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Alan Jones has disgusted most of the country with his comments about Julia Gillards fathers death.

His apology was rather hollow also unsurprisingly. Alan was quick to point out he thought it was a private function and his speech would not be made public. Like that makes it ok? He was also keen to mention that he had come under attack online from trolls, given his comments I’m less than surprised.

Even Alan’s biggest fan is anxious for the speech to be over

In the Telegraphs story on this disgraceful display of less then human behavior, I was interested to note that of the three MP’s named as being at the event, two were from my area.

Federal MP for Mitchell, Alex Hawke, and State MP for Hawkesberry, and parliamentary secretary for Premier O’Farrell, Ray Williams, both there to cheer Alan on and ensure the youth are indoctrinated.

Both of these men came under fire recently when the Hills Shire Mayor, Greg Burnett was forced to stand down over allegations of a $280,000 embezzlement. Although both denied that they knew of the allegations beforehand, Ray Hadley has gone on air calling Ray Williams, who had Burnett as his campaign manager, a disgrace and a liar, now there is a defamation case on the matter.

I can confirm that eyewitnesses saw Burnett, Hawke, and Williams at the Rendezvous Cafe the evening the embezzlement story hit the fan. Also, after speaking to several of the Liberal Councillors, I can safely say that if Hawke and Williams didn’t know of the allegations, then they were the only sitting members of the Liberal Party in the area who didn’t know, and every Councillor I have spoken to on the matter believes that they knew.

In fact, when the questions over this embezzlement, and the goings on within the Alex Hawke faction became too hard, both MP’s disappeared, Williams, I’m told, fled the country. Almost as gutless as attacking someone over the death of a parent, but not quite.

This however, will give you an idea of the type of audience that thinks highly of Alan Jones and were keen to hear him speak at the $100 a head event.

Anyway, I could have just done another post decrying Jones and his lack of any form of decency. After all, his previous statements that he regretted the chaff bag comments have been shown as utter crap, by his signing of a jacket made of chaff bags for auction to the depraved souls who think that it’s funny to endorse the assassination of a popularly elected leader.

The auction list… Dignity and respect not listed for sale

Below is a link to a pdf of information regarding the Order Of Australia. It talks a lot of “service to fellow citizens’, I don’t understand how Jones’s comments and actions constitute any sort of service to our Prime Minister, or any other citizen.

Order Of Australia Information

Instead, I thought I’d make a plea to have something taken from him that may actually make him regret his actions and words, his Order Of Australia.

Below is the open letter I have sent to The Secretary Of The Order Of Australia requesting Jones be stripped of his Order of Australia.

Let’s hope this produces a reaction.

Please vote on the survey below also.

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I’m sorry now, and I will be sorry next time too, as I have been every single time I get caught…

Peter Wicks

PO Box 6362

Rouse Hill Town Centre

Rouse Hill NSW 2155

 

The Secretary

Order of Australia

Government House

Canberra, ACT 2600

I wish I were writing to you with better news, but whilst I am sorry to have to bring something like this to your attention, I make no apologies for doing so, as I’m certain you will also see this as an important issue.

The awarding of an Order Of Australia to an individual is a hugely significant event. It is arguably the greatest honour that any Australian can be given, and it is something that is not just earned once. Recipients of this great honour have a responsibility to uphold the outstanding citizenship which this award represents. As long as somebody uses the initials after their name, they should be duty bound to to show respect to the title they have been awarded.

If somebody brings the award into disrepute, it should be taken from them, because the highest award given to Australians should be scandal free. After all, an Order Of Australia Award is bigger than any of its individual recipients.

Last week, one member of this exclusive club has brought the award into disrepute and cheapened the Order with his actions and words in the most public of manners.

The person I refer to is Alan Jones AO, a radio broadcaster.

I am unaware of how he came to be given an Order Of Australia, but frankly I don’t think it matters given his recent actions.

In the United States it is against the law to threaten the president, or to encourage their death, whether in public or private. If only that we’re the case in Australia.

Jones, on his radio breakfast show, has told his listeners that our elected Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, should be put into a chaff bag and dumped at sea. Despite public outrage at his words, Jones repeated his chaff bag comments on air again, this time putting the leader of the Greens Party, Bob Brown, in the chaff bag with her.

Last week, in what was the lowest point in political commentary this country has ever seen, Alan Jones did the unthinkable.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently mourned the loss her father, undoubtably one of the hardest and most heart wrenching things any person goes through. However, it would seem that not everybody has respect for others in these trying circumstances.

Alan Jones AO, made the conscious decision to announce during a speech to Young Liberals, at a political gathering, that he thinks Julia Gillard, our Prime Minister is a liar, and that her father had recently “died of shame”, shame, Jones says, because his daughter is a liar. He then followed up by saying that the Liberals were weak for not using this method of attacking our Prime Minister, just because she is a woman.

