Anzac Day

[brian ross]

we need to hold the people who have done this to us accountable...

the Greens...

Labor.. who take on Greens policy because they can't win without them.. thats why they are now a coalition....

the Labor/Greens Party...

vote for them at your own destruction....

The ALP is not in coalition at all, except in your wild imagination, Mechie. Tsk, tsk, do you enjoy repeating your lies all the time? The ALP hates the Greens. They see them as a danger to their voting base. They will not enter a coalition with them - unless desperate.

I wonder why you ignore the long history of both major parties with mass immigration?

[The Mechanic]

we need to hold the people who have done this to us accountable...

the Greens...

Labor.. who take on Greens policy because they can't win without them.. thats why they are now a coalition....

the Labor/Greens Party...

vote for them at your own destruction....

The ALP is not in coalition at all, except in your wild imagination, Mechie. Tsk, tsk, do you enjoy repeating your lies all the time? The ALP hates the Greens. They see them as a danger to their voting base. They will not enter a coalition with them - unless desperate.

I wonder why you ignore the long history of both major parties with mass immigration?

unbelievable Brian...

the Greens were in coalition wiht the last Federal Government... all they did was push Greens policies and shut australia down...

the last Tasmanian Labor government were a coalition with the Greens and they were shutting Tasmania down with idiotic greens polices...

Both times the people threw them back out again...

every time they do the polls each fortnight its two party preferred ...

in other words.. they show the figures of Greens preferences going to Labor...
the people

[brian ross]

The ALP is not in coalition at all, except in your wild imagination, Mechie. Tsk, tsk, do you enjoy repeating your lies all the time? The ALP hates the Greens. They see them as a danger to their voting base. They will not enter a coalition with them - unless desperate.

I wonder why you ignore the long history of both major parties with mass immigration?

unbelievable Brian...

the Greens were in coalition wiht the last Federal Government... all they did was push Greens policies and shut australia down...

Evidence, Mechie? Where is your evidence there was any formal coalition agreement between the ALP and the Greens? Or you don't have any, do you?

the last Tasmanian Labor government were a coalition with the Greens and they were shutting Tasmania down with idiotic greens polices...

That was a decade or so ago, Mechie. I don't believe they "shut down" anything. They attempted to change the direction that Tasmania was intent on pursuing, nothing more.

Both times the people threw them back out again...

The people of Tasmania? Perhaps. I'll admit I don't follow Tasmanian politics all that much. Who does who doesn't live in the Apple Isle? Federally, the ALP lost because it had a highly effective opposition which publically opposed everything it did and used personal abuse of the then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and of course you have the MSM under Murdoch which was opposed to a female PM. Tsk, tsk. The Greens had one seat in the House. It had IIRC two in the Senate. Hardly worth bothering with, really.

every time they do the polls each fortnight its two party preferred ...

So, why your concern about the Greens? They don't even get polled for, by your own admission. According to the pollsters, they're a minor party, which you've effectively admitted to.

in other words.. they show the figures of Greens preferences going to Labor...
the people

And the Nationals going to the Liberals. You appear unconcerned by the Nationals for some strange reason...

You do understand how the preferential voting system works, don't you, Mechie? It appears not. Too complicated for you simple mind?

[brian ross]

Women to lead Darwin's Anzac Day march for first time

[The Mechanic]

Brian - Where is your evidence there was any formal coalition agreement between the ALP and the Greens? Or you don't have any, do you?

tsk tsk Brian...

you know I've never been wrong... I don't just "say" stuff like you do..

ever hears of the Labor Greens Accord??

I would suggest you go look it up..

Labor–Green Accord

Environmental concessions


In return for the promise of stable government, the Parliamentary Accord committed both parties to work towards common objectives, balancing broad changes to environmental management policies with Tasmania's economic and employment concerns.[5] Several environmental and social policies requested by the Greens were implemented,[6] including:

a moratorium on logging in National Estate areas not already approved
a limit on the state's woodchip export quota
ending the attempts to build a pulp mill at Wesley Vale, and closure of a chip mill in the Huon

Tasmania’s Labor-Green state government is in deep political trouble. Five months out from an anticipated March state election, the government is not waving but drowning.

A stagnating economy with high unemployment has generated a broad sense of despair. Many Tasmanians feel that this government’s progressive policy priorities - euthanasia, same-sex marriage, animal welfare and removal of plastic bags from supermarkets – are misplaced.

the place was falling apart and all the Labor-Greens government was worries about was bloody plastic bags and men bumming each other.. ffs...

any wonder they were thrown out..

