The normal duration of an Australian Federal Government is about three years, although often some people talk about wanting to extend it to a longer period.
Currently a government MUST call an Election within 3 years 20 weeks and 4 days after the last election. This period has been calculated … Read the rest
Category: Politics and Government
Politics and the Greens Political Policies
For those considering voting Green in the 2010 Federal Election, you can see the Australian Greens policies at: http://greens.org.au/policies
Checking the Economics policies, these are a selection of them:
Increase the company tax rate to 33%
Abolishing the 30% Private Health Insurance Rebate in order to increase funding for public … Read the rest
Joe Hockey debate with Wayne Swan
Will the treasurers have a public debate ?
24 Mar 2010 … “I have challenged Wayne Swan to debate the last 12 months. He refuses to debate me on the economy,” Mr Hockey said.
“I say again, I am happy to debate the treasurer anywhere, anytime.”
Source: smh.com.au
21 Jul … Read the rest
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott in Public Forum question time
The Galaxy polling company will select about 200 undecided voters to put questions to both the Prime Minister and Tony Abbott on their policies and visions for the country.
The forum will be televised live around the nation by Sky News from 6pm Monday 9th August 2010
Australian School Halls Building Project
At the time of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), one of the government plans to help to keep Australia working was the now infamous School Halls Building Project, a part of the Building the Education Revolution (BER).
This was conceived to build school halls quickly for … Read the rest
John Howard 2007 Election Defeat
In the 2007 Federal Parliament Election, held on 24th November 2007, John Howard lost his Bennelong seat to the ALP’s Maxine McKew.
The primary vote in 2007 was:
| Votes | Name | Party | 39,551 | John Howard | LIB | 39,408 | Maxine McKew | ALP | 4,811 | Lindsay Peters | GRN | 1,119 | Robyn Peebles | CDP | 610 | Peter Lloyd |
Redcliffe Railway Line
First proposed in 1895, yes, 115 years ago, the railway line extension to Redcliffe is being proposed yet again.
In the 1980’s, the land was actually purchased for this railway line, by the national party under the leadership of Joe Bjelke-Petersen. This land is still owned by the Queensland State.… Read the rest
Federal Election 2010 – Asylum Seekers
How much sway will the Asylum Seekers question have in this 2010 Federal Election ?
What is the real Question about asylum Seekers ?
It isn’t, as some people think, about the total numbers of refugees arriving. Australia takes a specific number, about 13,000 per year, and that’s it.
Julia … Read the rest
Federal Election 2010
Will the election be called today, will the next Election be August 21st ?
The news media are hovering everywhere today, at Julia Gillards house, as she left to go to the airport, they were also at the airport waiting for her plane to touch down at 8:44, they are … Read the rest
Julia Gillard – Moving Forward
The 2010 Election slogan appears to be “Moving Forward”
It definitely appears that Julia Gillard would rather people look forward at what she might do, rather than backwards at what she has done or tried to do, etc., etc.
So, what has Julia Gillard done in the past ?
This … Read the rest