslavement, mutilation, child rape …..
A taster –
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/ot_list.html
It all falls back to tribalism
Save… Yes I have and clearly your comment is my in the least bit cogent.
For centuries Christianity has interpreted divine moral laws as natural; for instance the physical laws have Divine origin and touch a hot flame your hand will be burned. Likewise, the moral precepts; say a small community of
1000 people all steal from each other, the natural result, social chaos and misery. In each instance the Divine laws result in predictable outcomes. They New Testament came to provide an increase in grace from ordained karma of moral choices.
That throughout history at times humans corrupted every teaching is not relevant to today. In the last 30 days Muslims have murdered over 600 people in dozens of incidents of religious terrorism, supported by Islamic jursprudence in many Nations. Non Muslim religious terrorism during this time, ZERO. Non Muslim calls for a legal system advocating murder, a caste system, making the church the state? ZERO.
Christanity had a reformation where non human violent interpretation of judgement such as I described, and rejection of religious poltical rulership is accepted and taught.
Islam in current form is the last empire society of antiquity, sharing the political “rule the world” aspiration only with one world government EU type statists.
I have a bit of a problem with the term, “moderate Muslim.” There are 57, Muslim-majority countries. Can someone point to one that could be considered “moderate” by our standards? I’m sure such Muslims exist, but they appear to be an extremely small percentage, and would not survive an onslaught by the others. It’s very disconcerting to read that in a poll of Muslims in the US, 51% agreed on the death penalty for being homosexual. I can only speculate on how many more would support their imprisoning. I would love to see someone lay out the beliefs of ‘moderate’ Muslims. I don’t think that word means what they think it does.
Ethiopia possibly. Millions of muslims there, possibly about a 1/3 of the population and they want a Mosque in Addis Ababa. Of course, Ethiopian Christians say “Sure, you can have your Mosque as long as we can have a Church in Mecca.” which is followed, rapidly, by crickets chirping.
But, in Australia, we have Halal….chocolate.
The world largest, Indonesia, is very moderate by almost any standard. It’s political format is very similar to the USA with the president elected for max of 2 terms each of 5 years. The president heads an elected parliament just like the USA.
There is less gun violence than USA because citizens can’t carry weapons unless part of the police or military. They do have radicals and have had a few bomb incidents but no more or less than homegrown USA terrorists. So by my standards than makes Indonesia more moderate than USA.
I could offer you polls from USA that are equally horrific as your homosexual one. Like should people who conduct abortions and the woman who have them be charged and/or killed. The hardline Christian groups will say yes in large numbers which is why Trump went there.
You know the old saying, let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
[snip – this comment was getting wildly off-topic .mod]
The leader of Egypt has made similar calls.
Certainly going to be fun if the second One Nation candidate gets from Queensland gets in.
The guy will rip the alarmista to threads. 🙂
Ooops….. That was meant to be a reply to Crowbar , up above. ! 🙂
Weapons grade campaigner, Pauline Hanson, is already assured of a seat in the Senate. At last count, fellow One Nation candidate Malcolm Roberts is also headed that way. Here is his impressive background. Be afraid, swampies, be very afraid.
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/malcolm-roberts-and-pauline-hanson.html
THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY HONEST AND FOR THE PEOPLE…
THE GREENS ARE SCARED BECAUSE SHE IS RIGHT, WHY ARE YOU SCARED OF A ROYAL COMMISSION ..TO FIND OUT SHE COULD BE RIGHT.
YOUR JOBS ARE ON THE LINE….IT’S ABOUT TIME THE PEOPLE DECIDE NOT YOU.
LABOUR DESTROYS OUR COUNTRY EVERYTIME THEY COME IN AND PUT US INTO DEBT SO THEN WE CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE IMF….AND PEOPLE STILL VOTE FOR THEM.
IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH GO ON UTUBE AND SEE LORD CHRISTOPHER MONKTON REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE G10 MEETINGS.
