Comments on: Australian Pirate Party Sets Course for Parliament

By: Johnas

Johnas — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:42:00 +0000

OMG! Nobody can force you to choose a representative or to turn up to a polling booth and not vote. That’s common sense. If Australian parliament writes such a law then it is VOID because its non-sense.

The question is not whether they try to enforce it. Of course why wouldn’t you send a BOO letter to see if someone is so stupid they will just send you money. HAHA

The question is will you let them enforce it against you.

“so your saying ‘I pay the government to accuse me of
‘crimes’ and destroy my life or take my property when I have not
harmed anyone’ ? ”

What a wonderful service! Yeah right the law says you have to get your name checked off a list! Wake up buddy! SHEESH!

By: Chuzzle

Chuzzle — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:39:00 +0000

if it was not compulsary to turn up who do you think would? i know i wouldnt

By: Dartigen

Dartigen — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:38:00 +0000

It makes people actually get off their butts and vote. Look at the States – you get what, 1% turning out to vote? So naturally you’re not going to get much of an idea of what the whole country actually thinks/wants.

Here, because everyone has to vote, you get a better idea of what everyone wants, as opposed to what the 1% who turned up want (who are generally raving lunatics).
And everyone also gets to complain (YMMV on whether that’s good or bad though).

Plus you’re not really ‘forced’ to vote – you only have to vote if you register, so you can just not register. (Or put in a blank vote – that’s what I plan to do if I can’t find a candidate I like. Never donkey vote though, that’s stupid.)

By: Dartigen

Dartigen — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:34:00 +0000

You mean 2-6 months assuming we ever get it.

It is painful to be a Game of Thrones fan around here.

By: Marcie Coyle

Marcie Coyle — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:41:00 +0000

Canberra
has fallen into Liberal hands for two brief periods, for the first two
terms of the Fraser government 1975-80, and for the last year of the
Keating government after being gained by the Liberal Party’s Brendan
Smyth at a March 1995 by-election.

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By: Glen Takkenberg

Glen Takkenberg — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:08:00 +0000

Drwho: Canberra is considered a safe Labor seat federally
The Labor Party has dominated political representation for the ACT. The
old Australian Capital Territory seat was Labor held from 1951 to 1974,
and Fraser has been in Labor hands since its creation in 1974. Canberra
has fallen into Liberal hands for two brief periods, for the first two
terms of the Fraser government 1975-80, and for the last year of the
Keating government after being gained by the Liberal Party’s Brendan
Smyth at a March 1995 by-election. Smyth was defeated at the 1996
election contesting the new seat of Namadgi, that seat also being Labor
held for the only term of its existence.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/preview_act.htm

Things are closer at the state level, though Labor has been in power for 11 years.

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By: coolwhoami

coolwhoami — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:19:00 +0000

There are laws that allow time to leave work if there is insufficient time to vote before or after work.

By: Me

Me — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:01:00 +0000

I have been…a few times lol