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Abbott and abortion
Was that an accident or...? Timeshift (talk) 05:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Not sure where your coming from here, but here's a source for you to review in which Abbott uses the 'safe legal rare' line - http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1020354 He has repeated this several times and you will find it repeatedly with a little research. Does that answer your question? To be accurate we cannot say "Abbott opposes abortion" because it is not his stated position. Also, somebody has inserted an irrelant US politics link and deleted the 60 minutes link above. I'll restore the relevant linkObservoz (talk) 03:33, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Tony Smith in Julia Gillard article
I'm confused by your addition of a comment about Tony Smith to the Julia Gillard article. That Tony link takes me to a disambiguation page containing only one current political Tony Smith, and he's a Liberal Party member. Who did you mean? HiLo48 (talk) 21:37, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * sorry a typo! i have fixed it : should be tony burke. thanks Observoz (talk) 00:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Lee Rhiannon
The line about Rhiannon's parents' views on 1968 is not sourced one way of the other. I'm going to delete it unless a source is provided. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 03:20, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the source: The article in the Australian says: "She says her parents were among many Australians who became disillusioned with Moscow after Soviet tanks crushed Czechoslovakia's move towards "socialism with a human face" in 1968. That was when the Communist Party of Australia formally split from the Russian communists." The article clearly suggests that Bill and Freda Brown were among those "disillusioned with Moscow" who then "split from the Russian communists." This is an outrageous lie. In fact the exect opposite was the case. They were pro-Moscow hardliners who supported the invasion and left the CPA in 1971 to found a new pro-Moscow party. I don't have sources for this at present, but they are easy to find. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 03:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Popularity?
In regards to your One Nation reference, you can't say a party isn't popular because they only got 10% of the vote, that makes no sense. Gaining one of every ten votes actually indicates popularity. On your theory, no party is popular! At the last election, by your theory, 60% of people dislike Labor, 60% dislike the Coalition, and 90% dislike the Greens. Timeshift (talk) 04:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi. Not sure I agree with your logic there, but can we really say One Nation was "popular"? My feeling is they emerged in a blaze of publicity because they were saying things not generally heard in Australian politics - but then her movement belly flopped and imploded pretty quick. Hanson herself was never elected on a One Nation ticket was she? I think she was elected to a safe Labor electorate as an independent in 1996 but still listed as "Liberal" on some how to vote cards I believe, so she won disaffected Labor and Liberal voters but also Coalition voters who weren't paying close attention? She was never re-elected. After that, One Nation got what - one seat in the senate in 1998? Can we call that "popularity"? Certainly there was media interest, and the party briefly won seats at the QLD state level, but at no stage were they a genuinely "popular" party, given:


 * a) their lack of Federal Seats
 * b) the huge amount of criticism leveled at them on the basis of their racism and extreme economic policies.


 * Your thoughts? If you still disagree, shall we put this discussion on article page?Observoz (talk) 05:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * It was a popular party at the 1998 election. They got 8 percent nationally and much more in QLD. One Nation took something like a quarter of the QLD assembly at their election. My point is, you can't say a party isnt popular because 90 percent of people didn't vote for them, it's a strawman argument. Take this as a comment on your comment rather than a comment on an article. Timeshift (talk) 05:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Look these are obviously relative terms, and Hanson achieved popularity among certain constituents but I think that if 92% of people don't vote for a party then it's a real stretch to call it a "popular" Australian political party - though it is significant in its own time frame and in our system parties like the Greens, One Nation and Democratic Labor can have major influence in the Senate and in national debate. But Hanson as an individual was genuinely loathed in many circles and never re-elected to office after she made her "swamped by Asians" speech. We obviously can't put this nuance into the opening of a wikipedia article, so let's not imply that she was a "popular" figure nationwide, as she clearly wasn't and, in my view, it maligns the Australian electorate to say that she was.Observoz (talk) 06:05, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * If a party moves from the fringes of 1-2 percent, to around 10 percent, they have become popular. I am not debating anything else or any article. Timeshift (talk) 07:13, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Rain Man.Observoz (talk) 10:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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History wars
History War - I do not generally object to your changes. Yet it is a fact in this debate, which you seem to deny, that some people do claim that warfare and invasion are not words which accurately describe Australian colonial history. Moreover Windschuttle do essentially deny that Aborigines were engaged in defending their tribal land against invasion, he states that they were just about stealing from the whites, they were not fighting or pareticipating in forms of warfare, this is a fact which needs to be proper reflected in the first paragraph. I do not think youre changes accurately reflects this

