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Category Archives: Politics
A Uni Student’s View on Australia’s Proposed Carbon Tax
A lot has been said to defend this tax, one of the reasons I’ve heard is because the youth of Australia want this tax. The people against this tax have been portrayed as a bunch of old people who are only worried about their power bills and don’t care about the future of the planet. We have been told that we should support this tax because it will leave the earth in a better place for future generations. Well I am here today to say I am a young person I am against this tax. This tax will not save the planet and it will hurt the youth of this country the most. Already young people face an uphill battle to make a living for themselves, home ownership is slowly becoming a distant dream, food, fuel, electricity and water are constantly rising and this is all before the carbon tax. This is tax will result in cost of living becoming even more expensive, pushing many Australians to the poverty line and threatens our economic prosperity and therefore our standard of living that we have worked so hard for. Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Economics, Libertarianism, Politics
Tagged australia, carbon tax, climate change, global warming, rally, tim wilms
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Dark Days for Australian Libertarians?
Libertarianism is rarely a topic for discussion in Australia’s media; so I was pleasantly surprised by an article in The Australian entitled “Dark Days for Libertarians”, bemoaning the encroaching “Nanny State” on our lives. It also happens to mention the Liberal Democrats. Continue reading
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VicVotes
Victorians go to the polls today. I will be in the Morwell district handing out How to Vote cards in for Libertarian, Glyn Baker. My LDP colleague Shem Bennett is running in the seat of Franskston for Australian Sex Party. Continue reading
A Taxpayer’s Political Glossary
A Taxpayer’s Political Glossary Continue reading
Victorian Liberal Democrats Needs 300 More Members!
Victorians, I need your help. We need another 300 Victorian Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members to register our party for the State election in November. You can be a non-voting member for free.
Hit this link for the form.
A free society means a stronger economy, more jobs and greater prosperity for all. Continue reading
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Tagged ldp, liberal democratic party, Libertarianism, victoria
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Election Wash Up: Liberal Democrat Victorian Senate Vote Up 1,670%
Liberal Democrats Results
The Liberal Democrats did vastly improved their result in this election. While we did not win a seat our vote went from 0.1% to 1.67% share of the vote (this translates from 3,000 votes to 55,000 votes). This may have something to do with the fact that our name changed from “Liberty and Democracy Party” to the “Liberal Democratic Party.” Or it could be some people a slowly learning about the party and our message on freedom, low taxes and small government. We can’t be certain.
Here are the results across the nation for the LDP:
NSW: 2.06%
VIC: 1.67%
QLD: 2.07%
WA: 1.22%
SA: 0.52%
TAS: N/A
Effect on How To Vote Flyers
Printing How to Vote Flyers is can get expensive. Thus, it is an interesting exercise to see if it is actually worth, spending time and money on handing out these on election day.
I visited four booths on election day: 3 in the seat of Bruce; 1 in the La Trobe. In this analysis, I needed a baseline for comparision, so I decided on using two:
1. State vote (1.67%)
2. Seat vote (Mount View, Silverton, Mulgrave were in Bruce = 1.94%, Berwick South was in La Trobe = 1.24%)
As you can see, our best swing was in Mount View and Silverton. I visited these in the morning during the early rush. In particular, Silverton had long queues and people were more receptive in receiving the flyers. Berwick South was interesting. While we didn’t have a swing compared to the state vote, we did improve compared to the seat vote. Mulgrave was the worst performing, probably because it was at the end of the day, was cold and rainy and voter volume was very low. Overall, I do think that handing out flyers does make a small difference to the overall vote and next time will try to engage in more volunteers to man more booths in the future.
Great Experience
All in all, it was a great experience running for the senate. I learnt a lot, met some great people and was pushed out of my comfort zone (which is a good thing). I am pleased that the LDP have improved their share of the vote and will give us good momentum into the future. Thank you to all that helped with the campaign, especially my family. Continue reading
Why This Libertarian is Running for the Senate
Why am I running for the senate?
Australia is a great country. Built on the frontier spirit and on the back of a hard working and “have a go” mentality. It is a nation of people with dreams of achieving the best life possible for their family and friends.
Over the last decade, I believe, we have forgotten what has made Australia a prosperous, confident nation. We take for granted the reason for the wealth and standard of living that is the envy of the world. That reason is freedom.
The freedom to live your life as you see fit, provided you do not harm or stop others from doing the same.
The freedom to work, to earn and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
The freedom to take risks and bear its consequences.
The freedom to create your destiny.
For every dollar spent by government, it is one less dollar we get to choose how to spend ourselves. For every rule and regulation imposed on business, means more time business owners grapple with paperwork and less time building and expanding their enterprises. For every draconian law and tax designed to “shape our behaviour”, another fleck of freedom shaved off our souls.
I believe we need to have free markets, free speech, low taxes and free enterprise with low levels of government intervention if we want to Australia to continue to be a prosperous and confident nation.
If elected to the senate, I will vote for any proposal that:
a) Increases citizen’s individual liberties
b) Decreases the burden of taxation for citizens and business.
The Liberal Democratic Party
It was my honour to accept the endorsement from the Liberal Democratic Party to run for the senate seat in the great state of Victoria for the upcoming 2010 Federal Election.
The Liberal Democratic Party is the political party that is most aligned with my life’s philosophies of freedom and personal responsibility. You can read more about their policies and philosophy on their website (www.ldp.org.au).
How to Vote for Me (if you live in Victoria)
Below the Line: You will need to fill in all boxes (eg. 1, 2, 3 until all boxes have been filled). Put a “1” where my name (Graeme Michael Klass) and fill in the rest of the boxes.
How to Vote for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Above the Line: If you do not want to fill out all of the boxes below the line you will see on the above the line “Liberal Democratic Party”. Place a “1” in the box.
Ways to keep in touch with my campaign
Twitter: www.twitter.com/graemeklass
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Graeme-Klass-for-Senate-2010/118764688171204
Blog: www.graemeklass.com and click the link “Graeme Klass for Senate 2010”.
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Email: senator@graemeklass.com
Ways you can help
There are a number of ways you can help:
Campaign donations can be done via the Liberal Democratic Party website (www.ldp.org.au, then click Get Involved, Then Donate). Please put in Graeme Klass Senate Campaign as the purpose of your donation. Donations less than $1,500 are tax deductible.
Volunteers at polling booths. If you would like to hand out election material on Election Day, let me know.
Any in-kind donation, eg. printing, advertising space etc.
Forward this email on to your friends, family and colleagues if you think it will they will be interested in our policies.
Politics, Family and Friends
My family and friends are very important in my life. It would be naïve for me to assume that you awill agree with my philosophies and the LDP’s policies. I sincerely hope that my decision to run will not harm our relationship and we can continue to share a meal, a beer or a coffee no matter what our political leanings. Continue reading
