Young Liberal / Young Labor (2 Viewers)

[jdcb4]

There possibly already exists a thread dedicated to this, but I wasn't searching through 50 odd pages to find it (Sorry!)

Just wondering if anyone is a member of Young Libs or Young Labour and what they get up to in relation to it.

I joined Young Libs recently and went to a function at McMahons point just to meet some people and stuff, was great met Tony Abbot and Greg Smith and heard them give talks. Was great to meet a bunch of young people actually interested in politics and actually intelligently involved (rather than screaming abuse at people in forums with no concrete solutions!)

Currently in Rural NSW so fairly little I can really so to get involved but hope to go to USyd or UNSW next year and start to get involved then.

I kinda find it annoying when people bitch about political issues without ever doing anything about them

So yeah, just wondering.

 

[withoutaface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I'm a Young Lib at the moment, though I'm far more involved in the student wing of the party. If you come to USyd, I'm actually the vice president of the club there so if you want any details about it just PM me, otherwise I can give you contact numbers/emails for those in charge of the UNSW club.

EDIT: Musk have you been involved with the UNSW club?

 

[bshoc]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Why sell your soul to a particular party? I'd probably take young libs over labor anyday, but both of them contribute to the death of the most important aspect of politics - pragmatism.

 

[withoutaface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Why sell your soul to a particular party? I'd probably take young libs over labor anyday, but both of them contribute to the death of the most important aspect of politics - pragmatism.

I haven't sold my soul to anyone. I disagree with the party on a number of key issues, but the only way things are going to change is if people such as myself bring such change about.

 

[cowface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Woah, this thread looks diverse with political allegiances!

I was in Family First until they kicked me out, because I started a family when I was 13. With my boyfriend. I'm not gay or anything, but my boyfriend certainly is.

 

[michaeln36]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Woah, this thread looks diverse with political allegiances!

I was in Family First until they kicked me out, because I started a family when I was 13. With my boyfriend. I'm not gay or anything, but my boyfriend certainly is.

rofl!

im gonna join young libs through UNSW this year =) !

 

[mr EaZy]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

lol a friend of mine was elected to the president of markets campus (UTS). I met him in my first year- he does law, and well, he's well known at uts, and coz he's leb, he joined young liberals saying that he wanted to change their perception on lebs- i thought he was wasting his time coz the libs at uni were'nt racist and most i spoke to thought that debnam's views were wierd (regarding migrants and muslims)

anyways, the libs loved my mate soo much they sent him to melbourne for a media training excercise- he came back frustrated saying that the libs were singing racist songs over there and there was a jewish guy there who was also offended-

- maybe its just the melbournians *Shrugs*

 

[ihavenothing]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I am gonna break the cycle here and I'm involved with Young Labor at Sydney Uni and have sought preselection for the seat of Mackellar in the 2007 federal election, I hope to get it even though I have no chance of winning I still would have it on my CV. Proud to be Labor but I am still opposed to many of the policies within the caucus and hope to extend the boundaries of ALP supporters outside the trade union base and improve relations with the LGBT and Jewish communities to the Labor Party.

 

[frog12986]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I am gonna break the cycle here and I'm involved with Young Labor at Sydney Uni and have sought preselection for the seat of Mackellar in the 2007 federal election, I hope to get it even though I have no chance of winning I still would have it on my CV. Proud to be Labor but I am still opposed to many of the policies within the caucus and hope to extend the boundaries of ALP supporters outside the trade union base and improve relations with the LGBT and Jewish communities to the Labor Party.

That would obviously explain your passionate dislike for many LPA figures.

I was a member of the Young Liberals, albeit not a heavily active one. I haven't rejoined due to a variety of other commitments, and don't really want to continue as a 'phantom member', however intend to rejoin either next year or the year after, when I am able to become more actively involved.

 

[ZabZu]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I am gonna break the cycle here and I'm involved with Young Labor at Sydney Uni and have sought preselection for the seat of Mackellar in the 2007 federal election, I hope to get it even though I have no chance of winning I still would have it on my CV. Proud to be Labor but I am still opposed to many of the policies within the caucus and hope to extend the boundaries of ALP supporters outside the trade union base and improve relations with the LGBT and Jewish communities to the Labor Party.

Yay someone from Young Labor.

I heard that the Young Libs are dominated by conservatives due to Alex Hawke trying to silence moderate views.

 

[withoutaface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

lol a friend of mine was elected to the president of markets campus (UTS). I met him in my first year- he does law, and well, he's well known at uts, and coz he's leb, he joined young liberals saying that he wanted to change their perception on lebs- i thought he was wasting his time coz the libs at uni were'nt racist and most i spoke to thought that debnam's views were wierd (regarding migrants and muslims)

Kamal? Good bloke.

ZabZu: I've spoken to Alex about my views on many occassions and he's fully supported my choice to be in the party while holding views which directly oppose a lot of his. Most of what you'll hear about him is a massive media beat up.

 

[cowface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

The only reason why I'm not in Young Labor is because I find Alex Hawke sexy.

Believe it or not, there are more gays in the Young Libs than Young Labor. So even though they're suppose to be moderate or conservative on social issues, many are more liberal than Labor.

 

[ihavenothing]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Yay someone from Young Labor.

I heard that the Young Libs are dominated by conservatives due to Alex Hawke trying to silence moderate views.

They are a joke and shadow of their former selves. I guess they can do whatever they like when they can run the show at ease at Federal level.

 

[ihavenothing]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

The only reason why I'm not in Young Labor is because I find Alex Hawke sexy.

Believe it or not, there are more gays in the Young Libs than Young Labor. So even though they're suppose to be moderate or conservative on social issues, many are more liberal than Labor.

Thats true, but we have a shitload of dykes

 

[cowface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Thats true, but we have a shitload of dykes

Labor is more butch than the Liberals. It is, after all the party of the working class man, or so it says.

 

[lengy]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I joined Labor Right party at USyd but never attended any meetings they called me to. I'm lazy thought the Bob Hawke pub crawl sounded fun.

 

[cowface]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

How do you actually join Young Labor anyway? They don't seem to have a Victorian website or anything.

 

[Captain Gh3y]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

I have been absolutely ASTOUNDED by the ABUNDANCE of Young Liberal members on the B-O-S forums.

So naturally I'm going to join up. However to balance that I'm also going to join the Socialist Alliance.

 

[bshoc]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Labor is more butch than the Liberals. It is, after all the party of the working class man, or so it says.

Its the party of snobby inner city liberals, a great section working class abandoned Labor for the Libs long ago ..

 

[ihavenothing]

Re: Young Liberal / Young Labour

Its a pretty mixed bunch but yeh a lot of the gays, Asians and inner city types are defecting to the Libs and we have left the builders, unionists, Italians and Western suburbs types but yeh thats pretty much the gist of it.