I also object to the term 'mainstream historians' we are attempting to describe two opposing views, what so-called 'mainstream historians' think has little to do with this debate. If your 'mainstream historians' ruled this world there probably would never have been a history war. That is if such historians exist at all - which I very much doubt - and all historians are specialist or are relying on specialist, they are no 'mainstrem historians' only specialist and generalists. What politicians think or say are really of no relevance here. Besides virtually all with expertice in this field disagree with Windschuttle's views - that, indeed, is why he takes on the entire 'academia' as he puts it. Consider this Helsned 07:16, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your message. Firstly, I found the text misleading because it seemed to say that there were historians in the debate who have said that there was "no  conflict" between Europeans and Aborigines - but I am not aware of one single historian who says this, are you? Windshuttle admits 300 deaths in Tasmania, so even he is not trying to say there wasn't conflict. Words that are not disputed are "violence", "imperialism" and "colonialism" - all of these are given by all sides. I think where the "history war" comes in is on questions like was this violence "warfare" "invasion" and "genocide", right?


 * Secondly, according to the article, politicians are important because leaders like John Howard, Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd's views are all discussed.


 * About the word "mainstream" though, we can delete it because there are no historians at all (as far as I am aware) who say there wasn't "a degree" of violence and injustice in colonial history, so you are right, the word is not necessary.Observoz (talk) 08:48, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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ALP
Do you realise your irrelevant addition to the reform section of the article was already in the WW2 section above it? You really need to read the article as a whole. My additions have been excellent. I think both the ALP and LPA articles are looking better than ever. Timeshift (talk) 03:30, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Humility is not your strong point, is it? The material you are trying to delete is NOT where you claim it to be. What gives? You are attempting to erase information vital to the balanced historical record of the Whitlam Government. Offer compromise by all means, but don't be obstructionist. The consensus among editors seems to be that your additions need to be more balanced. This can be acheived. We agree on one thing, though, the Lib and Lab articles are "moving forward" as Julia might put it but there's "more to do" as Morris Iemma used to say. Quite frankly until recent months these articles were hopeless as historical resources - so well done on getting the ball rolling.Observoz (talk) 03:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * It is in the WW2 section above it! HAVE A READ PLEASE! :) That goes for the other editors too! You'd be surprised how much duplication there was, review my contribs. There is a section above for a more broad overview, but this section is about reforms. Not everything that ever happened or occurred under any given government. Timeshift (talk) 03:51, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Firstly, consensus has not been reached that your additions will remain as reforms only. Personally I support the inclusion of most of your data, but intend to work through, section by section, adding additional historical context. I agree we need to work through duplification, but are you seriously trying to say that this:

Gough Whitlam led the Federal Labor Party back to office in 1972. The Whitlam Government lost office following the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis and Dismissal, and was defeated in a landslide at the resulting 1975 Australian Federal Election.

Equates to this:

Gough Whitlam led Labor to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis when the Coalition blocked supply in the Senate after a series of political scandals reached their nadir in the Loans Affair...

Whitlam massively expanded the federal budget to pay for his social programs. By 1974, Australia was suffering in a world recession and inflation was high and rising. While aspects of Whitlam's reform agenda became permanent, subsequent governments reined in some key Whitlam spending programs: the Fraser Government reduced public service pay rises to combat inflation and partially dismantled Medibank, though it was later re-created as Medicare under the Bob Hawke government. Tax payer funded free tertiary education did not survive beyond the Whitlam era. No, it doesn't.

