If you accidentally showed up for work today forgetting that it was the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, and got stuck feeling like the kid at school wearing their uniform on free clothes day, this ought to cheer you up just a little bit.
“I am thinking of having a go in Tony Abbott’s seat, mainly to communicate that when you’re a government and you say you are going to do things you have to do them.”
Smith was also highly critical of the Government’s extraordinarily controversial plan to enact legislation that would give them the power to revoke the citizenship of dual nationals caught in what it deems “terrorist activities,” stating “I think we’ve gone a bit berserk,” and noting that the number of Australian citizens who have, or are likely to die due to terrorist-related activities is far exceeded by the number of Australian who die in car accidents annually.
“It’s a basic human rights issue. I just turn off with the pathetic political strutting.”
“We all know it’s going to happen. I wish the Prime Minister would just do it. Show some leadership and get on with it.”
Any political campaign launched by Smith would be under the banner of The Dick Smith Party – a business name Smith registered back in March. At the time, Smith declined to state he had an interest in a political career, but gave bare outlines for the party’s core policies, which included tackling what he sees as “ridiculously huge” rates of immigration, bureaucratic red tape affecting the aviation industry, and “the madness” of perpetual economic growth.
“I’m a capitalist and I think the free enterprise system is great and I benefited greatly from growth, but I know, in the case of our grandchildren, it’s simply not possible.“
Smith hinted that any quasi-capitalist model that would be preferred by his party would potentially involve reduced working hours.
