Malcolm Roberts: Australian senator wants 'OzExit' from UN

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Malcolm Roberts: Australian senator wants 'OzExit' from UN

 

CANBERRA: -- A newly elected senator has used his first speech to call for Australia to take inspiration from the UK's Brexit and leave the United Nations.

 

Senator Malcolm Roberts was elected by Queensland as a member of the anti-immigration One Nation party.

 

He believes climate change is a global conspiracy created by bankers seeking to establish a worldwide government.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37335543

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2016-09-14

[taichiplanet]

i don't agree with his other views but leaving the UN is a good idea. Who wants to be a member when there are only 5 (self appointed) permanent members that have the right to veto; doesn't sound very United to me.

 

It does sound like he is trying to be the Nigel Farage of Australia with his comments such as "at risk from insidious institutions such as the unelected swill that is the United Nations". Politics does need some humour to make it interesting!

 

[Rancid]

Never heard of him, however leaving the UN is probably a good idea, and Goldman Sachs were indeed planning on making a few more billion from trading carbon credits so he isn't entirely wrong about bankers either.

 

But Australia knows who its masters are, so none of that will ever happen.

[simple1]

He's another alt right theorist, including subscribing to the Frankfurt School of anti Semitic conspiracy. Interesting to know he personally only received a very minimal primary vote, but got in on the preference voting system that yet again stuffs up the Senate.

[shirtless]

He is correct we are a unheard voice who just keeps giving , why bother they are a 4th tier of Government , we need less not more and in Australia case they are a 4th tier , How many idiots do we need to pay to make your life more expensive with more rules and less freedoms , while getting Australians sweet FA abroad.

[simple1]

Below is a link talking to Australia's long term standing with the UN. Anyone who is of the view that that cons outweigh the pros for Australia to be a member of the UN, related treaties and so on is ill informed, including the 'right of centre' Senator and the many foolish policies of One Nation.

 

http://dfat.gov.au/international-relations/international-organisations/un/pages/united-nations-un.aspx

[DoctorG]

50 minutes ago, simple1 said:

Below is a link talking to Australia's long term standing with the UN. Anyone who is of the view that that cons outweigh the pros for Australia to be a member of the UN, related treaties and so on is ill informed, including the 'right of centre' Senator and the many foolish policies of One Nation.

 

http://dfat.gov.au/international-relations/international-organisations/un/pages/united-nations-un.aspx

 

 

The link does nothing to support your case.

One thing of interest there is that Aust is the 12 largest contributor to the UN. A bit disproportional for such a small country I suggest.

 

[bark]

8 hours ago, taichiplanet said:

i don't agree with his other views but leaving the UN is a good idea. Who wants to be a member when there are only 5 (self appointed) permanent members that have the right to veto; doesn't sound very United to me.

 

It does sound like he is trying to be the Nigel Farage of Australia with his comments such as "at risk from insidious institutions such as the unelected swill that is the United Nations". Politics does need some humour to make it interesting!

 

Sorry but as former prisoners you cannot get the veto vote. It is in the UN constitution.  I also heard he want Australia to leave the UN; by tunneling under the wall.

[simple1]

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

 

The link does nothing to support your case.

One thing of interest there is that Aust is the 12 largest contributor to the UN. A bit disproportional for such a small country I suggest.

 

 

if you dig deeper you will find that treaties and collaboration via the UN are of utmost importance to Oz e.g. Law of the Sea, Counter Terrorism, WHO, trade etc etc

[PTC]

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

 

The link does nothing to support your case.

One thing of interest there is that Aust is the 12 largest contributor to the UN. A bit disproportional for such a small country I suggest.

 

 

The DFAT link http://dfat.gov.au/international-relations/international-organisations/un/pages/united-nations-un.aspx provides a great deal of information that demonstrates the benefits to Australia from its long standing engagement with the UN.

 

Australia's commitment to multilateral engagement allows it to punch above its weight on the international stage. It provides benefits in ensuring partnerships that can support Australia if and when it engages on issues with larger, richer countries.

 

The isolationists who have always rejected Australia as being part of Asia and only supported white immigration would diminish Australia in the eyes of the World if their lunatics suggestions were followed. Hanson and the Australian branch of the Deplorables should remain forever marginalized as comic relief, ignored and dismissed by real Australians.

[Morch]

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The Senator, who had not held paid employment for eight years prior to election, said the international banking sector was “one of the greatest threats to our way of life” and called for a new publicly owned bank.

 

http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/one-nation-senator-malcolm-roberts--in-call-for-ozexit-from-united-nations/news-story/1b6efd19cc86d2358b66901642b1bf06

[SABloke]

8 hours ago, Rancid said:

Never heard of him, however leaving the UN is probably a good idea, and Goldman Sachs were indeed planning on making a few more billion from trading carbon credits so he isn't entirely wrong about bankers either.

 

But Australia knows who its masters are, so none of that will ever happen.

 

The All Blacks? 

Edited September 14, 2016 by SABloke

[timber]

 There is a need for an organization like the U.N.,, but the costs are ridiculous and its mandate needs to be reviewed.

As with Europe the the running has gotten so complex that no one really knows how to make it more efficient and accountable.

[Srikcir]

 

6 hours ago, DoctorG said:

A bit disproportional for such a small country I suggest.

The scale of assessments reflects a country's capacity to pay (measured by factors such as a country's national income and size of population).

The Peacekeeping Budget assessments are based on the Regular Budget rates, but with discounts for poor countries. The five permanent members of the Security Council, who approve all peacekeeping operations, pay extra fees to compensate for those discounts. A "ceiling" rate sets the maximum amount of any member state's assessed share of the Regular and Peacekeeping Budgets.

https://www.globalpolicy.org/un-finance/tables-and-charts-on-un-finance/member-states-assessed-share-of-the-un-budget.html

Australia simply needs more poverty to reduce its assessment, ie., take in more immigrants.

[swanny321]

OzExit........OfcukIT more like!