tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920488656220463337.post432514546059209806..comments2024-02-07T19:30:21.880+11:00Comments on Left Focus: Doug Cameron Speaks Up for Change & What we should be telling the ALPVaughann722http://www.blogger.com/profile/11604027151490275320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920488656220463337.post-12535607717141094682012-08-06T19:16:43.616+10:002012-08-06T19:16:43.616+10:00Labor in the days of EG Whitlam Bill Hayden, ( and...Labor in the days of EG Whitlam Bill Hayden, ( and to an extent Bob Hawke and Paul Keating) was committed to free healthcare ( including dental), free tertiary education, public ownership of major infrastructure, workers rights to industrial action, an end to apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia, multiculturalism, land rights an end to deforestation and nuclear power, <br /><br />What does it stand for today?<br />Expensive university and even tafe, Supports Apartheid Israel, US bases on our soil, US visits by nuclear warships and subs, forbids action on Construction sites, implements discriminatory welfare practices against Aboriginals, takes away their right teach traditional languages in schools, massive fines for drinking at their homes. <br /><br />Labor has become the new Conservative Party.lukeweylannoreply@blogger.com