This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bullies Can Be Beaten

Bullies can be made to back down, as the latest development in the Gina Rinehart family trust saga demonstrates.

But it does take time. It does take a dedicated opposition. And it does take resources.

The Rinehart family battle gave a lot of money to lawyers.

The community opposition to Colin Barnett's anti-democratic amalgamation of local governments and removal of our right of veto does not have pots of money - but we do have lots of votes. So let's get out there and make our parliamentary representatives, especially those in the Liberal Party, well and truly aware that their tenure in Parliament will be short-lived if they support removal of our democratic rights.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/19199846/the-day-gina-rinehart-finally-blinked
And it will not only be Gina Rinehart "on trial over claims of gross misconduct and dishonesty". Colin Barnett (and his lackey Tony Simpson) will find themselves in that particular dock, as well, at least in the court of public opinion.
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