http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/arbibs-rise-to-gatekeeper-greatness/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/arbibs-rise-to-gatekeeper-greatness/#comment-21953 Angela Bell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-21953 A couple of years ago, disillusioned and disgusted with the NSW branch of the ALP, I emailed my state MP and said I would no longer vote 1 for Labor while Joe Tripodi was in the ministry. I received no reply and have given my first vote to the Greens ever since. Now NSW Labor threatens to spread its selfish contagion nationally by undermining my local Federal MP, Robert McClelland, whom I respect. I hope I am not alone in affirming that I will not vote for Arbib if he deposes the attorney-general; nor will I vote for his candidate for the NSW Legislative Council, who, from your article, appears to stand for the politics of ethnic tribalism rather than for society as a whole. A couple of years ago, disillusioned and disgusted with the NSW branch of the ALP, I emailed my state MP and said I would no longer vote 1 for Labor while Joe Tripodi was in the ministry. I received no reply and have given my first vote to the Greens ever since. Now NSW Labor threatens to spread its selfish contagion nationally by undermining my local Federal MP, Robert McClelland, whom I respect. I hope I am not alone in affirming that I will not vote for Arbib if he deposes the attorney-general; nor will I vote for his candidate for the NSW Legislative Council, who, from your article, appears to stand for the politics of ethnic tribalism rather than for society as a whole.

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