#ThankYouGough for Advance Australia Fair as national anthem instead of God Save the Queen but... Gee wasn't a better one on offer?
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 21, 2014
#ThankYouGough for flicking archaic knighthoods & establishing an Australian Honours System
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 21, 2014
#ThankYouGough for introducing legislation giving local government organisations access to federal funds. Hello? Western Sydney alone...
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for connecting suburban homes to sewerage http://t.co/jIODynAlBC Never knew that one *applause*
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for funding urban public transport projects http://t.co/jIODynAlBC
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for establishing the Foreign Investment Advisory Committee
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for initiating the Regional Employment Development Scheme http://t.co/4K54wYlLtY could be heading that way again :(
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for passing the Trade Practices Act, outlawing anti-competitive activities such as price-fixing, collusion, monopolisation...
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for engaging with UN & ratifying: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons http://t.co/jqDkzp1bSh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for engaging with UN & ratifying: 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention http://t.co/jqDkzp1bSh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for ratifying UN: International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for engaging with UN & ratifying: 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for engaging with the United Nations and signing vast range of multilateral agreements
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for actually noticing Asia existed. Chats plus more: China, Vitenam, Korea, Japan...
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for taking a stand against apartheid
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for fighting atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for introducing the policy of multiculturalism
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for abolishing the White Australia Policy *Round of Applause*
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for creating the Australian Development Assistance Agency (the ADAA) - 'real' foreign aid spending
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for withrawing Australia's remaining troops from Vietnam http://t.co/jqDkzp1bSh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for establishing diplomatic relations with China
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for granting independence to Papua New Guinea
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for establishing the Australian Legal Aid Office
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for establishing the Law Reform Commission
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Senate (Representation of Territories) Act, so ACT & NT could be represented in the Senate
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for 'One Vote One Value' electoral reforms
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Death Penalty Abolition Act
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: ILO Convention No. 131—Minimum Wage Fixing, 1970 http://t.co/q9CmLxhrLh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: ILO Convention No. 111—Discrimination (Employment and Occupation), 1958
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: ILO Convention No. 107 – Indigenous and Tribal Populations
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: ILO Convention No. 100 – Equal Remuneration, 1951 http://t.co/q9CmLxhrLh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: ILO Convention No. 98—Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively, 1949
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn & enacting: ILO Convention No. 87—Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights: ILO Convention No. 86—Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1974
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees http://t.co/q9CmLxhrLh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for enacting #HumanRights: 1966 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness http://t.co/q9CmLxhrLh
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights & enacting: 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for giving a damn about Human Rights: enacting 1953 Covenant on the Political Rights of Women
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for ending conscription & freeing imprisoned draft resisters #VietnamWar
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for caring about Australian Music - 10% min broadcast content, 2JJ (now Triple J), FM, Multicultural radio, Community...
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for caring about Australian film & television industries, particularly local content, Film Commission, Film & TV school...
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for creating the Australia Council for the Arts.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Australian Heritage Commission.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 & National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act. #Invaluable
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for ratification of the World Heritage Convention, some cultural & natural heritage sites may not exist today if not for it.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for creating Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Seas and Submerged Lands Act, blocking the likes of Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Govt from oil drilling on Barrier Reef.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for understanding the need to improve funding (and access) to legal services for indigenous people
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the "Racial Discrimination Act", abolishing discriminatory treatment of indigenous people.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for understanding and changing the attitudes towards indigenous people & their rights to traditional lands.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for removing restrictions on oral contraceptives. Women of today have an awful lot to thank you for.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Maternity Leave (Australian Govt Employees) Act 1973, not just leave but outlawing pregnancy discrimination in Govt.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for being the first in the world to appoint a dedicated adviser on Women's affairs to the head of government.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Family Law Act, 1975, which continues to now, Family court dedicated to divorce, property, custody and child support.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Family Law Act, 1975, allowing the likes of myself & many others to avail ourselves of "No-Fault divorce".
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for fighting for equal pay for women
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Student Assistance Act 1973, means-tested financial assistance for tertiary students, so we could actually go to Uni.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for Abolishing university tuition fees, giving generations like myself an opportunity our parents never had as an option.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for thinking the differences in opportunity between Private & Govt schools was "morally unjust and socially wasteful".
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the States Grants (Housing Assistance) Act and the Housing Agreement Act, helping fund states build low income housing
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for the Australian Assistance Plan, funding social welfare services at the grassroots level.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for introducing the Handicapped Children’s Allowance to guardians of severely disabled children.
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for introducing the Supporting Mother’s Benefit for single mothers
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
#ThankYouGough for creating Medibank
— Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) October 20, 2014
