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- Troy on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I have seen this family fighting day after day for months trying to get their kids/siblings back home. The dedication and ... more
- Pauline on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS have destroyed my own family. They failed in their duty of care to provide a baby moniter for the deaf , thousands of ... more
- Christine on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' isn't it funny how DHS don't recognise the psychological effects of domestic violence on children and continue to allow ... more
- Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' There is a family In the Cairns Area who are Foster Carers.Atherton Child Safety have threatened the carers and own ... more
- duncan on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i have spent time with this family. it is a house full of love. "mum", grandfather and older sblings.this cannot be an issue ... more
- Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Family Law is different from the rest of the law in this country.. Ie. Family Law is based on probability: ie if it might ... more
- carol annetta on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' having known this family for some time i am disgusted with the treatment she has received. it seems more of a witch hunt ... more
- Maureen Hillary on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Derryn,I have counselled traumatized parents as a result of DHS staff.There are great staff workers who care but they ... more
- Janet Tavener on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I am a visitor to this country.My attention was drawn to the case of these children and their foster mother by a relative of ... more
- sam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Happening in Tasmania also.Wewon a court case over 8 months ago and due process still hasn't been done.We spent 17,000 ... more
- Anne Glover on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I just cannot believe what the DHS has put the Foster Mother, and the children through - I thought the DHS was supposed to ... more
- Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS are the most disgraceful organization I have ever had the displeasure of becoming involved with. They are so ... more
- Vicki on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hi Derryn,I have known this carer since primary school, she has always put others above herself. Being a carer myself I know ... more
- Gran'ma Pam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' As any of us with any sense know, these children should NEVER have been taken from this lady (mum) in the first place, they ... more
- Dominic Lombardo on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I see my daughter every six months DHS are conducting a vendetta against me I have not been told why I can only see her ... more
- cassy houghton on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hello Derryn,Firstly i would like to thankyou for your support and the willingness to help this beautiful family.I ... more
- Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Im a carer also in Qld. I see this happen way too much from our Government. They are starting to use Carers own children as ... more
- paul on "I'll pay the fee," says Hinch I believe what Liberal Party has done is stupid. But I feel for candidates like Joh Bauch and James Buonopane who want to ... more
- Andrea on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Why are these public servants allowed to blatantly flout the law without the same consequences the rest of society faces? I ... more
- birth mother on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i am the birth morther of these 4 children and i just want to say dhs dont care they just want the kids in care so they can ... more
'Three Amigos' not that independent?
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HINCH: Is it starting to dawn on you: Who the hell are these guys? The Three Amigos?
The triumvirate exercising political muscle beyond their wildest dreams to decide not only who will run the Government for the next three years but what sort of government they will run?
Their wish list, the Seven deadly sins, insists that whomever gets/wins/cajoles/buys their vote must guarantee his or her government will run a full three years until August 2013.
Now, I think a set term is great. A four-year term would be even better. But shouldn’t that be put to a referendum for all Australians at the next election?
None of these guys wants to be a member of Cabinet apparently and none wants to be Speaker because that would neuter their power but they all want to be powerbrokers and you wonder where the wish list will end.
Now Bob Katter is talking about redrawing the borders of Queensland and the Northern Territory and turning the NT into a state called North-Western Australia. Not a bad idea either but should that be a bargaining chip as we lurch through this crisis?
And you wonder what the country voters in the electorates of Kennedy, New England and Wynne are thinking as the men they elected on Saturday are flirting with Julia Gillard.
A Galaxy poll taken in the electorates of Katter, Windsor and Oakeshott shows that in all three, not surprisingly as they are all former National seats, overwhelmingly the punters want an Abbott government.
To the question: Would you support your local member backing Tony Abbott the result was 55% in favour, 37% against and 8% uncommitted.
To a similar Gillard question the answer was only 37% in favour, 54% against and 9% uncommitted.
How much sway with that have on the trio who all headed home to their electorates today? They can swagger and say ‘I’m an Independent’ but they have to face the voters in three years’ time and even earlier of a cobbled together Government falls apart after six months or a year.
Independents know more than any politicians how tough it is to be elected and even tougher to be re-elected.
That’s got to have some influence. But as Tony Windsor keeps reminding us: He’d be a fool to pick an early horse. Especially if some close seats fall unexpectedly the other way and the horse he’s backed prematurely suddenly loses.
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Blog comments
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Most primary votes. Most two party preferred votes. Democracy?
What's that?
Forget it. It's the Three Amigos 15 minutes of fame.Terry Tuesday 31 August, 2010 - 10:38 AM -
Enough is enough, do these independents have no principals that they stand for, do they have no political phylosophy that they hold dear.
Simply stand up and state who they will support. They know which party best represents their electorate already, they know which party stands up for the majority of people similar to the people in their electorates.
I have lost all respect for at least one of the three and had no respect for the other one to start with. Which simply leaves windsor.
Timothy Vukomanovic Monday 30 August, 2010 - 11:46 AM -
My God !!! what is happening to this beautiful country I migrated to in 1967?
Mind you, I am proud of being an Australian citizen but to see that three STOOGES now hold the political direction of this country in their hands is abhorent and brings us all to the ridicule of the worldJoseph Le Gall Saturday 28 August, 2010 - 7:54 PM -
Neil Think about this, as a result of one million people
voting invaild. Our country will be run by these 3 Monkeys. Australian Voters only have themselfs to Blame
for this circuss.
NEXT time Australia think about what you DO!!!!!!Gerald Kalviskis Friday 27 August, 2010 - 8:56 AM -
Tony Windsor has questioned the 43 billion proposal for the NBN by Gillard...something that hopefully will be revealed once the costings are brought into play. I bet this will be a real eye opener...not much in the media about this apart from the comments made on skynews by Windsor...come on journos do your job for once..interesting days to come.
43 billion nbn?? Thursday 26 August, 2010 - 11:41 PM