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE…GOOD ONYA PAULINE HANSON I WILL VOTE FOR YOU
Please don’t post in all capitals.
Not only is it hard to read, it is considered the text version of yelling.
Many official documents were printed in caps, so not really an issue IMO.
What is this – 1920?
We aren’t reliant on mimeograph or carbon paper (or employing an army of scribes!) for xx copies anymore …
I agree with Felflames, and I think so do most: Writing in all caps is considered rude, it is hard to read (I did not read the post…only one on the whole thread I skipped), and is generally taken to be online literary equivalent to walking up to someone and screaming in their face.
I automatically skip any post that is written in allcaps. Not because it is the written equivalent of screaming to attract attention (it is), but because the only people who do so are either under 12 or have the mental maturity of someone under 12 (ie, someone who screams to attract attention)
A comments on the often repeated contention by some that Wattsupwiththat is a “right-wing” propaganda outlet.
There’s never been any mystery about why the political left embraces AWG theory with mindless ferocity. AGW theory is the most useful tool “one-world-socialists” ever stumbled upon for transferring wealth from the “haves” to the “have nots” and justifying a central world authority that overrides issues of nation sovereignty. The political right abhors AGW theory with equal ferocity for the same reason. In neither case, does motivation have anything to do with the truth or falsehood of AGW theory. Both poles of the political spectrum “cherry-pick” facts that appear to favor their chosen conclusions and it is my observation that the left “invents” far more of those facts than does the political right (although the right is certainly not immune to such temptation).
This site is, hands down, the best source on the Internet for obtaining hard data on which to base a conclusion about AGW theory. You can link to federal tide gauges, federal temperature and sea level measuring satellites, international solar measurement sites, on and on it goes. Since that hard data overwhelmingly refutes AGW theory, it should come as no surprise that this site is favored by visitors from the political right. It should also come as no surprise that this site is favored by skeptical scientific authors, many of whom are hard-pressed to gain access to a preponderance of left-dominated news and scientific outlets.
What should not be lost in all of this is that because the site is such a rich source of hard data, it is also a favored destination of those seeking scientific truth for its own sake, politics be-dammed.
@Claude Harvey
AGW theory is the most useful tool “one-world-socialists” ever stumbled upon for transferring wealth from the “haves” to the “have nots”.
More accurately IMO would be to say transferring wealth from the achievers to the non-achievers.
Claude Harvey July 4, 2016 at 9:55 pm:
“A comments on the often repeated contention by some that Wattsupwiththat is a “right-wing” propaganda outlet.”
We want freedom; what do ‘they’ want?
This snippet form R. Reagan’s speech “A time for choosing” (1964) provides some additional light on this L-R thing:
You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down—[up] man’s old—old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism.
Regarding Pauline Hanson (Hanson) – the overseas reader may be interested in the following background info:
1. Hanson is no stranger to the Australian Parliament. She was endorsed by the Liberal party for the1996 election to the Lower house our House of Representatives. After nominations had closed and voting papers were printed she made some remarks about Australian Aboriginals which the Liberal party found to be too critical and extreme. She was dis-endorsed prior to the poll and the Prime Minister announced that she would not be permitted to sit with the Liberals should she be elected. She was elected and sat as an Independent member during her single three year term – 1996 to 1998.
2. Hanson’s maiden speech to the Reps on 10 Sept 1996 is a useful summary of her views both then and now. Find the full text at:-
http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/photo/phtalk.htm
3. As to the likelihood that Hanson will play a pivotal role in the next Australian parliament the reader needs to know that Hanson’s ‘One Nation’ Party appears to have secured two seats in the Senate (1 each in QLD and NSW). But the Nick Zenaphon Team (NXT) appears to have secured 3 seats in the Senate and the Greens party looks to have secured 6 seats. The Senate has 76 members and counting is incomplete. Postal ballots remain alive until 15 July so we might not have a result until 16 or 17 July (allowing for final votes to be announced and for there to be horse trading whereby either Lib/NP (25 seats at present) or Labor (23 seats at present) attempt to form a ‘minority’ government.
