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Media Release : 17th August 2010

CARBON TAX WON’T STOP POLLUTION

The plan by the Federal Labor Government, if re-elected on August 21, to create a tax on the carbon emitted from turning on a light is a massive confidence trick, unsupported by the history of our planet, says One Nation.

Carbon has been pouring into our atmosphere for millions of years from volcanoes, forest fires, meteorite collisions and earthquakes, and still is, but we can still see the stars and clear skies, said One Nation’s Senate team leader, Robert Edmonds.

"You don’t need to be a scientist to work out that the carbon and other pollutants that go up from forest fires eventually come down on the land and sea, which is why we have clear skies.

"Carbon pollution created by generating electricity and driving cars needs to be overcome by developing clean sources of energy, which is already happening, but they don’t justify a tax."

Mr. Edmonds said the government seemed to think that a tax on carbon would force people to use less electricity and force trucks, buses and cars to use less fuel.

Both of these objectives were impossible as Australia’s population continued to grow and increased the demand for electricity and fuel.

"The New Zealand Government has recently introduced an emissions trading tax that will cost industries, businesses and households hundreds of millions of dollars every year without causing any reduction in carbon pollution," Mr. Edmonds said.

"The only way a tax can reduce carbon pollution, which is also caused by the active volcanoes around the world, is by putting people out of business."

 

Media Release 9th August 2010

ELECTION WILL MAKE OR BREAK AUSTRALIA

The result of the federal election on August 21 will be a make or break outcome for all Australians or create a hung parliament in which neither a Liberal or Labor government can implement its policies properly, warns One Nation.

If the Labor Government is returned to office it will be so dependent on the support of the Greens that all mining projects, all commercial fishing, including recreational fishing, and all food production will be compromised.

"This would be a disaster for Australia by creating enormous unemployment problems and increasing the importation of food, which would put more food producers out of business," said Robert Edmonds, One Nation’s Senate team leader.

"The Greens need to be seen as environmental fanatics who put leaving our total environment as untouched as possible above all other considerations that involve some form of development.

"The Labor Party would have to support the Greens in what they want in order to get their own legislation passed."

Mr. Edmonds said that if a Liberal government were elected it too was likely to need the support of small, conservative political parties, such as One Nation, to get its legislation passed.

This too could be a serious outcome for Australia but for different reasons.

"My advice to voters at this election is to think about what is happening in Australia, look at the record of the present Labor Government and then cast an intelligent vote that would help the nation and not be destructive," Mr. Edmonds said.

Media Release 28th April 2010

Would-Be Migrants Include Terrorists Warning

The Federal Government’s weak and hopeless attempts to stop illegal migrants from coming into Australia, whether they are called refugees or not, would be laughable if they were not so serious, it’s claimed.

A federal election candidate for One Nation, Robert Edmonds, said no other country in the world, except perhaps New Zealand, would tolerate regular boatloads of illegal would-be migrants paying for a voyage to their coast.

"Most countries would use their navies to either tow the so-called people smugglers out to sea or sink the boats, rescue those on board and drop them off on the coast of the country they had just left," Mr. Edmonds said.

"In Australia, the Federal Government uses the navy to take the would-be migrants to our Christmas Island where we feed them, provide accommodation and medical care and then bring them into Australia.

"Because Christmas Island is full, the government is now bringing them straight into Australia, which is exactly what the would-be migrants want."

Mr. Edmonds said that apart from disrupting Australia’s immigration program, the would-be migrants were coming to Australian territory illegally, jumping the queue of legitimate migrants and posing a security threat.

It was no secret that many of the would-be migrants or so-called refugees were almost certainly members of terrorist groups wanting to infiltrate Australia.

"The Rudd Government clearly has no idea of how to handle the stream of potentially dangerous people now being brought into Australia," Mr. Edmonds said.

"The many thousands of legitimate refugees around the world are able to seek help from numerous aid agencies to enter Australia legally and this is assisted by us and other developed countries."

Media Release 17th March 2010

Public 'Increasingly Hostile To Police'

The South Australian Government’s policies concerning crime prevention and policing are causing an increasingly hostile, fed up and apathetic attitude by the public, claims a former police sergeant.

Wayne Rich, the Conservative Independent candidate for Napier in the March 20 election, says the hands of the police are tied in various aspects of crime prevention, not only by the restrictions of legislation and policy but also by unrealistic expectations by the government.

"The police are expected to perform short term reactive policing gains by committing already stretched resources to target the current ‘flavour of the month’ such as bikies or hoons to obtain instant political favour," Mr. Rich said.

