{"id":10221,"date":"2009-11-14T01:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=10221"},"modified":"2009-11-15T00:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-11-14T14:06:12","slug":"anarchy-catholicism-democracy-greenery-independence-labour-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=10221","title":{"rendered":"Anarchy, Catholicism, Democracy, Greenery, Independence, Labor&#8230; Higgins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten candidates have put their hands up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aec.gov.au\/Elections\/supplementary_by_elections\/2009-higgins\/index.htm\">the Federal seat of Higgins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>1. Stephen Murphy &#8212; Independent [&#8220;climate sceptic&#8221;]<br \/>\n2. Fiona Patten &#8212; Australian Sex Party<br \/>\n3. Kelly O&#8217;Dwyer &#8212; Liberal Party*<br \/>\n4. Isaac Roberts &#8212; Liberal Democrats [&#8220;libertarian&#8221;]<br \/>\n5. Clive Hamilton &#8212; Greens<br \/>\n6. David Collyer &#8212; Australian Democrats<br \/>\n7. Joseph Toscano &#8212; Independent [&#8220;anarchist&#8221;]<br \/>\n8. Steve Raskovy &#8212; One Nation<br \/>\n9. Peter Brohier &#8212; Independent<br \/>\n10. John Mulholland &#8212; Democratic Labor Party<\/p>\n<p>*Winner.<\/ul>\n<p>Making it a ding-dong battle for last.<\/p>\n<p><em>See<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/news.theage.com.au\/breaking-news-national\/labor-disrespectful-of-higgins-voters-20091113-idsz.html\">Liberals draw third spot in Higgins<\/a>, Steve Lillebuen, <em>The Age<\/em> [AAP], November 13, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Moar You Know&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. <em>Stephen Murphy<\/em> is a &#8220;climate-change skeptic&#8221;. In fact, he is a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatesceptics.com.au\/\">&#8216;The Climate Sceptics&#8217;<\/a>. You can find out moar about Stephen at his <a href=\"http:\/\/besceptical.blogspot.com\/\">blog<\/a>. &#8220;I strongly believe that we have been mislead on the issue of climate change. I can find no credible scientific evidence supporting the claim that human CO2 emissions are causing dangerous global warming &#8211; can you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. <em>Fiona Patten<\/em> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexparty.org.au\/\">Australian Sex Party<\/a> also has a bone to pick &#8212; with Clive Hamilton. Not because of Hamilton&#8217;s concerns over global warming, but his &#8216;clean living&#8217; and &#8216;nannying&#8217; approach to the availability of sexually-explicit material (pornography): &#8220;He might have some great economic ideas but it is frightening that the Greens will endorse a candidate with such Nanny philosophies. When you consider that he joins another anti-sex campaigner endorsed by the Greens, Kathleen Maltzahn, we could be starting to see the rise of a morally conservative streak in the Greens as they increase their vote&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexparty.org.au\/index.php\/blog\/543-clean-living-clive\">Clean Living Clive<\/a>, fiona patten, October 25, 2009).<\/p>\n<p>3. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/kellyodwyer.com.au\/\">Kelly O&#8217;Dwyer<\/a><\/em> is a Tory and a former adviser to Peter <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1687\">&#8216;Catch the Fire&#8217;<\/a> Costello. She is also the next Member for Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>4. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/isaacroberts.com\/\">Isaac Roberts<\/a><\/em> &#8212; Liberal Democrats. The Mystery Candidate. A Dark Horse.<\/p>\n<p>5. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clivehamilton.net.au\">Clive Hamilton<\/a><\/em> &#8212; Greens. A well-known face, Hamilton will come second to O&#8217;Dwyer.<\/p>\n<p>6. