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Adam's edit has now turned this article into a propaganda diatribe against O'Malley. It needs to be extensively re-written. --14:58, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Adam, you have repeatedly deleted the following information from this article:

• "In 1889, after working on the campaign of U.S. President James Garfield, he migrated to Queensland."

• "He also agitated for the establishment of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, a National bank. In a speech in federal Parliament on his proposed national bank on Sept. 30, 1909, O'Malley emphasized, "The private banking system of the Commonwealth is only a legalized monopoly for the gathering of wealth from the many, and its concentration in the hands of the privileged few... We are legislating for the countless multitudes of future generations. We are in favour of protecting, not only the manufacturer, but also the man who works for him. We wish to protect the oppressed and downtrodden of the earth." The Hamiltonian system should be counterposed to this, he said, adding, "I am the Hamilton of Australia. He was the greatest financial man who ever walked this earth, and his plans have never been improved upon. The American experience should determine us to establish a national banking system which cannot be attacked.""

Are you disputing the accuracy of these items, or are you making an ostentatious display of contempt for the Misplaced Pages NPOV policy?

--Herschelkrustofsky 21:47, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

For the record, the paragraph that User:Herschelkrustofsky complains has been removed was copied directly from an article, "Australia: The strategic implications of Pauline Hanson's election victory", on a LaRouche site, the Executive Intelligence Review. This copying was a direct violation on a ban by the Arbitration Committee on the addition of LaRouche material to articles that are not "closely related" to the LaRouche movement. That HK not only made this banned edit but then went on to defended it by attacking the editors who tried to remove it is evidence of a problem which is currently being addressed (again) by the Arbitration Committee. Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Lyndon LaRouche Part Deux. -Willmcw 22:05, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Are you saying that the quote is not really from O'Malley? If it is a fabricated quote, that would be bad. On the other hand, if it is a genuine quote, does it really matter if it appeared in some other publication? --172.191.147.67 13:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

reverted pub image

I thought it would be good to show a modern reference to him. Isn't the pub the reason most Canberrans have heard of him? (it is for me) Cfitzart 14:12, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• Some Canberrans did of course acquire a substantial amount of knowledge about their city before the pub was opened and/or before they became aware of any pubs in Canberra. Others would have learned of his name through the linkages with the suburb - a high profile suburb as far as house prices go with the median non-unit price in excess of $1 million. When I was young there was a certain amount of comment about the suburb name because of its Irish ring and because O'Malley was seen as somewhat of a scoundrel or as per the title of one of his biographies, an American bounder.

Because he paid a significant role in Canberra, some of us had heard of him anyway without the reminders, just as we have heard of Menzies who is not remembered on any building or through suburb or street name in Canberra.

The article already references the joke about the pub's name given that thanks to O'Malley Canberra was dry until 1928. There do in fact seem to be more than enough images to go on with for the moment. Perhaps the picture could liven up the Civic page.--A Y Arktos (Talk) 19:20, 30 October 2005 (UTC)