DEAR News Of The Area,
ON Sunday, Peter Dutton asked his supporters to stay true to their values.
This begs the question: ‘What are the coalition’s values?’
What does the coalition actually stand for?
Values are ideals or beliefs that someone holds and uses to decide what they think is acceptable or unacceptable.
Whatever the coalition’s values are now, they’re not what they used to be.
John Howard, often lauded as a Liberal Party hero (conveniently bypassing Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison), once took the principled stand of telling coalition supporters to put One Nation last on their ballot paper.
Now, Pat Conaghan has the One Nation candidate number 2 on his how to vote card while Kevin Hogan and Peter Dutton both have the One Nation candidate at number 3.
Why have the guiding principles of the coalition changed so much in the intervening years?
Given that people tend to adopt the values they are raised with, I struggle to understand how the values of coalition supporters can have changed to now align with One Nation.
What is the point of winning at all costs if the outcome doesn’t align with your values?
As Mr Dutton says, voters should stay true to their values and cast their vote accordingly.
Regards,
Stephen OTTAWAY
Red Rock.
