tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post4183192434157781212..comments2024-03-28T14:16:10.498+11:00Comments on Dr Kevin Bonham: Do Proposed Senate Reforms Advantage The Coalition?Kevin Bonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-60102199907812332082015-10-12T11:20:54.185+11:002015-10-12T11:20:54.185+11:00 Micro parties should have 750 signed up member b... Micro parties should have 750 signed up member before allowed to field candidatesIm Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027429958718228644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-50634248028339132492015-05-10T21:56:37.487+10:002015-05-10T21:56:37.487+10:00That's really odd - I can only guess that I ha...That's really odd - I can only guess that I had the draft open in two windows and somehow saved a pre-final version over what I thought was the final version. (I do this sort of thing sometimes, losing a 5000 word essay and 19 pages of my PhD to two instances of this stupidity in my long-ago student days).<br /><br />I don't still have or remember the exact wording but a near-final draft of this article contained a threat that if any of the big three got seriously in the way of Senate reform I would carry a graphic on my sidebar that encouraged readers to destroy that party, and leave it there until such time (however many decades later) as that party was deregistered by the AEC for having less than 500 members. I decided to leave that bit out until such time as it became clear enough that one of the parties was actually serious about opposing reform, before getting quite that nasty!Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-15797241317388769372015-05-10T21:32:29.583+10:002015-05-10T21:32:29.583+10:00You seem to have chopped off the end of your eight...You seem to have chopped off the end of your eighth paragraph. Could you add that text back in? I'd like to read all your righteous fury against any big party leaving the current system in place. Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896570603911304719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-64323450832240681022015-05-09T17:09:42.837+10:002015-05-09T17:09:42.837+10:00It is worth quite a bit and I have edited the arti...It is worth quite a bit and I have edited the article accordingly in a few places. Thankyou for the link.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-36255604504958468252015-05-09T15:48:44.822+10:002015-05-09T15:48:44.822+10:00For what it's worth, Lee Rhiannon has denied t...For what it's worth, Lee Rhiannon has denied the SMH report here: http://lee-rhiannon.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/sydney-morning-herald-misinformed-and-incorrect-senate-voting-reformGeoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047145278279336626noreply@blogger.com