4. If Hanson does get to play a pivotal role in the next Parliament (which is still only a slight possibility at this stage of the count) there is evidence from her past performance that she will assign a high priority to her Islamic preoccupation, her Aboriginal concerns and to her enthusiastic representation of dud fathers who don’t want to pay child support after separation/divorce. I suspect that climate is a second order issue in her life.
5. With some coaching she might get to be an astute user of the Senate committee system but the words ‘disciplined’, ‘analytical’ or ‘intellectual’ are not to be found in her mental toolbox. ‘Unguided’ missile is a better descriptor.
6. Look at the Wiki entry for Hanson to learn more about her colourful past which includes being sacked then reinstated by the party she founded and being jailed for electoral fraud (later reversed on appeal).
7. Insert your favourite Chinese proverb here ………………………
‘He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.’
Laozi
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…she will assign a high priority to her Islamic preoccupation…
Doubt that, Pauline has matured and will attack the Klimatariat with the intention of exposing mass delusion.
France, Spain and Italy have all banned the burqa in public, Australia has a legitimate right to do the same, so she will play that by ear.
‘He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.’
Laozi
+++++++++++++++
I’ve no idea who this Laozi character is but that expression has been around horse racing, in reference to “inside information”, since time immemorial. It’s generally rendered as “Those who know don’t say and those who say don’t know”.
And that is any different to Greens pursuing there ideological agenda which represents the views of what 12% of Australians and most find there politics offensive. Oh it’s green policy and left socialist leaning policy so it’s not offensive … it’s just unpopular.
She has a right to do that she was elected, the same right given to every elected person no matter what you and I make of their policy. I don’t like Pauline but I don’t like the Greens either so hey could you like me to list my complaints against the greens and whine like a stuck pig like you?
On a lighter note looks like the weather man Tim Flannery is visiting my home town again-
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/the-pulse-adelaides-live-news-weather-and-traffic-blog/news-story/51ace25557f36516d412908ae4a5ce64
It will rain. Are the dams full?
Liz Conor
Sounds like a whole vat full of sour grapes. Liz should remember the First Law of Carousels: What goes around, comes around.
Anyone who challenges the green meme and is in a position of power can’t be all that bad .
It’s all about “freedom of speech”. Just ask the ABC. They ran a comedy episode with a comedian who called the then Prime Minister, Tony Abbott the “C…” word on National TV. The ABC, though it was that funny they repeated the episode in case some people missed it. The only reason the Greens and the ABC are scared is that they know that the truth will come out about man made Climate Change.
I missed that! Very little coverage of that if it happened at ABC (Quietly “disappeared”? Would not surprise me).
Moderator:
I made a post at about 12:30am.
As of 1:15am still not showing; maybe in the trash.
Not a big deal, but just wondering.
Thanks
Hanson will make extravagant use of the Senate’s committee system, already proposing royal commissions into Islam and climate science. How in chrissname do you conduct an inquiry into one of the three major world religions?
That’s an inquiry into two religions by my count.
FGM is female genital mutilation
Do I understand correctly that a skeptic is the likely next PM of England as well?
If you are talking Boris? No. He has stood down.
“She has been repeatedly accused of racism because of her strong views about Islam and uncontrolled immigration.”
The left loves to use the smear against its enemies. You are a racist (among other smears) if you speak against illegal immigration here in the US also.
There are other smears. One candidate got accused of anti-Semitism for using a star in a Twitter tweet. This in spite of leading the way to allow Jews and blacks to join a country club he built in south Florida in the ’90s. The elites fought him tooth and nail to keep Jews from playing golf. He got many accolades for helping crack that barrier back then — before he became the enemy of the left. No word on what his Jewish step-daughter thinks of it all.
One writer dubbed the left as “the smear bund”.
Illegal immigrants are a political crap shoot here in Aus. Given our geologic “isolation”, MOST migrants arrive legally, with a visa.
