Tony Abbott should say "Sorry" to One Nation of he wants ever to
become Prime Minister.
One Nation people have not forgotten his part in the political "trust"
fund "Australians for Honest Politics" (a misnomer if ever there was
one) set up to prevent One Nation getting funding from the 1998
Queensland State Election after it had won 24 per cent of the vote
and 11 seats.
The allegation promoted by Australians for Honest Politics, and
others, that One Nation was fraudulently registered, culminated in
the jailing of two of its founders under the regime of the Queensland
Labor Party, that had significantly had lost several seats to One
Nation in the
election. These convictions were later overturned by a higher court
proving it was Australians for Honest Politics and the Queensland
Labor Government's legal system that had question marks over them,
not the registration of One Nation.
The irony is that on past form Tony Abbott will move Opposition
policy closer to One Nation's.
Hansard of February 28, 2006 reports he said in answer to a question
about ethnic branch stacking against Simon Crean in the Victorian ALP
"... he still has the Greek branches but he has lost the Spanish
branches, the Vietnamese branches as well as the Cambodian branches. I
could not help but think, 'Are there any Australians left in the
so-called Australian Labor Party?' "
He might just as well have paraphrased Pauline Hanson and said "I
believe the Labor Party is in danger of being swamped by Asians."
One Nation people, who are the real Australians for Honest Politics,
say they want an astute Prime Minister who can admit he is wrong not
someone inclined to take rash action based on an incomplete
assessment of the facts.
Statement issued December 22nd, 2009 on behalf of One Nation (NSW
Division) by Bob Vinnicombe Publicity Officer
For more information contact Bob Vinnicombe 0407949963 / (02) 96454910
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