Russell Coker wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012, tim josling<tej@melbpc.org.au> wrote: .......snip
I don't want to provoke an argument about this. I would just like to know has someone actually thought through the implications of alternative policies. If you don't want to have an argument then do some research and stop with the leading questions. Well I certainly understood Tim's questions as examples of what would be considered in a "coherent' policy To quote Tim: "Can someone point me at a coherent explanation and analysis of an alternative policy? I have searched in vain. The ALP searched high and low for something better and failed to find it. If they could have found something better than reverting to the hated Howard policy I am sure they would have taken it. I don't mean platitudes a la the Green's web site which basically says "be kind to refugees" & "Labor and Liberal are mean". I mean....:" So he is not asking for answers to the questions literally , but rather a policy which addresses them !
regards Rohan McLeod