Should Politicians who leave their Party resign their seat?

Should Australian Politicians who resign from their Political Party also resign their seat?.

At each election we vote for our local member, to represent us in Parliament.
Our vote is normally decided by what they say and represent at the time.

Most of us will vote for the local member … Read the rest

2019 Australian Federal Election – 18th May

2019 Australian Federal Election Result.

The 2019 Australian Federal Election was held on the 18th May 2019.

2019 Australian Federal Election Result.

The final official result is at tallyroom.aec.gov.au

But the Liberal/National Coalition party appear to have won, with 78 of the 151 seats, being predicted for the Liberals after … Read the rest

Queensland Election Results after 75% Counted

Queensland Election Results as at 27 Nov 2017 after 75% counted.

The Queensland State Election was held on Saturday 25th November 2017.

The results so far are:

  1. Labor Party have 834,719 votes, which is 35.90% of the total so far. This is a reduction of 1.60% since the last election
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Queensland State Election 2017

QLD State Election 2017.

The 2017 Queensland state election was held on Saturday 14 March 2017.

This was a win by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Annastacia Palaszczuk.

  • ALP: 957,890 votes giving 48 seats.
  • Liberal/National: 911,019 votes giving 39 seats.
  • Pauline Hanson’s One Nation: 371,193 votes giving 1
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Western Australia State Election 2017

WA State Election 2017.

The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017.

This was a win by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Mark McGowan.

  • Labor : 557,794 votes giving 41 seats
  • Liberal : 412,710 votes giving 13 seats
  • Greens : 117,723 votes with
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2016 Australian Federal Election Result

2016 Australian Federal Election Final Result.

The 2016 Australian Federal Election was held on Saturday 2 July 2016. This was an Election for both The Representatives and The Senate.

Malcolm Turnbull was the Leader of the Liberal/National Coalition party
Bill Shorten was the Leader of the Australian Labor Party

As … Read the rest

2016 QLD State Referendum – 4 Year Fixed Terms

2016 QLD State Referendum.

A Bill for an Act to provide for fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Assembly in Queensland.

52.93% of voters selected YES to change to fixed four-year terms for the Legislative Assembly in Queensland

1,266,371 – 52.93% YES
1,126,224 – 47.07% NO

Total Votes Lodged: 2,465,765 … Read the rest

2015 Queensland Election: LNP ahead on Primary Vote, but ALP set to win Election

The Strange twist of Elections.

With the results of the 2015 Queensland State Election showing that the LNP has more Primary Votes than the ALP, we see the ALP winning the Election.

How does this make sense ?

More Queenslanders vote for LNP than for ALP, yet the ALP wins… Read the rest

Queensland State Election Results 2015

QLD State Election 2015.

The 2015 Queensland state election was held on Saturday 31 January 2015.

This was a win by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Annastacia Palaszczuk.

  • Liberal/National: 1,084,060 votes giving 42 seats.
  • ALP: 983,054 votes giving 44 seats.
  • The Greens: 221,157 votes, but with no seats.
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Election 2015: LNP broke promise and 24,000 QLD Government workers lost their jobs

Has Campbell Newman broken public sector promises?.

Before the 2012 election, Campbell Newman promised government workers had nothing to fear from an LNP Government, ? Ms Palaszczuk said.

We know that he broke that promise and 24,000 Queensland Government workers lost their jobs under the LNP.

That is the current … Read the rest