Australian Federal Election 2013 - 1 : Are the bad old days of the police state of Queensland being relived and rechannelled through Christian micro-parties?

The above text is part of a Facebook conversation
in which Miss Eagle has been involved.

I had noted myself, in just three seats - Ballarat, Bendigo and Murray - the large number of candidates and, in particular, the rush to electoral greatness/madness of so-called "Christian" parties.

Democracy is a wonderful thing. Elections should be open to all comers. However one does have to question what is occurring. In the Ballarat seat, where there are ten candidates, three are from "Christian" parties. There are no independents.

Why is this? The $1,000 deposit to nominate? People think the Parliamentary Secretary, Cathering King, is a shoe-in?

I just wonder if there is any helping hand for the "Christian" parties from the LibNats so that their preferences can be carefully guided?  In fact, this conservative support which undoubtedly will benefit the LibNats preferrentially, reminds me of the bad old days in the police state of Queensland under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.  In some seats, the Queensland National Party used to run two candidates so it could prevent any inadvertent preference leakage.  Not only was the state gerry-mandered, the whole voting process was manipulated.

As for "a dose of the Santamarias", I think it is more likely a dose of the Tea Party and the GOP.  It's a darn pity these people don't focus more carefully on the good news of Jesus rather than their own self-image, self-promotion, and self-righteousness.

The Crown versus Kaulfuss. Claims No Jurisdiction because Aboriginal people have never

The Crown versus Kaulfuss is a case where a Melbourne man, Keith Kaulfuss (pictured left), has informed the Australian Electoral Commission of his conscientious decision not to vote at the 2010 Federal Election.  Voting is compulsory in Australia.

His principle reason given for this decision is that the Commonwealth of Australia and its agents have no jurisdiction or authority to enforce him to vote as Aboriginal people have never ceded sovereignty.

He points out that the High Court rejected the doctrine of Terra Nullius that Cook had used in 1770 to claim this land in the name of his Monarch and for Britain, and he refers to 'Cook's Secret Documents'.


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