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By: willy*bach (Registered ) on 19-10-2007 23:39

Dear virtual 
 
I thought that people on this thread were having a discussion about traffic, public transport and the cost of fuels etc. Some of us are really worried about sustainability, global warming and the tendency for the old parties to indulge in pointless trickster politics and vote buying. 
 
You come along with this question about preferences. So, why would you want to know about my preferences? What about the preferences you might make when you are alone in the polling booth with a ballot paper and a pencil and no one to dictate to you who you can vote for? What are you going to do? 
 
At this stage of the campaign the various parties large and small are having discussions about who will exchange preferences with whom for above the line in the Senate. What you might like to worry about is the secret deals that might be made. If you vote below the line in the Senate it is you that is in charge of the pencil. 
 
For the House of Reps, again there have been no announcements, so why would I have the answer? But again, you are in charge of the pencil. 
 
I regard myself as a community-based political activist since I have not been elected and have never been paid for being a politician. But I do contribute to discussion in numerous forums and don't sit at my keyboard around the clock just in case you ask me a question. So, why not keep this discussion civil and leave out all the sarcastic remarks. 
 
I think there are some politicians who really earn their salary and work very hard. They are so busy they don't always have time to talk to me - nor should I expect them to drop everything and have no rest so I can say, "you are doing a great job". The Greens Senators would make that description. 
 
Regards 
Willy Bach 
Greens candidate for Griffith 
Dear virtual 
 
I thought that people on this thread were having a discussion about traffic, public transport and the cost of fuels etc. 
 
You come along with this question about preferences. So, why would you want to know about my preferences? What about the preferences you might make when you are alone in the polling booth with a ballot paper and a pencil and no one to dictate to you who you can vote for? What are you going to do? 
 
At this stage of the campaign the various parties large and small are having discussions about who will exchange preferences with whom for above the line in the Senate. If you

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