Very emotive.....not surprising really from our Scotty boy.
This guy is fighting for his political life....and on a hiding to nowhere.
A few undisputed facts wouldn't go astray, rather than the hyperbole spewing forth from a Senator that is just about to get kicked out.
1. This guy failed to retain his seat at the Sept 7 election, with the initial count.
2. It was only after the AEC lost the 1,370 votes that a recount was ordered.
3. The result from that recount saw Dio Wang from Palmer United Party and Louise Pratt from Labor dumped in favour of Scott Ludlam from Greens and Wayne Dropulich from Sports Enthusiasts Party elected. But then the High Court stepped in and ruled the whole lot were a joke. Go back and do it again.
4. WA is more Liberal and anti-Green than any other state in the country, except Qld.
5. The Green vote slumped nationally from 11.76% in 2010 back down into single figures to 8.65% in 2013.
6. The Green vote slumped in WA from 13.13% in 2010 back down into single figures to just 9.74% in 2013.
7. The Liberals in WA during Sept 2013 received 47.3% of the primary vote, by far the highest in the nation.
This Greens Senator who is about to be dumped is having his last hurrah. He voted for both the Carbon Tax and the Mining Tax, both extremely unpopular here in WA. So much so, the Labor member for Perth spoke to her Labor buddies in Canberra just last week to drop their Senate blocking resistance to repeal the Mining Tax.
She knows how unpopular the Mining Tax here in WA. It's job destroying and confidence destroying. She knows both the Greens and Labor are on the nose here in WA. Labor only got 28.76% of the vote in Sept 2013. Ouch !!
They (Bill Shorten and co) told her to sit down and shut up.
Labor (and the Greens) are acutely aware that this is a Senate only election, so the 3 lower house Labor members here in WA don't need the support of the Greens to get them over the line. Their second Labor Senator (Louise Pratt) is under huge threat. Labor's # 1 on their Senate ticket - Joe Bullock - the old union boss is assured of a Senate seat....joy.
Expect Labor to dump the Greens to bolster Pratt's chances. Their cosy deal is off the table. Should make it interesting !!
My quietly confident prediction of the upcoming fresh Senate vote in WA will see the following 6 Senators returned to Canberra come July 1st ;
Liberals - 3
Labor - 2
Palmer United - 1
In the coming 4 weeks, we'll be bombarded with fervent speeches just like this, from all sides of politics, but at the end of the day that number configuration won't change.
What certainly won't change is the Australian Govt. If you don't like Tony Abbott or the coalition in charge, sit back and relax, you're in for a very long journey.
What will change in the very near future ??
1. This Greens Senator will be kicked out.
2. SA will finally dump Labor and elect a new Liberal led Govt to commence getting that basket case economy back on track.
3. Tasmania will finally dump this Green led Labor Govt they've had for over a decade. Given the Greens influence for so long down there, I don't see the Tasmanian economy recovering any time soon. It will require massive GST propping up like it is currently getting for some time yet.
It will be wall to wall Liberal Govts throughout the land, except for the ACT.
That'll get the twitter and facebook world into a hyperspin. No "going viral" needed.
