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Recent content by TomWolfe

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    republic vs monarchy & changing the flag

    True. But you don’t now have to swear allegiance to become an Australian citizen. That’s the whole point. That’s why I waited until they changed the rules. It’s an improvement in my view. I think that the monarchy is an outdated institution and the ‘new’ oath...
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    Proposition 8 overturned in California

    Bit late to this discussion and apologies if this point has been brought up previously (lot of posts...): But according to the court transcript, the main witness for the proponents of prop 8 (in fact, the only one who showed), a guy called Blankenhorn, the person responsible for making their...
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    republic vs monarchy & changing the flag

    Yeah, I said that. That was my point. Effectively, yes. I’d agree to a republic purely for the symbolic reasons. Whose posts are you reading? I said:It represents our heritage and that’s not a bad thing’. They’re both OK. Precisely what I meant, but...
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    republic vs monarchy & changing the flag

    I’m for a republic. I lived in Australia for a number of years before I was able to become an Australian citizen. I could have done it immediately, but the rules at the time meant that I had to pledge allegiance to the Queen – and there was no way that I would have done that. I didn’t have to...
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    has anyone else swapped political parties?

    I was hoping that her atheism wouldn't be an issue. I've always voted labour but looking around for an alternative (and that was never going to be the Liberals) I've started to get involved with the Democrats. Yep, it's rising from the ashes - or at least trying to. My daugters partner (and...
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    Julia Gillard - Atheist

    I've just watched it myself. The only vaguely relevant passages were: "Kids cost more to look after as they grow older" 17:00 (and in relation to the mining tax) "...commodity prices are fixed globally" 29:30 Something tells me that Monarchist will still vote Liberal...
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    Hi guys

    Just a quick hello from me. I came across this site checking on a post a semi regular on my usual forum made and I discovered that there was an Australian section. There seems to be some political discusion going on re Gillard at the moment and I felt prompted to make a post, so I thought I'd...
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