Connecting Stern Hu and Local Politics

Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu has been sentenced to 10 years by a Chinese court after being found guilty of accepting bribes and stealing trade secrets / Reuters
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A cynical statement made by a local council member and an unjust sentence given an Australian overseas. There is a connection. The statement was made by Ninous Khobasha (he spelled his name to the Champion) who has no influence on Stern Hu's case and whose statement is quite separate to it. The statement is

"There will be no peace until the Liberals are gone for good. The Liberals have made us work very hard and we will never forgive them!!! "

There is nothing wrong with hard work, although some complain, there are benefits to all, individuals, community and family when people work hard.
One understands a child complaining bitterly about having to work when they would rather play. Here, we have Khobasha blaming the Liberals for making him, and his people, the ALP, work. There is much testimony related to the work of Khobasha and Fairfield council's ALP members.

• A good friend of mine is working a job at a local shop. The shop is struggling, as Rudd's election has meant that bad business policy has resulted in a substantial downturn in trade. My friend works in the evenings alone. Another employee has a shift one evening, and he is held up and pistol whipped. The result is the business can no longer support the extra employees, and so my friend is without a job.
• Some shops and the local railway were egged recently. The mess has not been cleaned up by the station, but the local shop keepers cleaned up their shops straight away. The disgusting mess is left as pedestrians and public transport users endure the smell and flies and vermin. The mess was probably made by local kids who have been running amok recently, demanding gifts with menace from locals while congregated in gangs.
• There is also the parking problem in Cabramatta which the ALP counsellors can't seem to address without seizing land and offering inappropriate amounts to ALP supporters. Of course the problem is a result of the failure of the ALP to address the issue properly ever.
• Inappropriate sign-age advertising ALP is not removed by the ALP when it is pointed out to them during election times. But legitimate sign-age may be removed by local council officers threatening legal action.

There are holes in the ground throughout Fairfield. The Liberals have addressed these issues, and so the ALP have had to work harder than they have before. But they still haven't achieved competence.
Meanwhile, federally, we have a PM who has made election promises suggesting a better working relationship with China and a better deal for new migrants who arrive by boat. As of 29th March 2010, a confirmed 55 people have died making the journey to Australia by boat and many many more are likely to have. Meanwhile an Australian seized by a foreign government and denied basic freedoms involved with natural justice has been given an outrageous sentence considering that he is probably innocent.
The boats follow a weakening of border protection and suggest a real flood gate has been opened. The most dangerous and least desirable way of coming to Australia is via people smugglers on a boat. It was estimated in the late seventies that for every boat person who arrived in Australia another died trying. Rudd's abysmal policy is responsible for at least 55 confirmed deaths.
In opposition, Rudd campaigned hard for known terrorists who were detained in Guantanamo Bay by the US Government. But when China seize a well educated mild mannered man and treat him worse than the US treated their terrorists, Rudd says "The world is watching." Indeed, the world was watching as Rudd did nothing. It was probably the Liberal Party's fault. They have made Rudd work overtime to try and be less incompetent than he is.
And so we see the connection. A natural predilection to do nothing when there is no pork barrel in the offing. The ALP don't like to work hard, and wish those who would fix their problems would go away.