"This means that other police responsibilities such as investigating reported crime, patrolling known hot spots for traffic or street offences or attending to reported disturbances or crimes suffer.

"With fewer police available to deal with these issues affecting ordinary South Australians, and with fewer resources available to them, it is not surprising that the police have to abandon pro-active and preventative efforts.

"They have to concentrate on reacting to reports and criticisms of an increasingly hostile, fed up and apathetic public."

Mr. Rich said that one of the many distressing aspects of SA’s legal system was the way the growing number of thugs could attack someone, particularly the elderly and infirm, steal their money and put them in hospital with broken limbs and spirits.

"Then, if caught and successfully prosecuted, these thugs receive a totally inadequate punishment."

Contact : Wayne Rich 0429 928 405 or email : richfornapier@gmail.com

Media release 17th March 2010

Nursing Home Residents Not Fed Claim

The treatment of residents in some South Australian nursing homes almost amounts to cruelty with meals being thrown away because of pressure on staff to follow specific time frames in which to perform their duties, it’s claimed.

Speaking from first hand experience as a former worker in a nursing home, Barbara Pannach, a One Nation team member for the Legislative Council in the March 20 elections, said the management of some nursing homes was in urgent need of government intervention to enforce prescribed standards of care.

"My job was to serve morning tea and lunch to residents with food prepared to counter loss of weight and dehydration, described as ‘build-up foods and beverages," Ms Pannach said.

"Because of the pressure on staff to stick to their roster schedules, it was not unusual for me to find the food had not been served to some of the residents when I collected their dishes, which meant I had to throw it away"

Ms Pannach said most of the staff worked extra hours without pay, including herself, to try to keep up with their workloads and duties.

"I was ashamed and guilty at the way some of the residents were left hungry at meal times and after a few weeks I walked out.

"Many of the other staff could not do this because they were single income people and had to put up with the pressure on them to carry out their duties as far as they could."

Ms Pannach said most of the funding in some homes seemed to go to management instead of the operation of the business and the front line staff who actually did the work.

Media Release 17th March 2010

Major Parties Ignore People's Concerns

The next South Australian Government, after the March 20 elections, is likely to be much more representative of the general public than the present Labor administration, says One Nation’s team leader for the Legislative Council, Robert Edmonds.

The number of independent MPs in the State Parliament had been slowly increasing in recent years but could rise significantly, along with minor parties, in the elections.

The next South Australian Government, after the March 20 elections, is likely to be much more representative of the general public than the present Labor administration, says One Nation’s team leader for the Legislative Council, Robert Edmonds.

The number of independent MPs in the State Parliament had been slowly increasing in recent years but could rise significantly, along with minor parties, in the elections.

Mr. Edmonds said there was a growing awareness by the public that the major parties tended to follow their own agendas instead of listening to the voters.

"The message I have been getting from voters is that their concerns are not even mentioned by the major parties in their campaign promises.

"Just about everyone is concerned about rising government charges but there have been no promises to reduce them by the Liberals or Labor.

"Just about everyone is concerned about Adelaide’s crime rate crisis but, again, neither the Liberals nor Labor have said anything about dealing with the causes of crime.

"Officially, Australia is a Christian country but neither the Liberals nor Labor have expressed any intention to bring back religious instruction in government schools."

Mr. Edmonds said most of the consequences of bad government that worried people seemed to be unknown to both the major parties, which were now in a contest to see who could waster the most on public money on unnecessary projects.Mr. Edmonds said there was a growing awareness by the public that the major parties tended to follow their own agendas instead of listening to the voters.

"The message I have been getting from voters is that their concerns are not even mentioned by the major parties in their campaign promises.

"Just about everyone is concerned about rising government charges but there have been no promises to reduce them by the Liberals or Labor.

"Just about everyone is concerned about Adelaide’s crime rate crisis but, again, neither the Liberals nor Labor have said anything about dealing with the causes of crime.

"Officially, Australia is a Christian country but neither the Liberals nor Labor have expressed any intention to bring back religious instruction in government schools."

Mr. Edmonds said most of the consequences of bad government that worried people seemed to be unknown to both the major parties, which were now in a contest to see who could waste the most  public money on unnecessary projects.

 Media Release 17th March 2010

Major Parties 'Wasting Money'

South Australia’s Labor Government and the alternative administration, the Liberals, both seem to think the public will vote for the politicians who offer the best way to waste millions and billions of dollars, says the Conservative Independent candidate for Mawson in the March 20 elections, Michael Lee.

