Goughs, grandchildren have spoken?.Kevin and the
gang have arrived in Canberra..very very safely.
The Australian public have made a grand genuine
gesture for sweeping change in this country.

Johnnie said 'if we change the government the
country will be fundamentally changed forever"

Yes thank you for that astute observation John..
A FINAL and possibly accurate truth, he uttered
just before setting the Liberal Party, aimlessly
adrift in a very leaky boat. John is gong back
to whence he came....His new de/fences have
been built on the North Shore's of Sydney....

THE FUTURE OF REAL CHOICE
We are now able to create a compassionate future
that incorporates integrity. Choices that benefit
the WHOLE and NOT just, the elite?.This in effect
is the polar opposite of the previous Federal
governments swing on what they identified as the
?peoples choice?? Their concept of being ?comfortable
and relaxed? was quite at odds with what was actually
going on in fact?Hmmm.. lets have a look at the current
refugees right now who are living in detention??

The previous Federal governments CONCEPT of work
choices was quite special...Mmm?we could have
had too much work not enough work or no work. Goddess
me, that is in fact NOT choices that we really NEEDED!

The previous Federal government offered a ?choice? for
all the wee Aussie battlers? to become part of the chosen
elite. A flawed false belief system that denies commitment
to equity for the whole..This was a strategic attempt at
changing societal understanding about genuine choices.

It highlights the previous Federal governments passion for
a class system User pays and you can have everything..Ah
yes little johnnies "Winners and losers". Not a genuine
system that created long-term equity for all..Where is
Jackie Kelly's electoral officer now we wonder? No where
to be seen I imagine.....

JOHN'S 1958 PARADIGM OF FUTURE
Ultimately, one suggests these choices have proved
very debilitating for anyone not identified as one of
Johnnie's winners. Choices that left out the other
and perpetuated fear of the unknown. We were denied a
commitment to loving all and a long term vision.

THE FABRIC OF LIFE
It was a government that looked back to a TIME when
Roast on Sunday was a must do and Chardonnay was not
popular yet. These paradigms momentarily changed the
fabric of our society. Hessian is an easier fabric to
cut but very plain and harsh to wear.Silk is a natural
state sensuous and very sustainable..

Check this film out and remind ones self of little
Johnnie's work choices and bless Fletcher Jones

www.filmaustralia.com.au/fabric/

THE MADNESS MANTRA
In the last 11 years madness descended and the
main game was focused on a "ME ME ME" mentality
and the notion that one is better by having more
and judging the other as wrong was a Liberal Party
mantra ......

One could run ones? own empire,send ones children
to private schools and even pay exclusive rates
for private health care. Have their very own unmanageable
mortgage, matching curtains, 2 cars a large credit card
debit and plain rice for years to come?.Mmm what-fabulous
choices Johnnie gave them NOT!

Oh yes and bless the ?great undecided voters for their
insights?. HELLO, how much choice did they need? This
of course could alternatively, been an appalling lack
of ability to make a genuine choice for ones self? One
wonders are they people who like being, led by the
nose and TOLD what to choose?

For example the swinging voter, on (SBS), ?INSIGHT? on
November 20 that suggested she could not trust "Kevin"
because he had been a diplomat?What a conundrum she had,
to decide between a liar and a diplomat? Big choices
to make, did she not remember TAMAPA AWB children in
detention etc? I hope she had a little more insight by
November 24th 2007.

We at VITA management can SEE that ?Howard?s battlers?
have seen the choices they made NOT work out so
well for them? Now having contemplated eating the PLASMA
TV, and realizing the expensive garden hose they bought
at BUNNINGS?s has NO USE with NO water..That their carbon
excesses are becoming embarrassing to the neighbors and
they can not afford to drive the children to private
school anyway....

They have seen the LIGHT and made clear transparent
choices that will resonate for their grand children.
It is painfully obvious they are NOT comfortable and
relaxed as the previous Prime Minister suggested.