Essentially, the points that will need to be made in the Whitlam section are: a) some context as to the justification the Libs gave for blocking supply; b) that his "reform" effort involved massive (I think in the order of 40% in one year alone) expansion of the size of the Federal Budget; leading to c) the repeal of key pieces of his agenda. Such a version of your text will be infinitely more informative. I agree we don't want every last detail, but you can't ignore economics when it comes to Whitlam. Bob Hawke, remember used to go out of his way to contrast himself to Whitlam in terms of economic policy - it's really, really significant, and if your text holds, completely ignored.Observoz (talk) 04:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I see now that you have adjusted the WW2 text, but only after my additions to Whitlam. Odd remarks.Observoz (talk) 04:23, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, I expanded it slightly to include a couple of links of yours that weren't included. My point is that it was already mentioned above. This section is not for all and sundry. Timeshift (talk) 04:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Apology accepted.Observoz (talk) 04:28, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * What apology? Meh, let's keep it to the ALP talk page. Timeshift (talk) 05:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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Have you read this before? Timeshift (talk) 11:26, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * Hi Bilby, thanks for the note. I will try! On one point in your additions and subtractions, I'd of thought some reference to the Styant-Browne version of events would improve our coverage, even if not including the whole quote? | Slater & Gordon's press release clearly has a different emphasis to Styant-Browne, but doesn't really seem to contradict the key points of Styant Browne's analysis (ie that the partners were divided and some had deep reservations as to Gillard's conduct but that she left and thus defused the need to reach a consensus). Pointedly it does not say outright that there was no concerns of "wrong doing" but only the very lawerly sentence that there was nothing "which contradicted the information provided by Ms Gillard". Is there a source I haven't yet seen that directly contradicts Styant Browne? Can take to talk page if you prefer? Also, seems to be consensus that we can alter "scandal" to "affair" - do you know how we go about it? Observoz (talk) 11:25, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I generally wait a while before doing a name change, in case there are some objections we missed. Probably time to take care of it though - I'll do it tonight. :) In regard to the Styant-Browne quote, my concern came from earlier in that interview, when he talks about how there were a specturm of views in the firm about her conduct, with Gordon Brown giving her the benefit of the doubt and Styant-Browne sitting at the other end. So the quote, "there was deep disquiet amongst the partnership about Ms Gillard's conduct and it was never necessary for the partnership to resolve that issue because Ms Gillard herself elected to resign" felt a bit problematic, as it reads as if the partners felt that there was a problem with her conduct, but hadn't decided how to respond, whilst his earlier statement had been that the partners hadn't decided if there was a problem they needed to respond to. Given that I gather Gordon Brown was the main investigator, and that the meaning of the quote is unclear, I wasn't inclined to focus on Styant-Browne's material. On the other hand, Brown's response is also a bit of a problem, as clearly there was a strong alternative view in Styant-Browne. So I figured if it was tackled it would need a paragraph of its own, which it more-or-less has, rather than a summary statement in the Julia Gillard article.
 * It's a tricky balancing problem - I'm always uncomfortable when we're working with material that it mostly based on allegations from opposing positions. But I guess we're stuck with it for this one. - Bilby (talk) 05:09, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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I have no issue adding the substance of what you added, but at least try to do it with a semblance of WP:BALANCE - the heading and the first sentence stick out most. Try again. Have a look at these edits of mine today for a guide on how to contribute more professionally. Timeshift (talk) 07:26, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Your edits over the years stick out neither for professionality nor WP:BALANCE. Please don't delete whole sections when you only have a quibble with a small portion. Observoz (talk) 07:29, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * "Attacks" should never be in a section title. And 'conservative' is a euphemism designed to normalise, his detractors label him as right-wing or far-right. See my edit here which removed the unprofessional and unbalanced portion you added. I know you're hurting, but my edits run infinite rings around yours, and your judgement of what is professional or balanced is meaningless to me and anyone who contributes meaningfully. Don't feel the need to reply, it'll just degrade in to pointless bickering. Timeshift (talk) 07:33, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Mate - please understand that your combative ad hominen style and deleting approach is consistently against the spirit of wikipedia. Your unsourced use of the terms "right-wing" or "far-right" may match your personal feelings, but are neither Balanced nor Sourced and therefore are not acceptable. Wikipedia 101. Observoz (talk) 07:37, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not deleting, i'm rephrasing and improving your contributions. Bernardi's detractors don't label him conservative, they label him right-wing, or far-right - there's plenty of sources, I just assumed your sources included this. No half-decent article would say his detractors label him as simply conservative, they would not be that nice or fair to him. And mate - i'm all over your edits and I plan to continue to be... someone needs to clean up your sloppy edits, might as well be me. One thing I won't clean up after is another of your bad habits, your bare link refs... do you always just only ever add the link without a title, publisher and date? Master Editor II and I still have as much enthusiasm for wikipedia as ever :) Timeshift (talk)