Alan was also disrespectful enough to autograph a jacket made from chaff bags for auction at the event.

Clearly class is not a requirement for an Order Of Australia, and misogyny is smiled on.

If you were to ask people what it means to be Australian, I am confident that one of the most common answers would be mate-ship. The spirit of Australians that has even rivals looking after each other when they are down. It is the spirit of the diggers, going through hell to help a fallen comrade.

Alan Jones has not displayed this sentiment at all, in fact he has shown quite the opposite, he has instead taken to putting the boot into somebody in the most cruel of manners when they are at their most vulnerable.

Put simply Alan Jones, by his actions and words has shown himself to be Un-Australian.

This week Alan Jones will continue to try and justify the unjustifiable to an utterly disgusted nation. All the while he will be referred to as Alan Jones AO.

I hope you will consider the future and past recipients of this most prestigious award, and agree that Alan Jones should be stripped of his Order Of Australia.

I thank you for taking this into consideration.

Yours Sincerely

Peter Wicks

60 thoughts on “Mr Jones And Me”

  3. Matt, (Also my final time) Thank you for your reply and now I see why you are so inflamed. Just as you didn’t read my notes very carefully, I also did not take the time to study yours.

    At no time have I defended AJ, and I am not defending AJ. My very first comment was in agreement of your outrage but because I think you are blowing it all out of proportion (which does not mean I am in support of him), then it would stand to reason that we should hold others to these high moral grounds as well.

    At no time did I attempt to equate Alans remarks with Julia’s ‘lying’, however I understand that you took it that way and can understand your response based on this. I apologize if I have chosen my words poorly to give you the wrong impression.

    To finish, How can you use justify using such colourful and derogatory statements when you are supposedly against this kind of behaviour?

    It would appear that you and Mr Jones are not so different after all.

  4. I never said I didn’t read your comments. I said I don’t believe you(in terms of your honesty) or that I disregard them.

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    “How can you use justify using such colourful and derogatory statements when you are supposedly against this kind of behaviour?”
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    Wow, now you are equating what I have said with Jones(but yet you say you didn’t with Gillard, gee I MUST be bad). I stand by what I said earlier, and have no idea what particular language I used that you think is anywhere near as offensive as Jones. Do you have a disability that causes delusions? Was that the offensive part? I did not say anything bad about delusional people, only that I disregard what they say(I still listen to them). Colourful language, even outright hostility is one thing, we are all used to that in the political debate(some of it is highly entertaining). You are the only one who seems to think that Jones in this case has not crossed a line.

    And this, you initially said:
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    Great point Stephen Tuck. “He has consistently shown a gross lack of any qualities of honour or decency that should be a prime objective of a holder of this award.” don’t stop there. The same has to be said for the holder of the prime minister of Australia. Her lies, backstabbing and total disrespect for the ordinary Australian, also warrants her removal from this position. If you are not prepared to hold our prime minister to these same high moral grounds, your double standards will be noteworthy.
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    This is obvious defence of Jones using the “attack the victim” approach(a very common line for people to take unfortunately). You clearly equate the issues in this opening salvo. Your statements to the contrary are completely absurd. You come out swinging but cry foul when confronted. Please.

  6. Typical hit and run low gutter comment from a low life Tory. You obviously condone Jones comments. No doubt you came here on a 10 quid assisted passage…feel free to hike off back to the coal fields of Wales soonest. You lot are the loudest whingers and the worst type. A Taffy supporting a shite bag like Jones, what are ya?

  7. Mark, regarding the four day turnaround, they say that a week is a long time in politics, maybe four days is too! I confess I don’t recall the details of those four days too well, there must have been something happening in my immediate circle at the time. I do recall though, that Mr Rudd did not stand against Ms Gillard in the leadership challenge, so I can only presume that at that time, the nomination of Ms Gillard must have seemed like the right thing to quite a few people.

    I know that in recent times, Rudd has disappointed me no little and quite some. I recall reading an interview with him from months before he won the election, and being very impressed with the things he said. Now I think of his behaviour around the last election, and his backing down on the climate change bill and I wonder if power changed him. Whilst not being 100% happy with the ALP at the moment, I do appreciate the change.

    And to the matter at hand, I think that people who prefer not to listen to Alan Jones and company can forget just what they might say, and when we hear it full force, it’s a shock. Which is by no means an excuse, and saying such stuff does not befit the Order of Australia. Wixxy, I will take the general thrust of your letter and write my own. Here’s hoping!

  9. That 1 vote, I believe is claimed by Peter Slipper, to be his. Talk about backstabbing, hue?

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