Aussie PM dumped by own party

[Mark Stapleton]

Gillard, the editorial went on to insist, having “cleared the hurdle” of the mining profits tax, had to call a quick election. “All the hard work of the past week [on the tax] could be undone in one stroke of the Treasury pen if it is forced to factor in the lower commodity prices prevailing on global markets. Gillard should think twice about delaying an election too long and risking such revisions.”

Thanks for posting that piece, Magda, and the unsubtle message the media is transmitting to Gillard in the small passage quoted above is quite important too. The corporate interests which presently own both sides of Aussie politics are desperate for Gillard to call an election immediately, but not for the reasons stated above imo.

Constitutionally, Gillard can call the election as late as April next year. Anytime between August and the end of this year is more likely, and Gillard is already on the record as stating it will be held in 2010.

The one party that the vested interests fear most is the newly formed Stable Population Party, which, for a multitude of reasons, will attract massive support in the electorate IF it stands candidates. It would win a Senate seat in all six states and would probably also do great damage to the two major parties in the lower house, despite the fact that the mainstream media is doing its best to pretend they don't exist.

The problem is that unfortunately they failed to submit the requisite names of 500 members to the electoral commission before the May 20 deadline, so now can't be registered with the electoral commission until October.

I know because I am one of the members, and the SPP emailed members to inform them of this unfortunate development. Good luck trying to find any of this information in the mainstream media.

http://www.populationparty.com/

p.s. there's some good articles in the 'news' section.