http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25075650-17301,00.html

Is it compulsory? The Australian Studies topic I did was compulsory

I think it is-though it is a tad late to wake jack to confirm

Your assertion that people vote the way therer parents vote is WronG (hope i got that right)

My oldies voted lab then lib ( unfortunately howie suckered them)-me at the grand old age of 43 first voted -LIBERAL. then I had the reverse lobotomy

The better half -rabid libs until daughter sacked under worstchoices- now luv kev and tell everyone how deluded they were to vote for howard.most of the extended ‘blueys’ are now died in the wool ‘reddies”

That tells me something...

Disunity is death. Howard had it right.

.the syllabus includes studies on gvt and political history-admittedly an overview

Is it compulsory? The Australian Studies topic I did was compulsory, but they had to make it easy else parents would complain that their child had been forced to do a hard subject they didn’t want to do!

GP
do the scout handbook and his religious education worksheets (thanks nana ..) count as union handbooks?

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25075269-662,00.html

I agree with that remark.

Ron “guarantees Royalists scare attacks”

“Um, ShowsOn has been hysterically positing the false notion that the Queen can strike down our laws. The scare campaign is coming from republicans, not monarchists.”

so he mixed up th Queen and th Queens PRE approved GG representative , fact is a foreign citizen (th Queen) pre approved representave th GG ‘can’ sack a democraticaly elected govts and reject HOR/Senate pased Bills

IF those reserve powers ar to remain , i want an Australian Head of State solely pre approved by Australins as well as appointed by Austalians , not a foreigner

AND it is THOSE reserve powers that IF sought to be codified at same time as a yes/no vote (I’ll later quantify) on a Republic that royalists wuld run a scare/disinformation campaign….. on causing votr anxiety/confusion & a pro status quo ie monarchy sentament in voters You know that Generic person , and unfortunately you’ve got some Republicons here following your bait wanting a complicatedd pleb/Ref put in one go ….ie a howard 1999 version 11 to defeat
a Republic….its almost your last defense , division , confusion & complexaty

Two Liberal leaders in a row, Nelson and Turnbull, are ALPers in Lib clothing. What does that say about the Liberal Party and their choice of leader?

I was thinking of this today, major party politicians who either defected, or joined different parties to their parents.

Lib to Labor: John Dawkins, Peter Walsh, Neville Wran, Don Dunstan, Mia Handshin
Labor to Lib: Brendan Nelson, Reg Withers, Michael Towke

Any others?