Right Now 14/11/2017 Marriage Bill, New Senators, Ardern on Manus and Trump and Kim Jong-un
Channel: The Unshackled
Date: 2017-11-14

The results of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey are now only a day away. In a sign that conservatives are anticipating a yes result an alternative same sex marriage bill has been proposed by conservative Liberal MPs headed by Senator James Patterson which creates a separate institution of marriage for same sex couples and allows for protections of conscientious objectors who don’t want to provide services for same sex weddings. It also has a safe schools clause which allows parents the right to withdraw their children from such programs. It is quite a lot to insert into the marriage act and it is questionable whether it would have the ability to override various state anti-discrimination laws. Senator Dean Smith is proposing to introduce his own private members bill immediately following a yes outcome. It would appear that the battle over same sex marriage certainly does not end with the results of this survey and a parliamentary showdown is to follow.

Three new Senators were sworn in yesterday after a countback to replace three of the four Senators found ineligible by the High Court due to dual citizenship. Jordon Steele-John and Andrew Bartlett replace Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Larrissa Walters. The replacement for National Fiona Nash Liberal Hollie Hughes’ appointment has been postponed as she has been referred to High Court as she currently holds an office of profit under the crown. However, the big story was the replacement for One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts Fraser Anning quit the party immediately after being sworn in. Apparently Pauline Hanson wanted him to stand aside for Malcolm Roberts to return. This is quite a low political act by Anning to abandon the party that got you elected, if you do not feel you can serve your party you should quit. Scott Ryan was elected the new Senate President to replace Stephen Parry which will trigger a ministerial reshuffle. Meanwhile Jacqui Lambie is the latest Senator to fall victim to Section 44 to due to British citizenship by descent.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to virtue signal on social justice issues. First it was stating that climate change was the greatest challenge of our generation. Now Ardern has decided to lecture Australia over the federal government’s scheduled closure of the Manus Island Dentition Centre calling it unacceptable. She has reaffirmed her offer to take 150 of the men who were formally at the detention centre and hasn’t ruled out unilaterally dealing with Papua New Guinea who now have responsibility for the men. It is almost like New Zealand is going through a rerun of Australia in 2007 after the election of Kevin Rudd and we all know how it ended for us, New Zealand is in for a rough ride.

United States President Donald Trump tweeted a response to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un who called Trump old by stating that he would never call him short and fat and hoped they could still be friends. Of course Trump’s critics say that this is an immature insult unbefitting of a President and dangerous given the current nuclear tensions between the two countries. However people might like to look at the insults that Winston Churchill levelled at Adolf Hitler during World War Two which included calling him a bloodthirsty guttersnipe, nobody would surely argue that Churchill was an immature and unstatesmen like leader.

NewsLinks:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/14/liberals-divided-over-religious-protections-eve-same-sex-marriage-survey-result
http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/one-nation-replacement-senator-fraser-anning-quits-party-after-swearing-in/news-story/dfa3a27946b3950f08cedf5992e2eda8
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/jacinda-ardern-blasts-australia-over-manus-island-crisis/news-story/5554d0924dfd10b01b36cedd927d027e
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mocks-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un-over-old-n819981

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