Search The Directory The Web for Home > Regional > Oceania > Australia > Society and Culture > Politics > Political Parties > Australian Democrats > Articles New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Sunday: Interview, Cheryl Kernot, Federal Democrats Leader - This week Cabinet vetoed an appointment recommended by the Health Minister amid claims it had an eye on Senator Harradine's crucial vote. So, have the Democrats been sidelined? Their leader, Cheryl Kernot talks to Sunday's Political Editor, Laurie Oakes.   Sunday: Interview, Democrats Leader Natasha Stott Despoja - Newly-elected Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja will join Sunday's political editor Laurie Oakes in the studio.   Sunday: Interview, Federal Democrats Leader Meg Lees - If the GST does get through the Senate it will be rather different from the package offered to voters in last October's election. The Democrats are now the key and among other things, they want food to be exempt, the revenue shortfall made up by a lower tax cut on high incomes.   Sunday: Interview, Meg Lees, Democrats Leader - The GST is now only thirteen days away, yet hopes for a smooth transition to the new tax regime look anything but good. Surveys are showing a plunge in business confidence, while consumer confusion remains high. If the new tax produces a voter backlash against its creator, as it did in Canada and New Zealand, it may not be only the Coalition that suffers. The tax became law with the help of the Democrats and though they won a major exemption for food, that could soon be forgotten.   Sunday: Interview, Meg Lees, Democrats Leader - The GST is now only thirteen days away, yet hopes for a smooth transition to the new tax regime look anything but good. Surveys are showing a plunge in business confidence, while consumer confusion remains high. If the new tax produces a voter backlash against its creator, as it did in Canada and New Zealand, it may not be only the Coalition that suffers. The tax became law with the help of the Democrats and though they won a major exemption for food, that could soon be forgotten.   Sunday: Interview: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja - Democrats Leader Natasha Stott Despoja talks with Sunday's political editor Laurie Oakes about abuse received for taking a stand against the government over the Border Protection Bill.   Sunday: Inteview, Federal Democrats Leader Meg Lees - As Sir Humphrey was fond of saying on 'Yes Minister', the deal on the GST is a courageous move by the Democrats leader. The Greens are accusing Meg Lees of a sell out, two of her own Senators may vote against the new tax and some former Democrat leaders are warning of a leadership spill within weeks, but Senator Lees believes the tax is now fairer than it was and her decision is in line with the Democrats' platform.   The Age: Democrats' decision: Aden Ridgeway - Aden Ridgeway says the party's revival is crucial to stopping One Nation winning the balance of power in the Senate.   The Australian: Aden Ridgeway: Practical blueprint fails blacks - Some of us are tiring of this new nauseating and incessant tune that Aborigines ought to get over victimhood and that rights alone will no longer do. The popular mantra for reconciliation has become Noel Pearson's practical approach of creating an Aboriginal middle-class.   The Australian: Democrats listen to expat voice - Political parties have largely ignored expatriate Australians until now, but at the coming federal election the Australian Democrats will seek their votes for the first time.   The Australian: Democrats' tax-cut ultimatum - Income-Tax cuts for the rich would be blocked in the Senate unless the poor also received higher welfare payments, Australian Democrats Leader Natasha Stott Despoja said yesterday.   The Australian: Stott Despoja's gracious start - A Cheerful sense of mischief permeated the Victorian Upper House as Natasha Stott Despoja made her first parliamentary speech as Democrats leader, but the woman she deposed did not appear to share the joke.   The Public Record: Call for inquiry into logging industry - The Democrats have called for an inquiry into Federal Government subsidies to the logging industry.   The Public Record: Cherry elected to fill Senate vacancy - The Queensland Parliament has formally elected the Democrats' John Cherry to fill a Senate vacancy created by the retiring Senator, John Woodley.   The Public Record: Democrats call on Govt to explain Singaporean spy claims - The Democrats have called on the Federal Government to reveal any evidence it has of spying in Australia by Singapore.   The Public Record: Democrats candidate withdraws from Vic by-election - The Democrats candidate for the federal seat of Aston in Victoria has mysteriously withdrawn from the by-election, less than half an hour after declaring he would stand.   The Public Record: Democrats face big test in Aston: Stott Despoja - The Democrats say the by-election for the seat of Aston in Melbourne's outer east, will test the party's ability to become Australia's third major political force.   The Public Record: Democrats stymie super legislation over gay, lesbian rights - The Democrats have stymied the Federal Government's attempt to allow people to choose their superannuation fund with the defeat of proposed legislation in the Senate last night.   The Public Record: Democrats to make Great Barrier Reef protection an election issue - The Democrats say the threat to the reef from a coral eating pest is not being taken seriously enough.   The Public Record: Democrats wary of Govt support for US retaliation - The Australian Democrats say they remain wary of the Federal Government's reasons for linking support for the proposed US military action to a condolence motion in Parliament yesterday for the victims of the US terrorist attack.     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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