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Welcome to country - in your dreams

By Stuart Ballantyne - posted Thursday, 29 August 2024


Every small business, every farmer, every fisherman will discriminate against 4 out of 5 job applicants, yes 80% could claim they are being discriminated against, even for bad breath and could easily take their offence to HRC offices in our nanny states.

So now the Queensland Human Rights commission is chasing Dave Pellowe, on behalf of a bedwetting complainant who took offence to Pellowe not doing the welcome to country message at a church event. In my extensive travel and as a church goer, I have never heard, nor do I ever want to hear a Welcome to Country message in any church service or event. This would absolutely be the same case with Muslim, Jewish, Hindu or other religious events.

I learnt in my 7 years at sea on beautiful passenger-cargo ships, that there was always 2-3% of the passengers very unhappy about the ship, the music, the food, the carpet colour or anything. Malcontents are always there, but do we need to fund a Government department to cater for their miserable perspectives on life?

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How pathetic is that bunch in Queensland's HRC office in 53 Albert Street Brisbane? We should name and shame the lot of them, they are wasting taxpayers money and should be closed down.

Is it that Dave Pellowe, a Christian Pastor, is a softer target than Stuart Ballantyne ?

I need every Australian yes, even you miserable Greens, to write, email, text to their local, state and federal politicians to stop wasting our money with this unnecessary grievance industry.

It makes our country look weak. It dispirits, disheartens and depresses our young people against starting or retaining a small business, knowing that any bedwetting malcontent can trigger expensive litigation via a team of well-funded weak bureaucrats who could never survive on their own skills in private enterprise.

Don't forget to boo loudly next time you hear this pathetic welcome to country message, and confirm it as you walk off the plane or leave the event.

 

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Stuart Ballantyne is just a sailor who runs Seat Transport Solutions who are naval architects, consultants, surveyors and project managers.

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