[mellie]

Sydney is putting up huge concrete bollards as a deterrent against a terrorist attack. What a sad thing this is to see.

Let's hope it all goes smoothly and is commemorated in the way it is intended.

Lest We Forget.

Lest we forget

[brian ross]

Spare a thought on this day for...

[brian ross]

Brian - Where is your evidence there was any formal coalition agreement between the ALP and the Greens? Or you don't have any, do you?

tsk tsk Brian...

you know I've never been wrong... I don't just "say" stuff like you do..

You spout outlandish bullshit and innuendo in the main, Mechie and then refuse generally to actually engage with who ever has shown your bullshit to be bullshit.

ever hears of the Labor Greens Accord??

I would suggest you go look it up..

Labor–Green Accord

Environmental concessions


In return for the promise of stable government, the Parliamentary Accord committed both parties to work towards common objectives, balancing broad changes to environmental management policies with Tasmania's economic and employment concerns.[5] Several environmental and social policies requested by the Greens were implemented,[6] including:

a moratorium on logging in National Estate areas not already approved
a limit on the state's woodchip export quota
ending the attempts to build a pulp mill at Wesley Vale, and closure of a chip mill in the Huon

An accord over 30 years ago, Mechie. An accord is not a "coalition agreement". It was local to Tasmania, not Federally, which is what you have been implying. Tsk, tsk, caught out again, hey? Naughty, naughty, Mechie.

Tasmania’s Labor-Green state government is in deep political trouble. Five months out from an anticipated March state election, the government is not waving but drowning.

Tasmania's ALP Government hasn't been in power since then. Tsk, tsk, talk about dredging deeply.

How does that prove your claim there was a Labor-Green Coalition in the Federal Parliament? Mmmm? Tsk, tsk. Caught lying again, hey?

the place was falling apart and all the Labor-Greens government was worries about was bloody plastic bags and men bumming each other.. ffs...

any wonder they were thrown out..

A long, long, time ago. They learnt their lesson, don't you think?

Their has never been an ALP-Greens Coalition Federally. Funny how you've not produced any evidence of one, hey?

Bullshit artists annoy me.

[Neferti]

Their has never been an ALP-Greens Coalition Federally. Funny how you've not produced any evidence of one, hey?

The ACT has an ALP-Greens Government. It was a hung government (again) and guess who the Greens went with? The Greens are leftards.

Sure, it isn't a "formal" coalition but .......... vote Green, you are a leftard.

The Federal COALITION is a different kettle of fish.

The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party and the National Party (previously known as the Country Party and National Country Party). The parties have different voter bases, with the Liberals – the larger party – drawing most of their vote from urban areas and the Nationals operating almost exclusively in rural and regional areas. They occupy a broadly similar place on the political spectrum, although certain ideologies are more prevalent in each party. The partnership between the two current parties dates back to 1946, shortly after the Liberal Party was formed, and has continued almost uninterrupted since then. The Country Party also maintained similar alliances with the Liberal Party's predecessors, the United Australia Party and Nationalist Party. The first such arrangement was formed in 1923, as a solution to the hung parliament that resulted from the 1922 federal election.

Coalition = 95 years!

[Neferti]

ANZAC BISCUITS

Ingredients

2 level cups / 200g / 6 oz rolled oats

1 level cup / 125g / 4 1/2 oz plain flour

1/2 cup / 105g / 3 1/2 oz granulated sugar

125g / 4 1/2 oz butter

1 extra generous Tbsp golden syrup

1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda

2 tbsp. boiling water

Method

Pre-set oven 170F/150C, and line two baking trays with baking paper.

Put the oats, flour and sugar into a large bowl and mix well.

Melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat, dip tablespoon in hot water and then use to measure the golden syrup, stir till dissolved and just coming to the boil - remove from heat source (but don't allow it to cool).

Stir the bicarbonate of soda with the measured boiling water until its dissolved then add to the pan of hot melted butter and golden syrup.

Stir until it 'froths up'- immediately add to the dry ingredients and mix all together.

Taking teaspoons or a flat dessert spoon of the mixture - place it in your hand, bring together by rolling into a ball, place 5 cm apart on the baking sheet (they will spread).

The biscuits need to be flattened slightly - use the base of a glass or, press down with a fork dipped in a little flour (this will stop it sticking).

Put trays in a pre heated oven for 15 - 18 minutes until golden (they will still be soft)

Leave the biscuits on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. When the biscuits are cold store them in an air tight tin.