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Climate Sceptics candidate for Makin, Robert Stewart, responded :
> What are your thoughts on asylum seekers?
We are a compassionate nation. Australia broadcasts its image to the World and we have made it too attractive for both extremes to ignore. One would love the promise of peace and plenty and the other would love to destroy it and they are very closely related. One has already been jailed for 9 years for such an intent. Any compliance with treaties for immigration are clear, they should be enforced and the claim jumpers returned, in cuffs if necessary.But families with children remain the best outcome for compliance with Treaties and integration that ultimately leads to harmony and a reduction of social prejudice and that should never be compromised by fit young men in boats,or indeed, those elected into positions of power who have neither life experience or the talent to exercise it.
> What are your thoughts on public transport?
Electrify the system nationally. If the Chinese can build a $30 billion nationwide sytem for Brazil – we can do that here. The Mitsubishi plant in Adelaide is idle
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> What are your thoughts on renewable energy?
The grid requires energising 24/7 and this has not been achieved anywhere – coal fired stations remain on standby for when the wind doesnt blow and the night descends.
> Do you support or oppose the introduction of the R18+ rating classification for video games?
Undecided
> Do you support or oppose the proposed internet filter?
Partly Support its purpose but not its application
> Do you support or oppose gay marriage?
Is it a marriage or a union recognised in Law?
> What are your thoughts on abortion?
Ask a woman
> Do you support or oppose the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia?
People wanting to commit suicide will do so whether there is a legal means or not.
> What are your thoughts on stem cell research?
It exists to find out
> What are your thoughts on education?
Community values should be taught to children in the primary years of the education system before a teen mindset
> What are your thoughts on campaign finance disclosure?
Full transparency
> What are your thoughts on climate change?
Cyclical – The Warming Solutions Act 3 years ago in the giant state of California ( bigger than Australia) has created an industry exodus to Nevada and the loss of more than 600,000 jobs based on seriously flawed “scientific consensus” Unproven that warming is man made.
> What are your thoughts on water?
Water proof the Nation. A 1960′s plan to condust an engineering survey to bring water from Lake Argyll to Burke should be resurrected..Estimated (then) to cost $4.7 million and to take 2 years.Burke was chosen because it would leave the Snowy water for the food bowl of NSW and Vic upstream from Wentworth. The distribution infrastructure down stream for Adelaide and the Iron Triangle is already in place.
> Do you support or oppose standing order 50?
What’s that?>
> Are there any local issues you are trying to highlight with your campaign?
Voters support for deferring the carbon tax on their workplace will save their jobs and their home.
> What do you think about the media’s coverage of the election so far?
Not much different than the past
Thanks,
Robert(Bob) Stewart
Endorsed Candidate for Makin SA
California bigger than Australia eh?
Is there some serious doubt among the scientific community about the size of California?
I can’t believe you people are this stupid, or you think that everyone else is.
Uh, the Global Warming Solutions act only started real operation at the beginning of this year. Since then, Nevada’s unemployment rate has increased and California’s has decreased. Doesn’t prove much, but it does raise questions.
Speaking of questions, where did you get the 600,000 jobs figure? The only reference to 600,000 jobs and California is a in the manufacturing sector, since 2000. 6 years before the act you’re blaming was passed, 10 before it started properly operating. Since 2007 the only sharp drop is directly related to the GFC – and was suffered as bad or worse by neighbouring states.
Please note, the authors of this site are almost as well-versed in US politics as they are Australian politics. And they know how to find cold hard facts that make you look stupid.
i think he meant a larger population; just didn’t know how to speak with spesific terms…
seems like this one is pretty straight forward; but has probably fallen for the climate scandle himself.
i couldn’t find any real information about who he is, nor his qualifications, so i feel that he’s prob’ly incompatent enough to fall for such a scandle.
and it seems entirely like he’s fotgotten about water energy, and geothermal.
I might believe that if he’d not described it as “giant”. He described the state as giant, not the population. Even relative to Australia, Cali doesn’t have a giant population, and certainly not in the scope of the world at large.
again, something i would have attributed to him sucking at saying what he means… but i could be wrong; and he’s just stupid.
I deal with more than a few climate change skeptics in my seat and I don’t disparage them for it.
The scientific method is based around healthy skepticism and debate – without it we can’t progress and learn or at least not as effectively.
If someone does not find the evidence for climate change compelling I simply point out to them that there are still excellent reasons to support a strong, smart environmental policy.
Clean Air in particular. Diesel fuel puts out so much particulate and carbon monoxide pollution that it’s technically unsafe to even measure the output of a diesel engine in a well ventilated area. Air pollution leads to respiratory issues and heart disease and cutting down on it will prevent spending millions in our health care system to treat people.
We’ll live longer and live healthier in cleaner cities.
And we’ll save money doing it.