The Labor Government wanted to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital at a cost of around $3 billion while the Liberal Opposition was offering to build sports facilities at a cost of several million dollars.

"Both major parties seem unaware that crime in its various forms has become a crisis and that strategies need to be devised and implemented to deal with the causes of crime to begin slowing it down.

"The crime rate is particularly bad for the whole of Adelaide and in Mawson we also have several local problems, which probably applies to other electorates.

"The sweeping promises that have been made by the two major parties that affect Mawson are not reassuring because the problems have been with us for some years."

Mr. Lee said health and hospital care for people living in Mawson was almost non-existent and the rural nature of the electorate now needed to be protected from developers.

Media Release 23rd February 2010

Emergency Powers Needed For Crime

The incidence of crime and drug distribution and addiction in Adelaide has reached crisis proportions that require emergency action by the state government, says Barbara Pannach, a One Nation candidate for the Legislative Council in the March 20 elections.

The new government after March 20 needed to bring in emergency legislation to give the police and the courts the powers necessary to be effective in catching, prosecuting and jailing criminals, who now seemed able to break the law openly and get away with it.

"We have armed hold-ups nearly every day, drugs being sold almost openly on the streets and now a car bomb, which really is the last straw in destroying Adelaide as a safe city," Ms Pannach said.

"We also have regular home invasions and hundreds of families whose children, mainly young males, have committed suicide through not being able to get the help they needed for drug addiction and mental illness, a plague that often begins at school."

Ms Pannach said she lost her own son through inadequate treatment for drug addiction and that Adelaide’s Hindley Street on Friday and Saturday nights was a focal point for lawlessness and criminal behaviour for anyone to see.

"We all know that the current Labor Government concerns itself with the rights of the criminal, as required by the United Nations, but I think most people have had enough of being afraid to go out at night and the risk of being attacked in their own homes.

"The police almost certainly know the identity of many of the drug dealers and other criminals from their own intelligence system but they need additional powers to be able to act on this information and not be stopped by legal technicalities," Ms Pannach said.

Media Release 18th February 2010

Criminal Behaviour a Fact of Life

Government measures to protect the interests of South Australians are falling apart in almost every area of public administration and the state needs politicians with different attitudes, says Michael Lee, Conservative Independent candidate for Mawson in the March 20 elections.

"The government’s education system is producing semi-literates, barely able to read and write and incapable of mental arithmetic, the health system in Mawson is almost non-existent and crime, in all its forms, has become a fact of life," Mr. Lee said.

"The use and abuse of drugs has also become a fact of life, with hundreds of families losing their sons as a result of addiction and mental illness.

"In addition, we have every business, small and large, trying to survive and employ people while coping with endless laws and regulations that have the effect of stifling free enterprise."

Mr. Lee said the Labor Government clearly had no idea of how to run the state for the benefit of South Australians.

The state’s rising crime rate and the seriousness of it, now including car bombing, clearly showed the government's confusion over its support for the rights of the criminal, as required by the United Nations, and what it should do to pretend to the public that it was taking action.

"We have armed robberies nearly every day, regular home invasions and now a car bomb, in addition to people already being afraid to go out at night and no longer feeling safe in their homes," Mr. Lee said.

Media Release 5th February 2010

Bring Back Christianity In Schools

The next government in South Australia after the March 20 election needs to restore Christian religious instruction in state schools to counter the growing influence of Islam and other foreign belief systems, says One Nation

The party’s team leader for the Legislative Council, Robert Edmonds, says Australia was founded as a Christian country but is now mainly a secular nation for a variety of social reasons.

"One of the reasons is that Labor governments have banned Christian religious instruction in state schools, partly so as not to offend Muslims and other non-Christians who have come to Australia to live," Mr. Edmonds said.

"It is also Labor policy, reinforced by the United Nations, which effectively says the customs and traditions of English speaking Christian countries must be suppressed where they may offend the beliefs of other nations.

"Various characters in children’s books, various poems and songs are now banned in our society on the grounds that they are politically incorrect and are offensive to various migrants."

Mr. Edmonds said Australia was still officially a Christian country and the government needed to help restore a national tradition by at least giving parents the opportunity for their children to receive Christian religious instruction.

"At a national level, the Federal Government needs to consider imposing a temporary moratorium on all people from Muslim countries while it deals with the illegal flood of so-called refugees," Mr. Edmonds said.

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Statements authorised by Mr. Stan Batten,

South Australian State President for One Nation,

PO Box 10277, Adelaide Business Centre, SA 5000.