tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136161833847253297.post8303467412503950455..comments2023-10-15T23:18:46.711+11:00Comments on North Coast Voices: Sexism in the National Party of Australia - why am I not surprised?NCV Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00579216521747607055noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6136161833847253297.post-85348276237225527272014-07-13T06:16:49.389+10:002014-07-13T06:16:49.389+10:00I actually gave up trying to set up a Liberal Part...I actually gave up trying to set up a Liberal Party branch here in the Clarence Valley and succumbed and joined the National Party thinking I could do some good from withing the party, not the least of which is to get them back on track with their policies rather than their self interested empire building activities. Once the local branch i.e. the Grafton Branch of the National Party discovered that I had joined they immediately made a complaint to the NSW National Party HQ's Ethics Committee to have me removed from the party. The basis for the complaint was that I was the one who protested the Tribute Dinner to Steve Cansdell after his forced resignation from the State Seat of Clarence. I was also the one who supported the 'whistle blower' who had been bullied into taking the points from one of Cansdell's many traffic infringments. Ironically the Ethics Committee found I had no case to answer because at the time of the protest I wasn't a member. The greater irony is that Steve Cansdell is still a card carrying member of the NSW National Party and NOT A SINGLE complaint has been made to the Ethics Committee about him or his continued membership of the National Party.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983426001354918516noreply@blogger.com