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Brilliant summation Bettina. (your email) Thank you for standing up for men. Morrison behaved disgracefully and I will never ever vote for Liberals or Labor - never - ever.

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Yes, I don't know if I could vote for the Coalition but Labor is SO much worse. I have watched Labor undermine the Howard Government's important reforms to Family Law, and various Labor governments wind back efforts to promote boy's education etc. Labor has done nothing to support men. And don't forget those ghastly Labor Senators who organised the Senate to pass the vote condemning me. Vote for anyone else and the chances are those women will end up in power due to preferences.

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Yes, I was seriously and actively involved as a senior advisor in PH in pushing for changes to move to 'shared parenting' to improve the lives of non-custodial parents and particularly fathers and grandparents. There was much resistance but John Howard, a good man supported my quest. Of course once Rudd was elected it went back to the old feminist system. Labor are much worse but the current Libs have betrayed their base - they are in effect a left wing party now and I can't in all conscience support them anymore. I've done that too many times before and they never deliver a conservative government. That ended with Howard and Abbott.

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We need to think of some way of campaigning to say that to parliamentarians prior to this election.

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Best way of campaigning, in my humble opinion, is to start establishing parallel structures within the local communities, starting from schools and alternative high education centres and ending with courts of law, where you are not judged by the media and/or establishment celebrities, but by your peers, who live nearby or know you intimately.

Dutch people are already doing it, there is plenty of similar grass root movement in the US, but Australia is still asleep.

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That's interesting, Igor. Send me material about this, if you have it.

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Australian semi-official view

https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/rise-thierry-baudet/

most of the labels, - i.e. " populist radical right-wing party" as as false as similar derogatory labels applied by the media to Mark Latham and others. But the information may be useful.

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Bettina, you may follow Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet writings on Takimag and other places. It may be a good starting point.

https://www.takimag.com/contributor/Thierry%20Baudet/846/

As for academics setting parallel system free from the establishment-enforced political ideology, you know them I guess, if you are following Jordan Peterson and his friends.

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Thank you Betina and I agree with your assesment. I would love to see David Leyonhjelm and the Liberal Democrats to come back. They would push this issue into the right direction

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Alas, David Leyonhjelm and Liberal Democrats are fighting for the same grounds as One Nation and few other minor players, cancelling each other to the joy of the major political parties.

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Yes, unfortunately the best of a bad set of options.

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