Thoughts from a Bulldozer Driver

 Below is an open letter that I presented to a member of the local National Party branch.  The letter was presented to a meeting which included our (State) local sitting member. As yet, I have had no reply. I'll keep you posted. Dear Nationals I am one of the many thousands of conservative voters looking for somewhere to park my vote. I have been voting for around 35 or 40 years and while I traditionally voted Liberal or Nationals, I have not voted Nationals or Liberal since the 2007 Federal Election. And I will explain why shortly. At the recent Tasmanian state election, something like 34% of voters selected a minor party, with the bulk of those votes going to the Greens. At the most recent Federal election in 2022, the LNP and the Nationals (not including Liberal Party) combined primary was less than 12%. (To be fair, the Nationals don't contend that many seats, but these are the statistics from the AEC Tally Room web page). At the same election, around 20% voted for indepen...

  Farming is under attack. Globally. I first shared my thoughts on this in 2022 . Since then, there's been a movement of action throughout Europe, who's farmers have been the hardest hit. Farmers have been protesting in parts of Europe for a few years now, but over the last few months their numbers have increased immensely. Not that you’d know by watching/listening/reading our mainstream media in Australia. For some reason our legacy media have decided that this uprising across Europe isn’t worth reporting. It’s not that it isn't interesting…. It’s because the protests are standing up to, and fighting against, the accepted common narrative that the elites of our world have commanded. Therefore, finding facts and pinpointing just what the Farmers are demanding, and which policies they object to, has proven difficult. There’s nothing of substance on any of our major media outlets' websites. But the protests are in fact big news. In recent weeks the protest activity has ra...

Last October (2023), I had the great fortune to meet and spend a few minutes in discussion with Professor Ian Plimer. He graciously signed my copy of his book Green Murder that he had recently published. During our conversation, I asked him what his next book might be about. He replied that an idea he was working on was “How to Destroy Australia”.I don’t know if Professor Plimer is actually working on such a book, but it got me thinking. Here’s my list. (With apologies to Prof Plimer) How to ruin Australia (according to Howard, and in no particular order) 1. Destroy the family unit Make Dads optional Sublet the raising of children by institutions Blur gender roles of parents Destroy traditional family roles Put Men and Women into competition with each other Make children ignorant of religion and Judeo/Christian ethics and values Leave it to schools to teach morals, virtue and ethics Minimise child-to-grandparent experiences Propagate and enforce an atmosphere of fear. 2. Destroy the...

I've changed my mind. About a great many things. Mainly thanks to Covid and the stupid response to it.  I came to realise my shift in opinions last time that I completed a "political compass" quiz. Over the last (probably) 10 years or so, I check in with an online "political compass" which not only gives you a graphic indication of where you sit politically, it's a good device to get you thinking about your own principles and prejudices rather than just policy of the day. (There are a few available online. Try this one yourself HERE .) When I last checked in, I found that a lot of my answers were different from previous tests. This got me thinking about what has changed for me and how I might be thinking about some things a bit differently. Following is a list of those things. It is by no means complete and not in any particular order.  United Nations. From the most noble of beginnings, the United Nations was born out of WWII with the intent to prevent war...