Why did Labor and Greens defeat anti-racism motion?

[Bart]

Labor, Greens defeat motion to censure 'toxic coconut' sledge


BY: LAUREN WILSON From: The Australian November 02, 2011.

LABOR and the Greens have voted down a Coalition motion to condemn environmentalists who called indigenous leaders "toxic coconuts" for speaking out in favour of the Kimberley gas hub.

Opposition indigenous spokesman Nigel Scullion yesterday demanded an explanation from the Gillard government and the Greens as to why they did not support the Coalition's motion to condemn the racial vilification.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6182992137

Just another example of the GALP's hypocrisy.
They want to censor anyone who criticises them, and hate it if anyone lampoons them or denigrates them (even the public) and then they want to be able to insult anyone they choose.

[mellie]

Hypocrisy at it's best, honestly, they must think we're stupid and cant see what they are doing.

Now the Greens wont even explain why they defeated the anti-racism motion, and neither will Labor.

The official line is "We just did".

[Bart]

Hypocrisy at it's best, honestly, they must think we're stupid and cant see what they are doing.

Now the Greens wont even explain why they defeated the anti-racism motion, and neither will Labor.

The official line is "We just did".

Because the Coalition thought of it first...and that's a No-No for the GALP

[mellie]

Hypocrisy at it's best, honestly, they must think we're stupid and cant see what they are doing.

Now the Greens wont even explain why they defeated the anti-racism motion, and neither will Labor.

The official line is "We just did".

Because the Coalition thought of it first...and that's a No-No for the GALP

No, there's more to it, basically, by agreeing to it acknowledges the fact that GALPS green supporters and loony environmentalists have altered their MOA, now rather than peacefully protest and hand out flyers, they are racially abusing, threatening and bulling Indigenous land-owners to meet GALP political objectives. Basically, it demonstrates just how extreme 'sick' they have become in recent years, quite ugly in fact, and this is not something GALP want the rest of Australia knowing about hence the hush.

In passing this motion, they would be admitting guilt.


GALP would rather not.

It's as simple as that.

[Bart]

thanks lady

[mellie]

thanks lady

My pleasure

[mellie]

AAP removed their copy of this article from their site all together. Interesting!

The Australian still has a copy, though you will need to search for the title of the article in their search bar to find it.

http://theaustralian.newspaperdirect.co ... iewer.aspx <-------Read full article here you may need to search for the articles title and author ......


2 Nov 2011The Australian LAUREN WILSON
Labor, Greens defeat motion to censure ‘toxic coconut’ sledge

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On Monday, October 31 2011 Nationals senator Ron Boswell put to the parliament a motion to register the concern of the Senate that the indigenous people who had voted in favour of the gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberly had ‘‘been victimised, unfairly pressured by some green and conservation groups and subjected to racial vilification through being referred to as ‘toxic coconuts’ ’’ in an anonymous newsletter circulated in Broome. The motion also called on the Greens and environmental groups, including World Wildlife Foundation and the Australian Conservation Foundation, to honour their 2007 pledge to the traditional landowners of the Kimberley to respect their decision on Woodside’s $30 billion Browse Basin gas hub proposal. Labor and the Greens voted the motion down in the Senate.

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I cant even find any parliamentary transcripts denoting to this motion having ever existed.

We know it did, but where have they hidden it?


Must be a secret.





This was pulled also...

Labor, Greens defeat motion to censure `toxic coconut' sledge
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[mellie]

I found it, it's on Pg 10

489 Senators Boswell, Scullion, Cash, Cormann, Eggleston, Back, Adams and
Johnston: To move—That the Senate—
(a) calls on the Australian Greens and green groups, including the World
Wildlife Foundation, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the
Conservation Council of Western Australia and the Wilderness Society, to
honour the promise they made in 2007 with the traditional land owners of
the Kimberley, to respect the decision of the Indigenous community in its
response to Woodside Gas’s proposal to process gas at James Price Point in
the Kimberley;
(b) recognises the right of the traditional land owners of the Kimberley to use
that land to create economic prosperity and employment opportunities for
the Indigenous people of that region for generations to come; and
(c) expresses concern that Indigenous people who have exercised this
self-determination and accepted a single hub at James Price Point have been
victimised, unfairly pressured by some green and conservation groups and
subjected to racial vilification through being referred to as ‘toxic coconuts’
in publicly distributed material

http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/work/notic ... pf_059.pdf


Again, why would Greens and Labor defeat this motion?


What happened to closing the gap?

[Bart]

thanks lady

My pleasure

No
It was my pleasure lady

[Bart]

What happened to closing the gap?

That only applies to nuns