At least they have a visa. No matter how many can to a country illegally in the past, as some point there must be some control or you will not survive the invasion.
I assume as an Aussie, you have been watching the rape gangs in Europe “fit in” with the local culture.
I am not an Aussie, I just live here. While I abhor rape of anyone, rape and rape gangs are nothing new for Europe or anywhere in fact. However, the lamestream media target migrants, especially migrants with dark skin, and are over represented in their coverage of incidents like that.
“However, the lamestream media target migrants, especially migrants with dark skin, and are over represented in their coverage of incidents like that.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5195/sweden-rape
Forty years after the Swedish parliament unanimously decided to change the formerly homogenous Sweden into a multicultural country, violent crime has increased by 300% and rapes by 1,472%.
…
In an astounding number of cases, the Swedish courts have demonstrated sympathy for the rapists, and have acquitted suspects who have claimed that the girl wanted to have sex with six, seven or eight men.
I’m somewhat suspicious that immigration from certain countries may be problematic, and that the authorities are not dealing with the problem in a realistic or effective manner and may be downplaying it.
“PA July 5, 2016 at 6:48 pm”
40 years? An increase in incidents or an increase in the reporting of incidents? The stats are not clear to me IMO.
“And why does Hanson even have an opinion on climate science? Why are racists climate deniers?”
It’s because she can spot a con a mile away.
[Quote] “Hanson’s term is Six. Six. Six.”
Is Liz Conor invoking the sign of the devil on Pauline??
[Quote] “Hanson’s term is Six. Six. Six”
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My reading of Liz Conor’s above comment was that Hanson’s term of office as an Australian senator will be for six years. There is no certainty that this will be the case.
Of the 72 State senators in the Oz parliament – half are six year senators and half are three year senators. After a Double Dissolution (DD) election (which we have just had) the terms of all of these 72 senators commence on 01.07.16 (i.e. are backdated to the 1 Jul prior to the date of election which was 02 Jul). The senators themselves then decide who will have a 3 year term and who will have a 6 year term.
We do not know yet what Hanson’s term will be nor the term of the second Hanson ‘One Nation’ senator who has been elected in NSW.
Following each of the previous six DD elections which have occurred since Federation in 1901, the 6 year senators have been the first six senators to be declared elected by the Australian Electoral Commission in each State; with the remaining six senators in each State becoming the 3 year senators. This is a convention not a mandatory requirement. The new Senate could legally allocate 3 year terms to half the senators such that ‘One Nation’ senators are given 3 year terms.
A ‘normal’ Australian election is for half the Senate and all of the House of Representatives. Thus the 3 year senators from this most recent election will be up for re-election in three years time provided this government lasts that long. If, as is likely, the incoming government has a narrow majority in its own right or is forced into minority government with support from some grouping of non-government Members in the House of Representatives then there is a possibility that the incoming government will not run for the full three year term.
From the article:
“Does Hanson have doubts about enlightenment empiricism? Logical positivism?”
Don’t most people these days who have an opinion on logical positivism one way or the other tend towards doubting it’s claims, which center on the assertion that all human knowledge can be systematically reduced to logical and scientific foundations?
The author of “Australia is Being Swamped by Climate Change Deniers” seems unaware of the work of Carl Popper, who disagreed with the logical positivist position that metaphysical statements must be meaningless, and further argued that a metaphysical statement can change its unfalsifiable status over time – what may be “unfalsifiable” in one century may become “falsifiable” (and thus “scientific”) in another.
They also seem to have overlooked the contribution of Thomas Kuhn, who argued that it is just not possible to provide truth conditions for science independent of its historical paradigm.
How about the REAL question that needs to be asked about Islam: Why do they teach that killing non-muslims is not only tolerated and encouraged, but REQUIRED and REWARDED?
What used to be common sense ‘centrist’ is now viewed as “populist right wing revulsion”.
My, my, my …
To the liberal left of today, JFK was a Right Wing Extremist !