As a society we have moved away from a life, of absolute
betrayal lies deceit and expensive choices, that really
have ONLY benefited a few. We have regained our self-
determining spirit. We have stepped up to the mountain
top and created OUR own choices. We have chosen NOT
to live with unpalatable and fundamentally INHUMANE
behavior and belief systems!

TRANSPARENT WATERS
We have chosen and identified the difference between
continuing in muddy waters and chosen fresh aqua blue
lakes. The vibration of our souls has integrated our
heart felt needs. We can NOW incorporate something
exceptional that creates REAL choices, as opposed
to something that removed REAL CHOICES ?.

We NOW have the opportunity too move away from this
continuous betrayal and misuse of power. We have RID
ourselves of those that would DARE to define our
choices. Australia has realized it truly is TIME
to revalue redefine our VITA/LIFE'S. We are now
ready to decide what and WHO matters in our
life?s and consider the future of our children?

There is much to be done. Rebuilding restructuring
and envisioning a genuine future with 21 century
current choices Care compassion and considerations
are back in style and on the Federal government
front bench with a NEW LABOR GOVERNMENT.

We have made our choice a choice between a government
that was ?commonplace? cruel without consciousness,
for a Federal Government that has the opportunity to
LOVE fully and build a Gough inspired VISION for the
future.....

We bequeath/give Maxine and Julia to to our children

www.alp.org.au/people/nsw/mckew_maxine.php

Vita

An adaption of Rudyard Kipling's

[IF]
If you can keep your head when all about
you Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you,If you can trust yourself when all
others doubt you...But make allowance
for their doubting too,

If one can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too
wise:

If one can dream--and not make dreams ones
master,/mistress If one can think--and not
make thoughts ones aim; If you can meet
with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two
impostors just the same;

If you can BEAR to HEAR the truth you've
spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for
fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to,
broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out
tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and
sinew To serve your turn long after they are
gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in
you Except the Will which says to them:

"Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your
virtue, Or walk with royalty-- nor lose the
common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends
can hurt you; If all wo/men count with you, but
none too much,

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more-- Then you'll be human and
vulnerable my loved ones

www.sao-tome.com/

Willing to go the distance Trust ones self
and trust the other.

Vita

PUT PEACE BACK ON THE ELECTIOM AGEMDA

"When Sam McMillan and Louise Barry - two young
Australian women who know the real cost of war -
began their quest for answers, they were only two people.
GetUp members have since joined the call and suddenly
we were 40,000 strong.

Last week, Sam and Louise personally asked you to
join them for this final push, and we grew to 60,000
in 48 hours. But still their calls to meet the current
Prime Minister remain unanswered - and the Foreign
Minister last week merely brushed them off.

But the stakes are far too high to just give up. Sam
and Louise will travel back to Canberra this Thursday
to make one final attempt to deliver our petition and
get some answers. And to help them put peace back on
the national agenda. We're planning an online media
blitz with a powerful new web ad to get the message
out to hundreds of thousands of more Australians.

How far can we spread Sam and Louise's message? That
is up to US. Just $50 can show the ad directly to 3000
Australians, $100 will double it.

Please click below to see the ad and give what you can:

www.getup.org.au/campaign/OurOwnPlanForIraq

EFFECT OF INTERNET ON THE ELECTION
We've seen throughout this election how effective the
internet is in framing the national conversation.. Now
we want to put Iraq right where it should be: on a variety
of webpages viewed by voters and in the forefront of
Australians' minds on the eve of the election..

For good measure we've also booked a full page ad in
the newspaper read by the very people who can really
influence the current PM -the voters in his own
electorate.

Not only could this be the last opportunity to hold
the current PM accountable for taking Australia to
war on false pretenses and without parliamentary or
popular approval..

It is also an opportunity to tell Mr Rudd if elected that
he has a mandate for peace. This is our opportunity to
create change and the course of history for the better..
Which will make Louise and Sam's message all the more
powerful when they arrive in Canberra...