You deleted the whole entry - and then came here with a series of personal attacks! Come to my page with collaborationist, respectful talk, and I'll help out every time, but don't even think about harassing me, or you'll end up in time-out. You can't just put up a section with a bunch of abusive phrases about somebody under a light phrase like "detractors", as it can really stray towards defaming them. This guy is not someone I'd vote for, but his office was just violently trashed - that's called an "attack", not a "detraction". Keep that in mind when you guard your Bernardi page. Observoz (talk) 07:53, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * What you call a personal attack, I call an honest and true observation. You can't add sections with words like "attack" or "controversy". "Detractors" is much more used. I'm not guarding the Bernardi page any more than any other page from sloppy edits. Sloppy edit - not a personal attack, an honest and true observation. Perhaps your interpretation of it as a personal attack reveals more than you care to admit? Timeshift (talk) 07:58, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * By the way, if you insist on continuing to add bare URLs as references, can you at least run this tool on the article after doing so? Thanks :) Timeshift (talk) 08:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * My edits were incomplete. You were rather hasty there. However, I have commented on the talk page and am happy to continue to do so. Obviously, a description of a program as a "lefty lynch mob" and boycott of it by a conservative PM must be included. Your point about Howard accepting the auction detracts nothing from the extraordinary act of the program in endorsing it. Either it objects to septuagenarian panellists being shouted down and physically attacked or it doesn't. The decision to endorse the protester is more than noteworthy. Observoz (talk) 10:33, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, Have you written ,, However, contrary to much media coverage, the Royal Commission also established that abuse from within the Church in Australia is largely an historical phenomenon, having peaked in the 1970s, and that the Catholic Church was not per capita the worst offender among the religious and secular institutions examined"? I can not find this information in the report .http://childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/getattachment/e352891e-2cb8-4abf-96b9-4449296c470b/Analysis-of-claims-of-child-sexual-abuse-made-with — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.8.230.158 (talk) 18:06, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Deletion discussion of category's dealing with politicians from a particular party associated with state broadcasters
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Laura Tingle
Please see Original research. This is a journalist asking a question about one particular take on events. She does not suggest that it is hers, although it may well be. The contention that that says anything about her beliefs is pure editorial speculation and cannot be added to Wikipedia.

She may very well have said it elsewhere, if as you state "She has repeated it in all her analysis of the downfall of Turnbull". In that case, we need to quote the analysis - which is absolutely acceptable - rather than speculating upon a particular meaning of a journalist's question that says far more about your take on events that her views on the matter, if any. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 11:58, 29 August 2018 (UTC)


 * There is not speculation. The words say what the words say. Furthermore, the fact you are writing "she may well have said it elsewhere" suggests to me you are not very familiar with this journalist's work, and perhaps should be more cautious before reverting uncontroversial statements from her article. Observoz (talk) 13:31, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Hi, could you please restore the redirect to 1994 Eastern seaboard fires. Observoz (talk) 06:31, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

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I've just undone several of your recent edits, as they're blatantly biased. I note that you're also in an edit war over them. You will be blocked if this continues. Nick-D (talk) 02:52, 11 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I beg your pardon? The High Court of Australia is not a biased source. An editor has deleted a passage directly quoting the high court's summary of the case for no apparent reason. Observoz (talk) 05:04, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

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