Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Will The Spirit Of Hare-Clark Be Killed By Farce?

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Update: As of 9 November the Legislative Council has fixed the issue reporting in this article by changing per-candidate funding to per-par...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Voice Referendum Ticks And Crosses Beatup

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I thought I should make some quick comments on the matter breaking yesterday ( following a Sky News interview ) regarding the use of ticks a...
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Sunday, November 13, 2022

Firing Blanks: The Victorian Teal Open How-To-Vote Cards Dispute

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  Update Nov 17: Teals Win (for now)!  It is being reported that teals have won their VCAT appeal against the VEC's refusal to register...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

How Not To Do Hare-Clark Public Funding Threshholds In Tasmania

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Updates added during debate in November (at bottom) --------------------------------------- In late 2021 the Tasmanian Government released d...
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Friday, September 9, 2022

I Threw It All Away: The United Australia Party Self-Deregisters!

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I keep an almost daily watch on the AEC's party registration page, but it's been a pretty boring vigil lately.  So imagine my surpri...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Tasmanian Local Government (Elections) Amendment Bill 2022

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Some quick comments, which will be updated with comments on the debate (if any) surrounding the Local Government (Elections) Amendment Bill ...
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Friday, August 13, 2021

The Trolls That Got There First: Proposed New Party Registration Laws

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 A raft of electoral reform legislation hit parliament this week.  Included in the collection of Bills introduced by Assistant Minister for ...
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Saturday, March 27, 2021

Holding The House Of Assembly And Legislative Council Elections On The Same Day

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Having completed the initial runs of my Lower House guides it's now time to move onto the Legislative Council.  But before I do there is...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Down The Rabbit Hole: The Glamorgan-Spring Bay By-Election

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An odd Tasmanian council by-election is currently going on that has caused the Tasmanian Electoral Commission to issue not just one but two...
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Friday, July 5, 2019

Tasmanian Local Government Reform Proposals (2019)

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The Tasmanian Government has been conducting a detailed review of local government legislation in the state, including electoral rules.  Thi...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Fraser Anning, How-To-Vote Cards And Bad Electoral Reform Proposals

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Senator Fraser Anning has not endeared himself to most of Australian politics in his short Senate career.  Elected on a special count as a r...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

2018 Hobart City Council Count (With Some Coverage Of Other Councils)

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The number above appears at the top of my coverage to highlight the final informal vote rate for the Hobart City Council councillor ...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Ways To Improve Tasmanian Council Elections

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On Tuesday I voted in the Hobart City Council elections.  (By the way, if you haven't voted yet, you might want to take your vote direct...
Friday, July 20, 2018

Submission To Tasmanian Electoral Act Review

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Initial submissions to the review of the Tasmanian Electoral Act  close today.  The review was mainly prompted by issues raised (mostly duri...
Friday, April 20, 2018

How Could The Tasmanian Legislative Council Be Reformed?

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In the leadup to Legislative Council elections for Prosser and Hobart , the fact that the current Legislative Council has a left-wing major...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

A Free Speech Problem With Marriage Law Survey Safeguards

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Advance Summary 1. This article raises concerns about specific "hate speech" prohibitions in the Government's Marriage Law S...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Proposed Anti-Discrimination Changes And "Don't Mess With Marriage"

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The Tasmanian Government has introduced the Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016 .  This differs little from a draft version that was cir...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Nil-All On Anti-Protesting

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Last night the new Tasmanian state Liberal government fulfilled one of its election promises by passing the Workplaces (Protection From Pro...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

A Spot Of Bother About Quolls

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source ( This article is a pseph-free-zone, but you can always vote in my Not-A-Poll to the right on how many federal Tasmanian seats ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Nothing To See Here, Just The Future Of Free Speech In Tasmania

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(Update 27 Sep: This has been resolved now, see updates at bottom of article) Today, or at least in the next few days, the Legislative Cou...
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