Posts tagged “preference deals

election day 15 :: more preference pollaber

Posted on 29 October 2007

mark vaile, leader of the nationals, is demanding disclosure by labor of the details of their prefrence deal with the greens. seems like can’t-stand-others-having-secrets attitude to me. they’ll announce it when they want. but i do take his point that “…Rudd should now come clean on any policy changes he has promised to the Greens.” steve fielding wasn’t as nice about it. i really wish that the general voting population had a clearer idea of what these types of preference deals actually mean. it can get quite complicated. not sure what’s going on? read my election speil

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election day 15 :: preference deal to keep hason out

Posted on 29 October 2007

today also saw the announcement by the democrats and the greens of a preference deal for senate places in queensland. why? simple: But Mr Bartlett also says the two parties have announced the Queensland deal to cut the Government’s hold on the Senate and to block candidates such as Pauline Hanson. “We are also concerned about ensuring the Senate is not further controlled by the major parties or that if Queensland does have an independent voice in the Senate, then it’s somebody who isn’t an extreme and dangerous independent voice such as Pauline Hanson,” he said. not sure what’s going on? read my election speil

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