From The Sydney Morning Herald
Shooters join Nile bid to cut ethics classes
By Alicia Wood
July 24, 2011
"The government has to respect that we have influence" ...
Fred Nile of the Christian democrats. Photo: Peter Rae
THE Shooters and Fishers Party will join forces with the Reverend Fred Nile to stop the state government's controversial industrial relations changes, if Mr Nile is not satisfied with negotiations about scrapping ethics classes.
Mr Nile says he will block the government from passing key legislation in the upper house unless they get rid of ethics classes, which are running in 128 public schools and compete with scripture classes.
Robert Borsak, from the Shooters and Fishers Party, said he was in Mr Nile's corner.
Mr Nile says he will block the government from passing key legislation in the upper house unless they get rid of ethics classes, which are running in 128 public schools and compete with scripture classes.
Robert Borsak, from the Shooters and Fishers Party, said he was in Mr Nile's corner.
''If Fred was to cross the floor, we would support him,'' he said.
The government needs the support of Mr Nile's Christian Democrats and the Shooters to pass their industrial relations bill in the upper house.
The Labor opposition will make a last-ditch effort to torpedo the bill and could succeed if the Shooters and Christian Democrats change their allegiances.
The government needs the support of Mr Nile's Christian Democrats and the Shooters to pass their industrial relations bill in the upper house.
The Labor opposition will make a last-ditch effort to torpedo the bill and could succeed if the Shooters and Christian Democrats change their allegiances.
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