Stephen Fielding
Australia has one of the best democracies in the world and it’s something we should be immensely proud of. Our democratic system is one which encourages everyone to be involved in the political process, and thus shape the future of this great nation.

However, during this year’s South Australian election the Labor Party threw our whole system in jeopardy. Instead of contesting the election in a fair and open manner, instead of putting faith in their own policies to capture voter support, they chose to engage in a deceptive and misleading campaign by impersonating another party.
It was a disgraceful act and one which bought the whole integrity of our electoral system to its knees.
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Type the words “Steve Fielding” and “idiot” into Google and you get 14,300 hits. Many of these entries came in the past few days, most of them on blog sites, many of which have one author and as many readers, as the nation’s smarty-pants pundits seized on Fielding’s “fiskal” fiasco as proof that the guy is as dumb as a box of rocks.
Now I’m not going to pretend that my reaction upon seeing the footage of his doorstop spelling bee wasn’t one of unbridled hilarity. I almost spat my coffee out.
And when I’d regained my composure, I called my workmates over to ask if they too had seen the Family First Senator blundering his way through a doorstop where, after referring three times to “physical” policy instead of “fiscal”, he insisted he knew what he was talking about by offering to spell the word.
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AM says:
Who is not compatible with australian society,hanson who is leaving or muslims who are calling australia home? As if we muslims are in the que to buy her house.probly her house stinks like her stupid comments & actions.not only her hair but her neck is red too.any way good luck… Read more »
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Bob Higgins says:
Pauline Hansen provided us with a peek through the curtains at how our democracy works. Stupid as she was she was a threat to the large, highly organised and well financed duopoly and they weren’t going to let anybody else play with their toys. They joined together to destroy her… Read more »
Christian Senator Steven Fielding is copping a day of derision after he tried to clarify his position on fiscal policy with a read-my-lips clanger. Asked this morning whether he’d in fact said “physical” when he meant “fiscal” the Family First Senator spelt it out: “I will make it quite clear…F..I..S..K..A..L.”

His disastrous impromptu spelling bee drew giggles from the press pack and a wave of ridicule across the digital space with punters declaring him more idiot than idiot savant.
But Fielding’s explanation as to how the gaffe happened - where he revealed a lifelong learning difficulty - is worth thinking about. He told Fairfax Radio that he only got 29 out of 100 for English, but 99 out of 100 for maths, and studied both engineering and an MBA at uni.
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Peter Carnovale says:
Migrants are required to pass an English test in order to obtain their citizenship, shouldn’t Senator Steve Fielding have the appropriate qualifications to enter parliament and reason in English, how does he arrive at most of his decisions? Read more »
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Paul says:
Why, if you had a learning disability that causes you to spell words incorrectly, and on ocassion use the wrong word, would you in a smart arse gesture (to an annoying reorter, sure) attempt to spell the word that you previously stuffed up. Idiocy is a leaning disability. Read more »
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