Crikey describes the moral venality of many in our Federal Parliament: That the passage of such a bill was only secured with the blatant use of blackmail, in which Morrison used detained children as hostages to be bartered for Senate compliance, says much about the wretched contents of the bill, about the complete amorality of the government and about the depths to which it has needed to sink in order to give itself a win on which to end a wretched year. That crossbench senators like Ricky Muir, Nick Xenophon and the PUPs gave in to such threats, however, is a reflection entirely on them. Their ostentatious anguish at having to deal with such a choice cant hide the grim reality of their actions. The bill is immoral, its bad policy, and its been passed using the lives of children as bargaining chips. The division lists in the Senate and the House of Representatives will be a roll call of shame in years to come. Yet another of our countrys darker hours :(
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:48:09 +0000