At 01:53 PM 14/6/99, Graham Young wrote:
>Tim,
>
>I think you are selling Viner a long way short. He has form on these
>issues. Not everyone who votes Liberal is an enemy of aboriginal
>causes, as another W.A. Liberal Fred Chaney demonstrates, not to mention
>Peter Baume in NSW and of course Neville Bonner. And that is just a top
>of mind list. Michael Wooldridge is a current MHR who also jumps into
>mind.
I wonder whether Viner, Baume, Chaney and Bonner actually continued to
vote Liberal after leaving parliament! The treatment which they all
received from the rest of the party for their stand on indigenous issues
(and other like matters) was according to all accounts , pretty
disgusting. To my mind, Wooldridge has a long, long way to go before he
can be put in the same company. His identity as a man of principle on the
small l liberal side of the party seems to have faded pretty sunbstantially
since he became a minister.
Cheers
Rod
Rod Hagen
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Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia
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