Endangered species Comp
“Spot a McKay Policy” Competition
The talk around town for more than a week now has been centred on “what does the Sydney-appointed ALP candidate, Jodi McKay, stand for?”
People are so worried that policies may be an endangered species in Ms McKay’s political territory that many want to initiate a competition and offer a prize for any sighting.
So…
As soon as someone spots a McKay policy in any of the categories identified below, they should immediately email me and they will be eligible to win a chocolate Green and Golden Bell frog.
Exclusions…
1) ALP members from Sydney are specifically ineligible for this prize - too many of them have shown that they can’t even identify a genuine native species, and they may not be able to tell a policy from a parachute.
2) Statements such as ‘I just want to work with the business community’ or ‘I’m not a politician’ will not qualify for a prize, no matter how often the Sydney-appointed ALP candidate insists on offering them instead of policies.
Notes…
1) A comment on a previous ALP position is acceptable. Under questioning from the media last week, Ms McKay indicated (on local ABC radio) that she was not aware of any policies of the locally supported incumbent Member for Newcastle, Bryce Gaudry. This does seem odd to many Novocastrians that she isn’t at least aware of Mr Gaudry’s stand against privatisation and cutting the Newcastle rail line – surely Mr Iemma and Mr Costa would not have been so cruel to her that they didn’t tell her about these policies!?
2) We’ll even accept a policy sighting that may really be Mr Iemma’s or Mr Costa’s views, since their fingerprints are already all over pretty much everything to do with Ms McKay’s candidature.
3) Local journalists are eligible for the prize, but should be aware that this Sydney-appointed species has already shown an ability to issue camouflage statements that can give a momentary, superficial impression of a policy (refer to Exclusions above). A number of local journalists have already been thwarted from claiming the prize on this basis.
4) Contestants should email entries to me (michael-osborne@planet-save.com) giving the relevant policy statement and the time, date and source of the sighting. I will include all first sightings of any of the following categories on this campaign blog.
5) We’re especially interested in any policy statements on issues such as:
* the Newcastle rail line
* the issue of local control of local developments
* the development of the Royal Newcastle Hospital site
* the privatisation of health services (for example, the public-private partnership (PPP) development at the Mater hospital)
* developer donations and their corrupting influence on the ALP
* industrial relations
* climate change
Because of the expected rarity of sightings, the competition will be open for the entire state election campaign.