Donate now to take their urgent message directly to
hundreds of thousands of Australians who can vote us
out of this war on Saturday November 24th 2007

Sam and Louise simply want the man responsible for
dragging Australia into this conflict to hear from
the Australian people and provide some answers about
how he intends to end it. Mr. Howard can ignore two
Australians. He can try to ignore 40,000, or maybe
even 60,000. Yet at some point, through adding new
voices, we become too many Australians for Mr. Howard
to ignore. By being proactive we must get some answers.

We have taken one giant step closer to restoring humanity
accountability and consciousness and make inroads to
ending this war"/invasion.

Please give what you can: click on the site above
The Get Up Team

Make peace a reality have ones voice heard
Vita

11 days out from the Australian, Federal Election
and we find the Federal governments lack of
credibility and integrity is smacking us in
the face again ?.

With the incarceration of Tony Tran, a Vietnamese
born man wrongly detained as an illegal immigrant?
For 5 years! His wife deported and his son that was
placed in foster care until Tony's release?.

It would appear the whole system of immigration and
deportation, needs to be redefined and given integrity,
to ensure any sense of human rights in Australia.

We are seeing consistent Federal government
flaws in social policy, repeatedly, in this
obviously cruel and heartless system. How
many more people have been detained by the
government in out of sight facilities.. More
to the point for what reason? Not to forget
the refugees who are currently being held in
Villawood Nauru and 6 other centers across
Australia?.

Exactly how many people are in the Federal
government?s holding pattern are caught in
this insidious and cruel system? It is simply
outrageous inhumane, behavior and policy by
the current Federal government.

To see this obvious disintegration of human rights
in Australia is embarrassing and deeply disturbing?
A country that prides itself on a fair go has a
government that has moved the goal posts for who
is entitled to get a fair go it would appear?.

What kind of government removes people from their
lives and creates policy that leaves people in a
state of flux for up to seven years? In February
2005, a mentally ill German citizen holding an
Australian permanent residency, Cornelia Rau was
in detention as an unauthorized immigrant for a
total of ten months.

In May of 2005, 33 other people were identified as
wrongfully detained under the Migration Act.?This
included ?Vivian? who was forcibly deported to the
Philippines and then went missing..(She has since
been, found).

As of May 2005, it was unclear how many people had
spent time in an immigration detention facility. By
late May 2005, over 200 cases of possible wrongful
immigration detention were referred, to the Palmer
inquiry.

In October 2005, the Commonwealth Ombudsman revealed
that more than half of those cases for a week or less.
Twenty -three other people incarcerated in detention
for more than a year and two of these were for more
than five years. It goes on and on?...

In a press release from the Minister of Immigration
Kevin Andrews in October 2007, on the current the
Federal governments position on refugee/humanitarian
intakes for Australia 2007-08 he says:

?Australia has the right to ensure that those who come
here are integrating into a socially cohesive community.
From early 2008, the capacity of migrants to integrate
into the Australian community ?will be formally assessed
through an interview.?

It begs the question by whom will they be interviewed
by, what are the questions being asked,and what are these
peoples skills and knowledge on human rights? let alone
their grasp on the needs of people seeking refugee status.

MORE OF HIS MEDIA RELEASE
?Those who are assessed as representing an
unacceptable integration challenge will be
refused permission to migrate to Australia.?

One wonders what this actually means given
the unacceptable methods the Federal Government
has used to date to determine who stays and who
goes??

The current Immigration Minister goes on to say

?For Australia?s immigration program to be successful,
it needs the support and acceptance of the Australian
community. This will only be achieved if they have
confidence in the integrity of the program."

"Responding to issues where there are concerns about
the benefits of certain aspects of the program is not
only justified, it also protects and reinforces
the integrity of Australia?s overall immigration
program?.

Yes well indeed I am sure Vivian Tony and Cornelia
and many others have doubts about the integrity
of the current Federal governments immigration
stance..As we all should..What needs to be
scrutinized is genuine values on human rights
in Australia. How are we valuing the other? What
as a nation is acceptable; immigration policy
and does the Australian public have confidence in
the current system?

www.safecom.org.au/pdfs/peoples-inquiry-first-report.pdf

Bring on the election and we will see whether
this government is placed in exile for ever?.

