Archive for December 22nd, 2008
Reading through Saturday’s offering of newspapers, I noticed the Herald Sun’s (Melbourne) vox pop about local government elections. In Victoria at the end of November, all 79 municipalities held their local elections, and as noted, and not just by the Herald Sun, voter attendance was spectacularly low. In my own local municipality the informal vote lodged in one ward secured a quota in its own right. But since the elections there has been a lot of criticism of the voter attendance rate, concerns about the expense of conducting local government elections and the purpose of conducting local government elections.
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Alex’s Choice News- Better funding for State Community Services Workers is Overdue says Hartland November 9, 2009
- Greens rally in support of midwives November 9, 2009The Australian Greens have put their support behind rallies being held around Australia today in support of the rights of Australian midwives. The Greens support the rights of women to choose safe homebirths with the assistance of a midwife and have been working to strengthen the government's midwives legislation. But the government's amendment to […]
- It's Time To Say "I Do'', Mr Rudd November 9, 2009It's time for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to provide marriage equality for same-sex couples, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson on Sexuality and Gender Identity, says there is a growing level of public support for equal marriage and the Government should stop standing in the way of debate on this issu […]
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