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinkumdemocrats.com\/democrats-nominate-collyer-for-higgins\/\">David Collyer<\/a><\/em> &#8212; Australian Democrats. Yes, they still exist. \u201cWe are the voice of middle Australia, the party of moderation and progress,\u201d Collyer said at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinkumdemocrats.com\/democrats-nominate-collyer-for-higgins\/\">announcement<\/a> of his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>7. &#8216;Uncle&#8217; <em>Joseph Toscano<\/em> &#8212; of the Anarchist Media Institute \/ \u2018Anarchist World This Week\u2019 \/ Citizens For A Royal Commission into Corruption \/ Defend &#038; Extend Medicare Group \/ Direct Democracy Not Parliamentary Rule (<em>nee<\/em> Vote Informal Today, Direct Democracy Tomorrow) \/ Libertarian Workers For A Self-Managed Society \/ People for Constitutional Human Rights \/ Reclaim the Radical Spirit of the Eureka Rebellion \/ Sedition Charter \/ Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner Commemoration Committee &#8212; is the go-to man for <em>The Age<\/em>&#8216;s gossip column, and its favourite local anarchist. A one-man anarchist band, the indefatigable Doctor Toscano has been declaiming anarchy for over thirty years, and contested numerous elections, receiving up to 0.2% support in various tilts at the Federal Senate:<\/p>\n<ul><strong>YEAR<\/strong> : <strong>VOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1990 : 215<br \/>\n1993 : 171<br \/>\n1996 : 1,998<br \/>\n1998 : 2,173<br \/>\n2001 : 1,364<br \/>\n2004 : 3,393<br \/>\n2007 : 5,663<\/ul>\n<p>8. <em>Steve Raskovy<\/em> (OAM) is a 76-year-old anti-immigrant Hungarian migrant and former wrestler (1964 Tokyo Olympics) who lives in Ringwood. &#8220;Unfortunately Pauline Hanson made a few racist comments,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But it\u2019s different now, our treasurer is Dutch, the state director is Italian&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/progress-leader.whereilive.com.au\/news\/story\/raskovy-in-for-one-more-shot-at-seat\/\">Raskovy in for one more shot at seat<\/a>, Bianca Carmona, <em>Progress Leader<\/em>, November 10, 2009). <\/p>\n<p>One Nation is the tenth party Raskovy has joined, and he will also be failing to obtain a seat in the Federal Senate on behalf of One Nation at next year&#8217;s Federal election. He &#8220;joined One Nation because he knows the horrors of living under a totalitarian regime where only one way of thinking is tolerated [and] people can be jailed for speaking their views&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>9. <em>Peter Brohier<\/em> is a law-talking guy and a proponent of a &#8216;National Sea Highway&#8217;: &#8220;The National Sea Highway concept is that Tasmania should be connected to Victoria by a ferry-based surface travel option offering, all year, comprehensive National Highway equivalence for both people, vehicles and non-bulk freight.&#8221; Brohier is bursting with lots of other ideas to reform the state&#8217;s transport systems &#8212; <em>but will the citizens of Higgins pay attention?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>10. <em>John Mulholland<\/em> &#8212; Democratic Labor Party. A descendant of the party born in 1954 and dying &#8212; or at least being in extremely poor health &#8212; in 1978, the DLP was re-born\/the zombie stumbles on in its home state of Victoria, and remains a home-away-from-home for right-wing Catholics and Protestants (<em>see<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/turning-hard-right-the-battle-for-right-to-life-20090822-euhh.html\">Turning hard right: the battle for Right to Life<\/a>, Michael Bachelard, <em>The Age<\/em>, August 23, 2009). Weirdly, the DLP website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlp.org.au\/campaigns_2.html\">states<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The DLP is not running a candidate for the Higgins By-election. Due to [an] anomaly in the registration of candidates with the AEC, Mr Dominic Farrell, the candidate pre-selected by the DLP executive to represent the DLP at the Higgins By-election[,] has been unable to stand. The DLP hopes to stand Mr Farrell at the next Federal election.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>And yet, it moves!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/larvatusprodeo.net\/2009\/10\/26\/clive-hamilton-and-higgins\/\">Clive Hamilton and Higgins<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/larvatusprodeo.net\/2009\/10\/29\/green-on-the-greens-in-higgins\/\">Green on The Greens in Higgins II<\/a>, Larvatus Prodeo, October 26 &#038; 29, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten candidates have put their hands up for the Federal seat of Higgins: 1. Stephen Murphy &#8212; Independent [&#8220;climate sceptic&#8221;] 2. Fiona Patten &#8212; Australian Sex Party 3. Kelly O&#8217;Dwyer &#8212; Liberal Party* 4. 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