Well If were talking overpopulation as the single biggest threat to our existence, I Doug Stanhope sums it up nicely (language warning) :)

But on a serious note...Im still reeling at the implications of this. Big business has beheaded the PM! apparently the mining industry has suggested the media come up with "other" stories to take attention away from what has happened...Maybe they knew Rudd would get back in or at any case couldn't take that risk.

"oh well here how about a historical first female / first ranga PM? thatd make an awesome story!"
PERFECT!

i think there is a bit of a problem when each illegal immigrant costs tax payers on average $50k to feed, house, clothe etc. surely that money could be better spent on the multicultural community we already have rather then taking in the dregs of the rest of the world, like in the 80's when cuba dumped all those crims on america (scarface)

Rudd was a complete tosser, arrogant and incompetent.

I agree with that ZigZag, not due to racism but due to the simple fact that our people:

Lower class families, pensioners and Aboriginals deserve more help than outsiders.
Thousands are struggling to make ends meet (we need more trained social workers and services)

The biggest issue is that so many cant see the serious note that Wurzel has stated
that big wigs control our country not our fake democracy.

The fat of the land control and brainwash the little fella to keep helping
the big corrupt enterprises so eventually all well have is a monopoly in
every industry.

Anyone who votes Labour or Liberal or supports our puppet leaders,
are complete Zombies brainwashed by the propaganda machine.

The Industry and Banks support only puppet leaders willing to swing their way
and use them as rhetoric salesmen to hide behind.
They get away with playing us like sheep and making us fight between ourserlves
thanks to their propaganda weapon: total media control.

Its not about taking sides as there is no options left in the major parties.
The only times when leaders stood firm against the institutions of wealth they
ended up dead or missing. Rudds life was spared by the monopolised media and
his inability to prove himself and gain the control Howard weeded his way to.

He is a failure and so will every leader that protects the Big wigs.

If we are to believe the polls, one released today stated that Rudd was still 6 points ahead of the opposition.
I can understand why there be a lot of anti-Rudd sentiment coming from WA, but it seems he was still doing well besides what the media and his assassins would have you believe.

Sinister indeed.

Since when has business not been the driving force behind parliament?

The two go hand in hand.

Political "assassinations" are like corporate takeovers, the people change but the game stays the same.

Play or Perish ;)

We cant play at all thats the problem.

My brother spent 3 years trying to get an extension to his house approved
and 12 townhouses are approved to go up within weeks of being sold with
no plans for development.

Its time to rid our parasitic government and local councils.

Also sex education in schools is a very important issue that is overlooked by the government, here is a doco:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u02KFm67uIc&feature=fvhl

why did that link of a video of you teaching yourself? lefty loosey righty tighty

Good to see a few have honest opinions rather than those being based on what others have got off the internet.
It seems we always focus negatively on the "Now" government and find "only" good in the "Past"
Politics is about cutting throats to make yourself appear better.
Do you really think Abbott would be good for the country?
Look at him - first Rudd is no good, Now he is saying Poor Rudd, he was treated wrong.
Abbotts just chasing any angle he can to push you to believe the current government makes poor choices.

The racism in this forum is mainly childish ignorance.
They say,
Australia is a beautiful country.
Australia is the lucky country.
Australia is the sum of all countries and sum of all creeds.
I guess thats what makes Australia a lucky beautiful country.
Whether you were born here or not, you too have the right to #OOPS# off if you are not happy.
But my guess is if you are unhappy here, you will struggle to be happy anywhere.
If you choose not to vote, you have no right to complain.
Saying no one was worth voting for is just ignorant.
If at the end of the night there is only 2 chicks left, both heads like smashed crabs, 1 hot body, 1 not.
If you choose neither, dont complain when your at home pulling ya dick.

We all get the "benefits" (in inverted commas for a reason) of the corporate society that controls our lives: roads, mass produced electrical goods, supermarket food, music, mandatory internet filter...

The assumed price of admission is total cooperation or at least a quiet type of apathy.

Unfortunately being part of this type of corporate society is not optional in this country.

I agree with D in principle. It is something to get angry about. Its a total assault on the idea of human freedom.

BUT the "corpratisation" of our western global society is complete.

It is illegal to be outside the system in Australia today, unless you ascribe to the views of Mark McMurtrie (google him if never heard of, I guarantee you'll learn a thing a two about law in our country that will leave you gobsmacked here's a start http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fW6ny7_vGc).

So what do ya do w such a fracked out system?

Answer: Its up to you!