Vita

FOR AMAL AND ALL THOSE THAT STILL HAVE HOPE
HOPE HAS ARRIVED!!!

We are pleased to announce that "HOPE" Steve Thomas'
and Sue Brooks' documentary about Amal Basry and the
SIEV X, will be screening at the inaugural Human Rights
Arts and Film Festival

Capitol Cinema,
Swanston Street, Melbourne
Sunday 2nd December at 3.40pm.

http://www.hraff.org.au/

Tickets are now available online at

/
www.greentix.com.au/evinfo.php?eventid=20362&sid=.

Hope was sold out at the Melbourne International
Film Festival and many people have been asking
when they can see it.

We are planning a more general release and hoping
for some cinema screenings in 2008 but the HRAFF
screening is the last opportunity to see the film
on the big screen this year.

In conjunction with this event and the imminent 2007
Federal Election, we have posted a pertinent scene
from 'Hope' on ?You Tube? for the world to see.

You can view the clip and comment on it at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PnC23zC5Bg

Steve Thomas & Sue Brooks (Producers

HOPE SYNOPSIS (from the HRAFF Program):

Amal Basry watched The Titanic at a cinema in
Baghdad the night before she fled Iraq. Months
later the people smuggling boat she was on, that
became known, as the SIEV-X.

sievx.com/

The boat sank between Indonesia and Australia and
350 people drowned in Australia?s largest maritime
disaster since WWII. Amal was one of only 7 survivors
who made it to Australia, after spending 22 hours in
the ocean clinging to a floating corpse.

In public, Amal became an advocate for the survivors
of the SIEV-X. In private, she fought to reunite her
fragmented family, cope with the personal consequences
of the disaster and return to Indonesia to find what
I lost in the ocean.

Following its sell-out screening at MIFF, Hope shows
us the human face of one of the most horrific and
controversial, yet unpublicized, events in modern
Australia.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT "HOPE'

Some stories shake a nation. Others slip away -
Katherine Kizilios, The Age.

Seeing HOPE I wept: the extraordinary Amal deserved
just such a testament.

"We expected to come away shamed once again by our
country's attitude towards people who come to Australia
looking for protection, and while that shame remains
We marveled instead at Amal's beautiful
life, someone whose generous spirit seemed
able to transcend her circumstances.

"Hope is the best type of documentary: activist
without being preachy; Simple without lacking
complexity; effective staggeringly so, without
being gimmicky. It commanded. and rewarded my
whole attention."

"The scenes in Indonesia were among the most moving
and the connection between the silver haired Australian
and the feisty Iraqi woman desperate to get her story
told became more and more compelling as the film went
on."

"The film stayed with me all weekend, and I think that
makes it special."

"There are moments in the film when our hands find our
mouths and our breathing stops: we might not expect
that the lives of people fleeing persecution turn to
bliss as soon as they?re granted a visa, BUT even still,
it doesn?t seem fair that someone of Amal?s basic
human goodness must fight the battles she?s asked to
fight."

"Although others had told the story of the SIEV X,
Amal's story was hers alone and she wanted it told her
way. Amazingly, HOPE is Amal's film as much as the
filmmakers'; it's suffused with her presence, will
and charisma."

"The hope of 'HOPE' is that stories such as Amal?s
will continue to be told - Not for the sake of
telling but in the hope that through their telling
something might change...If not today, then maybe
tomorrow."

www.hopedocumentary.com.au

'Hope' Flying Carpet Films P/L.

Vita

Dear friends,
The next few weeks are the one of the most
important times in Australia's political
history. One of the main issues at stake is
whether one side of politics will retain
complete control of the SENATE (our political
house of review).."

As it stands it presently has been reduced to
a mere rubber stamp as the Coalition have the
majority of control...We must restore balance
and accountability to the Senate by voting
the Coalition out of their monopoly.

"With only two weeks to go, each one of us
can make an enormous difference this Federal
election. Recent polling shows that Victoria's
Federal Senate seats rest on a knife's edge,
and the balance of power could be decided by
just a few hundred votes.'

