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Saying yes is a no-no for this hapless coalition

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The NO-alition is still saying NO to everything:

NO – we’re not telling you what’s going on with the boats.

NO – we’re not telling the people of Australia what’s going on in the government.

NO – we’re not responsible for murdering the manufacturing industry in Australia.

NO – we’re not doing anything about Climate Change because

NO – we don’t believe in it.

NO – we’re not orchestrating a recession even tho the writing’s on the wall.

NO – we’re not accepting questions on Sea Operations.

NO – we’re not trying to save the Barrier Reef from dumpings that will destroy it.

NO – we don’t recognise this is the 21st century, we prefer the Howard yester-years

NO – there’s nothing wrong with our relationship with Indonesia , despite what they say

NO – we don’t see Julie Bishop has made any mistakes.

NO – we don’t see Joe Hockey is floundering.

NO – we don’t recognise we are not the best government Australia has ever had.

NO –  we don’t even recognise we are, at the moment, the very worst.

NO – we have not broken any of our policy promises.

NO – we didn’t intentionally use taxpayers money to fund our wedding presents, marathon bike rides, etc.

NO – it was an honest mistake.

And NO – in case this leaves anybody wondering,  I did not vote for this hopeless, hapless blundering bunch of hypocrites.

Roma Newton, Kingscliff


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1 COMMENT

  1. FYI
    March in March Byron Bay 2014 – Citizens March – To voice our lack of confidence in the Government
    16 March 11 am

    Many Australians are deeply concerned with the way our country is being governed. Not just at the present moment, but in general. They are concerned over issues which directly affect them, their families, and indeed all Australians. They are concerned about the policies and behaviour of all Australian political parties. They are concerned with the direction in which Australia’s great civil society is heading.

    Democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box. It is the right, if not duty, of all Australians to hold our elected representatives to account; to remind them that they are, above all else, public servants. We must inform them regularly, daily if need be, of our concerns with the issues that affect all Australians. We must participate directly in our democracy in order for it to be truly representative.

    http://www.wherevent.com/detail/March-in-March-March-in-March-Byron-Bay-2014-Citizens-March-To-voice-our-lack-of-confidence-in-the-Government

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