Its been a great day for the people and parliament. The great majority of them (98)stood and sat quietly against ( 42) the noisy intimidation and careless talk that in the last few weeks clearly involved unrepentant playing of the man and not the ball .The worst 2 pager ever to come before parliament.
Advocates of the latest push to give gays more rights failed in parliament this week to address even the most basic of questions about law and liberty for children . The dumbest 2 pager debate to ever come before parliament. Our local member Mr Cheeseman claimed his electorate as highly progressive and liberated from the past even though more established representatives of Labor like Mr O' Connor would not go that far .
I wonder which of these people below who claimed to be on the edge of history will be still in parliament next time around. I wonder too whether they will quite so lyrical about their fine cutting swords in dealing with bullying, intimidation and simple sentimental slurs against others. According to some of them not only one man but 2/3rd s of the Australian people are homophobic (When even they and those who know them know they are not )
Well done Parliament - we are still a free country where the quietly respectful talk deeply about diversity and do not fall for the simple nonsense around discussions of equality. Orwell (and Shaw - now that he's seen the outcome of his ideas ) would I think , be pleased with most of us who have really hard weeks writing and wondering whether those with heavenly ambitions would ever come down to earth .
Ayes, 42Mr AlbaneseMr DreyfusMr S. P. JonesMs RoxonMr BandtMrs ElliotDr M. J. KellyMs Saffin*Ms BirdMs EllisMs KingMr ShortenMs BrodtmannMr GarrettMs LivermoreMr SidebottomMr ButlerMr GeorganasMs MacklinMr S. F. SmithMr ChampionMr GibbonsMr MarlesMs SmythMr CheesemanMr GrayMr OakeshottMr SnowdonMr ClareMs GriersonMs ParkeMr C. R. ThomsonMs CollinsMr GriffinMr PerrettMr WilkieMr CombetMs Hall*Ms Plibersek Mr CreanMr JenkinsMs Rishwort
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