We know that our "Save our Senate" message can
change votes and restore balance to our Senate
even amongst Liberal-National voters, fewer than
one-third think the Coalition should have total
control of the Senate.

GET INVOLVED IN YOUR DEMOCRATIC CHOICE
Just a few hours of your time could make the
difference between an independent, balanced
Senate and three more years of a rubber stamp."

Come to the activities below .. Participate in
creating change in the future of Australia
Join us on Saturday the 17th of November the
last weekend before the coming Federal election.
Participate to get our message to 1000's of voters
in Caulfield, Kew and Malvern.

Click on the link in VITA"S quick links for more
details of how to play a part at the GETUP link

OR Email national@getup.org.au to get involved
outside Melbourne.)

2. Join thousands of GetUp members on Election
Day. We have a plan for election day.. one that's
innovative, fun and effective. We won't be telling
people who to vote for, but we will be asking them
to end the Coalition's Senate majority.

SAGE ADVICE AND CLEAR MESSAGES OF CHANGE
We will distribute: *Fortune cookies with sage
advice on a balanced Senate *Voting pencils that
will be printed with Senate messages
*Save our Senate" ...T-shirts*Posters and
flyer's..All of our materials are researched,
tested and have proven effective with voters,
no matter who they want for PM.

Now all we need is your help on Election Day.

Click on the the link to sign up!
www.getup.org.au/campaign/AustraliaGetsUp07&id=123?dc=31,86439

With only 15 days to go, it's crunch time! Let's
save our Senate!

Oliver, Amy and the GetUp Grassroots Action team.

This election may well hinge on climate change -
so we hope to see you at Walk Against Warming -
Australia's biggest climate change rally -
near you this Sunday!

www.getup.org.au/campaign/WalkAgainstWarming&id=194

Vita

Federal Election 2007
Unhealthy and unhelpful comments by TONY

Yes, well as I have previously mentioned is
Tony the kind of man we would trust with our
Health issues? Apparently launching events
is more important than doing something about
the Health of a Nation?

And then his litany of bad behavior to go with
it ? Rude to a dying men, late for debates, and
snapping retorts at the Federal Shadow Minister
for Health Nicola Roxon ?

This is truly shabby shabby behavior indeed?Tony..

Tony suggested he should not have been ?dismissive?
of a dying man?Indeed?A man who is campaigning for
Government subsidies for a drug to help those with
a disease that is terminal.. Given the circumstance
that Bernie Banton.is dying from an ?asbestos-related
disease mesothelioma.'

One would hope the Australian Federal Health Minister
might see the concern in a more enlightened way? As
opposed to a political stunt on Bernie's part? That
truly is perplexing if NOT gob smacking from a Federal
Government Minister frantic to maintain his very own
tentative existence in Parliament..

A disease Bernie acquired through bad work conditions
it would appear...Ah yes the Health of a Nation and
compassion is obviously (NOT) at the forefront of
Tony?s consciousness...Tony suggested Bernie was
? pulling a stunt by attempting to deliver a
petition to Mr. Abbott's Manly electorate office?

Hmmmm wouldn?t that be Bernie?s democratic RIGHT
as a voter to highlight the NEEDS of those with
a life threatening disease to the Health Minister?..
One wonders whether the Federal Government wants to
do something about this situation??

Would it not have been more useful to do take a
proactive and constructive approach to Bernie's
petition? Rather than be remarkably dismissive
of the situation TONY??

One would have to question who's health Tony
is concerned about...11 years in office and
NOW they want to do something about the state
of Hospital management in Australia..Hmmm

TAXABLE FLIGHTS
Then of course there is the issue of the costs
of flights to and from events for ministers?,Whose
economy and environment is paying for that we
may well ask?

Me thinks the Federal Government is unsure
whether to be in flight or fight??.Or simply
feel very very very sorry for the state of
their own health?

Check out 'EMILY'S' List of women across Australia
interested in the Health of a Nation


www.emilyslist.org.au/candidates/candidates.asp?id=fed

We do have choices we can make with compassion
and care

linkwww.nicolaroxonmp.com/joomla/index.php

Vita