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Originally Posted by multiweb
Obviously people are getting pretty emotional when it comes to the NBN. There is heaps of literature about pros/cons, costs, how it will be paid. The people who want it vs. people who don't need it. TBH the election was passed with a mandate. The majority applies. No petition is going to influence that. It's a minority. Right or wrong you guys can argue till the cows come home. No point getting agro about it. Go back under the stars and have a deep breath. Life goes on.  |
Mandates
Would you like to know what Tony Abbott said about mandates in 2007?
"Nelson is right to resist the intellectual bullying inherent in talk of "mandates". What exactly is Rudd's mandate anyway: to be an economic conservative or an old-fashioned Christian socialist? The elected Opposition is no less entitled than the elected Government to exercise its political judgment and to try to keep its election commitments."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/p...530675473.html