First let me introduce myself.
My name is Rick Westgarth and I am the Campaign Manager and second Senate candidate for Victoria.
Also let me congratulate you on the work you do. However what I did wish to discuss was the lack of talk in regards to our and other parties on your website. Please don’t get me wrong, I am not having a shot at you. Just wishing to encourage you to consider our position. Continue reading
Media Release, August 18, 2010
While the media follows Julia Gillard looking under a car or Tony Abbott playing soccer with school children, indigenous issues have gone missing in this campaign, say the Australian Democrats.
Senate candidate for Victoria, Rick Westgarth, who recently worked with indigenous people instructing in tertiary education Continue reading
Australian Democrats 2nd senate candidate for Victoria, Rick Westgarth believes it is possible to help the environment and grow our economy.
“When we do this we will position Australia to become a world leader in environmental sustainability. This will give our children the brightest future possible.
“I believe in a smart Australia with a better and more effective education system that gives our children the chance to become whatever they want. A child’s birth place or family’s income should not determine their future potential. We need to encourage our citizens to strive for better, to have goals and to have every opportunity to achieve them.” Continue reading
Afghan refugees shortly after the US led invasion in 2001. Nine years later about a quarter of a million remain displaced within their own country and 3 million languish in refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran. UN Photo/Luke Powell
The Australian Democrats have issued two media releases in the past 48 hours opposing the Gillard Government’s “Timor solution” and rejecting the Opposition’s Hanson-Howard tactic of spreading lies, fear and paranoia. See the Media Releases below.
Seeking asylum from violence, war, famine, torture and persecution is legal under international law. Instead of reverting to yet another “offshore solution” the government should stand up against the misinformation the Abbott Liberal opposition is peddling.
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