Heard on the 4BC news at 8am today that the Fishing Party is taking legal action to prevent Senate elections being held in Qld, NSW and SA. This is because they believe the Electoral Commission acted illegally in registering the AFLP..or something along those lines. Does anyone know if this is correct ??
I always believed that they were up to something like this.
Interesting
Derek
This is from an email from kc this morning.
Dear all,
We received notification late last night of an application by a Mr Terry Sharpels (who has changed his name by Deed Poll to Ned Kelly) to stop the senate election in 3 states based on his belief that the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) should not have registered the Australian Fishing & Lifestyle Party.
As you will understand this is highly newsworthy and we will be the focus of much attention this morning and probably for a day or 2.
The matter will clearly be defended by the AEC and we will be an interested observer.
Of some interest will be the fact that Mr Sharpels/Ned Kelly was the individual whose evidence had Pauline Hanson wrongly convicted and it came to pass that he was being funded with a political slush fund controlled by Tony Abbot. It begs the question of who is behind him this time.
At least we know we must be a threat. The system does not want another independent voice.
Watch this develop over the next day or 2.
Regards
Kev
Last edited by Dicko; 21-11-2007 at 09:30 AM.
Not real hard to figure out who is behind this
This blokes a nutter!!
We all know that TFP have lodged an appeal against the registration of AFLP that will eventually be fought out in court so who knows what is going to happen.
It will make good news though.
He did something similar last election
Senate hopeful's stand undelivered
By Andrew Hornery and Ben Wyld
September 3 2002
It's been a while since the name Ned Kelly has featured in the court listings, but there he was in courtroom 23E yesterday morning up at Queens Square before Justice Rod Madgwick in the Australian Federal Court.
No, it wasn't that Ned Kelly, but rather the politically active Tweed Heads resident Terry Sharples, who has changed his name by deed poll to Ned Kelly.
Kelly is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the Australian Electoral Commission. The commission was in court with a motion to strike out an electoral petition by Kelly which questions the validity of last year's Senate election.
Also starring in the matter is the Premier, Bob Carr, who was subpoenaed but not required to appear yesterday. He was busy schmoozing the kiddies and staff at Clovelly Public School at the time and was represented in court by his lawyer.
Justice Madgwick reserved his judgement on the matter and is expected to publish the outcome in the next few days.
Meanwhile, readers are probably more familiar with Ned Kelly under his erstwhile name of Terry Sharples - the former One Nation member who successfully sought that party's deregistration in the Queensland Supreme Court in 1999.
Last October the Herald reported claims by Sharples that he had been wrongfully excluded from the draw of NSW Senate candidates and was seeking an injunction restraining the AEC from holding an election for NSW Senate candidates.
Sharples claimed the train from Tweed Heads he was travelling on ran late when nominations closed and he missed the noon deadline, despite a last-ditch attempt to pay in Newcastle.
The AEC requires that payments for Senate nominations, $700 per candidate, are made in cash and in person at the Sydney electoral office.
The Greens must be loving this. Sadly action by a few make all look like fools.
In my opinion it will be difficult for any fishing voice to be taken seriously with this and the recent conflicts. A sad day indeed for all anglers.
Regards
Steve Brown
All I can say is that Mr Smith and his cronies must really have the best interests of the fishing community at heart????????? NOT!
What and who is this all about, the fisho's or some ego's.
Ned Kelly???????? What the.........
Tim
I really think people should show caution in linking this guy with TFP.
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Adam
Last edited by Adamy; 21-11-2007 at 12:10 PM.
It's the big end of town trying (again) to poison the seeds the common bloke has no choice but to sow in this day and times.
Love the last paragraph of KCs release..he he and I totally agree.
cheers fnq
Absolute garbage isn't it. No wonder a lot of people shy away from minor political parties.
They just announced down here that the application was refused by the court.
I think that we should all get on with ensuring the AFLP candidates get as much support and therefore votes, as possible between now and the end of voting on Saturday.
Getting our candidates elected is the best and most effective answer to Ned "Sharples" Kelly, and the AFP.
This will also dilute the influence of the Greens and Bob Brown. How I long to see that!!!
Mario Mazza (Blackadder)
what are mr sharpels' political affiliations? surely he wouldn't be going to this much trouble without some sort of support from somebody.
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