Rudder Party Policies

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Aidan · #1 Post by **Aidan** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:24 am

Well it now looks as if Rudd will be able to seize back Labor before the next election, but as I said in the other thread, this isn't a single issue party. So, as promised, this thread will include more policies.

Stopping the boats

Those arriving on unseaworthy vessels will be processed offshore, but anyone arriving on a seaworthy vessel will be processed in Australia.

Cattle boats to Indonesia would be allowed to carry refugees on the return journey.

More policies tomorrow.

[Shuz] · #2 Post by **[Shuz]** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:17 am

I'm not sure if you're serious, or just taking the piss?

dsriggs · #3 Post by **dsriggs** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:39 am

A bad thread.

Nort · #4 Post by **Nort** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:34 pm

This thread is bad and you should feel bad.

Aidan · #5 Post by **Aidan** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:26 pm

Nort wrote:This thread is bad and you should feel bad.

Why is it bad? I said in the original Rudder Party thread that I'd announce some policies in a different thread to see how it changes people's opinions. Nobody raised an objection when I told them I'd do so - so why is it so bad when I keep my word?

Is it the fact that I started with a controversial policy that makes it bad? With hindsight I should've started with infrastructure, but I was rather tired and I thought the refugee policy would be quicker to explain.

Is it the policy itself that you think is bad? If so, why should I feel bad? It avoids the cruelty of Howard's policy (which Gillard seems determined to replicate) yet it also avoids the situation where refugees are put in terrible danger. And when so many refugees want to go to Australia in whatever boat will take them, why should the cattle boats have to return here empty?

[Shuz] · #6 Post by **[Shuz]** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:26 am

Oh, he's serious.

Nort · #7 Post by **Nort** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:38 pm

Aidan wrote:
Nort wrote:This thread is bad and you should feel bad.
Why is it bad? I said in the original Rudder Party thread that I'd announce some policies in a different thread to see how it changes people's opinions. Nobody raised an objection when I told them I'd do so - so why is it so bad when I keep my word?

Is it the fact that I started with a controversial policy that makes it bad? With hindsight I should've started with infrastructure, but I was rather tired and I thought the refugee policy would be quicker to explain.

Is it the policy itself that you think is bad? If so, why should I feel bad? It avoids the cruelty of Howard's policy (which Gillard seems determined to replicate) yet it also avoids the situation where refugees are put in terrible danger. And when so many refugees want to go to Australia in whatever boat will take them, why should the cattle boats have to return here empty?

The original thread was silly as well because it completely ignored the reality of how our system of government works.

Let's say your Rudder party gets the balance of power. It goes without saying that they wouldn't support a Coalition government, so then it comes down to a choice of either supporting Labor with the current Labor leader, or forcing the country to a new election, at which point your new party will likely be punished by the electorate.

Matt · #8 Post by **Matt** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:31 pm

What's the point of any of this?