“I’m just a normal guy,” David Welsh (Australian Federation Party)told the candidates forum. Everything he said after that went to
prove he was anything but. Photo: Geoff Ellis
By Catherine Watson
AT FIRST I assumed David Welsh was another paper candidate, living far from our midst and unwilling to show his face in case someone asked him to name his favourite beach.
The Post attempted to contact him several times without success. No contact details were provided. The Australian Federation Party was not contactable by phone. Inquiries had to be made through a submission form to HQ, but there was no reply.
AT FIRST I assumed David Welsh was another paper candidate, living far from our midst and unwilling to show his face in case someone asked him to name his favourite beach.
The Post attempted to contact him several times without success. No contact details were provided. The Australian Federation Party was not contactable by phone. Inquiries had to be made through a submission form to HQ, but there was no reply.
From their website, we glean that the Australian Federation Party (formerly known as the Australian Country Party) is a centrist party, with an ideology based around agrarianism, economic nationalism, federalism and decentralisation. They’ve contested elections since 2004 in various states and under various names and usually garnered 1 or 2 per cent.
Their website lists a six-step community pact based on genuine communication with the electorate, including a People’s Legislative Review Group, which sounds quite interesting.
David Welsh’s blurb tell us he was born in Melbourne. “I love Victoria with all its diversity, Culture, faith & traditions. We truly have one of the best states in the world … My personal interests are family, surfing with my 3 daughters, enjoying time with friends and I like a good coffee.”
So far so ordinary, but between the personal stuff Mr Welsh is where it gets interesting:
“I have a background and knowledge of equity law, trust law, canon law, federal postal jurisdiction, postal mechanics, contract writing & syntaxing …
“All Australians have been inscribed as Stock on a Ledger and are considered by the current and former Australian Government ministrations as a tradable commodity, being sold and traded as indexed stock. … You are known by this Government as a “Nom DEGUIRE”, lost at sea, as salvageable cargo, not that they would ever reveal that to you.”
Postal mechanics, syntaxing, lost at sea … I assumed Mr Welsh was being funny, though why he would stump up the $2000 candidate deposit to do so was a puzzle to me.
To my amazement, he turned up at the candidates forum in Wonthaggi on Wednesday. It turns out that not only is he a real candidate but one of ours, a Phillip Islander. And he charmed the audience by his admission that he was not a very good public speaker. “I’m just a normal guy.”
Everything he said after that went to prove he was anything but. Whatever the question from the audience, the answer related to postal mechanics, canon law and Australians being classed as stock and commodities.
At first people thought he might be saying something interesting and listened intently. Then eyes began to glaze. Maddy closed her eyes and seemed to be in deep pain. Mr Welsh was still going on about the stake each one of us owned in consolidated revenue and how we just needed to get our hands on it and the housing crisis would be solved.
MC Clare Le Serve broke the spell. “Thank you David,” she said gently. “Could you hand the microphone to Russell Broadbent." Mr Welsh’s fans at the back of the room booed.
I should have stayed to the end of the forum to get his phone number so I could ask him more about postal mechanics but I know my threshold. Reader, I bailed.
Their website lists a six-step community pact based on genuine communication with the electorate, including a People’s Legislative Review Group, which sounds quite interesting.
David Welsh’s blurb tell us he was born in Melbourne. “I love Victoria with all its diversity, Culture, faith & traditions. We truly have one of the best states in the world … My personal interests are family, surfing with my 3 daughters, enjoying time with friends and I like a good coffee.”
So far so ordinary, but between the personal stuff Mr Welsh is where it gets interesting:
“I have a background and knowledge of equity law, trust law, canon law, federal postal jurisdiction, postal mechanics, contract writing & syntaxing …
“All Australians have been inscribed as Stock on a Ledger and are considered by the current and former Australian Government ministrations as a tradable commodity, being sold and traded as indexed stock. … You are known by this Government as a “Nom DEGUIRE”, lost at sea, as salvageable cargo, not that they would ever reveal that to you.”
Postal mechanics, syntaxing, lost at sea … I assumed Mr Welsh was being funny, though why he would stump up the $2000 candidate deposit to do so was a puzzle to me.
To my amazement, he turned up at the candidates forum in Wonthaggi on Wednesday. It turns out that not only is he a real candidate but one of ours, a Phillip Islander. And he charmed the audience by his admission that he was not a very good public speaker. “I’m just a normal guy.”
Everything he said after that went to prove he was anything but. Whatever the question from the audience, the answer related to postal mechanics, canon law and Australians being classed as stock and commodities.
At first people thought he might be saying something interesting and listened intently. Then eyes began to glaze. Maddy closed her eyes and seemed to be in deep pain. Mr Welsh was still going on about the stake each one of us owned in consolidated revenue and how we just needed to get our hands on it and the housing crisis would be solved.
MC Clare Le Serve broke the spell. “Thank you David,” she said gently. “Could you hand the microphone to Russell Broadbent." Mr Welsh’s fans at the back of the room booed.
I should have stayed to the end of the forum to get his phone number so I could ask him more about postal mechanics but I know my threshold. Reader, I bailed.