Australian Politics Forum - Today On The National Press Club Address

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Today On The National Press Club Address
Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:00am

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Senator Richard Di Natale

Recent Speaker
Leader of the Australian Greens
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Five months after becoming leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale will speak about his vision for the party and the nation.

To meet the global challenges of the 21st century and unlock our potential Australia needs leadership, not a lazy reliance on the solutions of the last century. The Greens have the leadership, vision and courage to chart a new course for a confident, caring and prosperous Australia.

Dr Richard Di Natale is the Leader of the Australian Greens. He has the portfolios of health, multiculturalism and sport.

Prior to entering parliament in 2011, Richard was a general practitioner and public health specialist. He worked in Aboriginal health in the Northern Territory, on HIV prevention in India and in the drug and alcohol sector.

Richard's achievements in parliament so far include: securing almost $5 billion towards Medicare-funded dentistry, winning a campaign to divest $250 million worth of tobacco stocks from the Future Fund, and spearheading senate inquiries into many issues of public significance such as dying with dignity, superbugs, hospital funding, budget cuts, medicinal cannabis, air pollution, pharmaceutical transparency and gambling reform.

Richard, his wife Lucy and two young sons live on a working farm in the foothills of Victoria's Otway Range. The son of Italian migrants, Richard grew up in Melbourne. He played VFA football for six years and is a long-suffering Richmond Tigers fan.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #1 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:06am Looking forward to it ...
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #2 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:09am How much further right will your glorious leader move the Greens? But there will be a ton of gestures, reams of hollow rhetoric.
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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 36190 Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:32am Thats a very good CV. i like that he is interested in dying with dignity, superbugs, hospital funding, tobacco and gambling. i like that he played football and lives on a farm. maybe he can be drafted to the liberal party. they could use someone with some life experience
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:39am Probably a lot easier to shift the progressive support base of the Liberals to the Greens. The Libs are a divided and warring party that would't like thinking people like Richard leading them. Especially those lib neoconservatives.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:47am Greens are just another flavor of Lib after all.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #6 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 9:14am Sure they are ... the more logical and progressive flavour of both old parties.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #7 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 9:48am No, conservative like the Libs, couple progressive figleaf policies is all.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #8 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 9:56am Conservative = not desiring change. Greens desire a revolution towards sustainability which is progressive in nature. Your logic doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
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Reply #9 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:00am

But the greens SAY they want that, but don’t ACT like it.

Voted no to the CPRS. Never ever forget that!

Insisted on a long period of fixed price ETS, made it easy for abbott to rescind.

Nope, NOTHING in the Greens voting record to suggest they are progressive. They even liked the wealthfare PPL brainfart of abbott.

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Reply #10 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:13am

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:00am:

But the greens SAY they want that, but don’t ACT like it.

Voted no to the CPRS. Never ever forget that!

Insisted on a long period of fixed price ETS, made it easy for abbott to rescind.

Nope, NOTHING in the Greens voting record to suggest they are progressive. They even liked the wealthfare PPL brainfart of abbott.

gees monk I do hope that smoking shed you plan to build will not be a polluting machine...nah of course it wouldnt be...no smoke without fire and fire is a no no... Roll Eyes

that pizza oven will have to go as well...makes far too much carbon. you will have to start getting used to RAW I am afraid... Grin

.. its the only way to save the planet...

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Reply #11 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:20am

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 9:56am:

Conservative = not desiring change.
Greens desire a revolution towards sustainability which is progressive in nature.

Your logic doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Yet in a way, the Greens ARE conservative. Do the Greens desire digging up our farmland for coal mines or do they want to leave the farmland as it is?

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Reply #12 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:34am

The Greens have to keep their wealthy, inner city professional base happy. So they never support anything that might cost that base any money—their base wanting to feel good about themselves while insisting they have to pay nothing to any real effort on climate change etc.

Greens—gestures, stunts and hollow rhetoric is all. Pretend left, pretend progressive.

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Reply #13 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:43am

Bam wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:20am:

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 9:56am:

Conservative = not desiring change.
Greens desire a revolution towards sustainability which is progressive in nature.

Your logic doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Yet in a way, the Greens ARE conservative. Do the Greens desire digging up our farmland for coal mines or do they want to leave the farmland as it is?

Coal mines destroying ground water, fertile land, and burning the coal has the negative ramifications we now are understanding ... this doesn't assist in stepping us towards a sustainable economy in the future.

It's the bigger picture that the Greens are progressive. A revolution towards a sustainable society and economy.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 49242 Gender:	Re: Today On The National Press Club Address Reply #14 - Sep 30^th, 2015 at 10:48am That would only apply if I was going to use coal in my cold smoker or pizza oven, cods. I have zero intention of doing that!
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