🚀 go-pugleaf

The Senate has been uniformly bagged for not reflecting popular
opinion by passing the Andrews Bill, with the outcome being
reflected as bipartisan. However, according to David Aldridge,
letters editor for the Herald Sun, in the House of Reps, '..just
13 per cent of Liberals voted against the (Andrews) Bill! For the
Nationals it was 11 per cent, the CLP (NT Liberals) 100 per cent, 
the ALP 43 per cent and Independents 20 per cent.'

This pattern in the Reps clearly shows that the majority of the
Coalition was either completely out of step with public opinion,
or it was a sham 'conscience' vote. While, as much as David Moss 
is *certain* to protest otherwise, the ALP's voting pattern in
the reps does appear to reflect a conscience vote. In particular,
when one considers the Liberal Party's manifesto of standing for
'A lean government that minimises interference in our daily lives and
maximises individual initiative,' the Coalition's voting pattern
on THIS Bill, in the Reps, stands in stark contradiction!    

The Coalition, and supporters like David Moss, would prefer this
not be widely known, because, if it were, the real anger a
lot of people feel might be targetted at the Coalition in
the ballot box, as opposed to harmlessly diffused across The
Senate generally, as it now seems to be. It remains to
be seen whether this stays in the 'fool most of the people
most of the time' category.

Whether it does or not, the Coalition and 'wowsers' currently
seems to be synonymous!

Carol