MIL-OSI Australia: Update on 28 July by-elections [03 August 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 3 August 2018 The AEC has officially declared the polls for three of the five by-elections held on Saturday 28 July. The Electoral Commissioner, Tom Rogers, said the by-elections in the Divisions of Longman (Queensland) and Perth (Western Australia) have not yet met any of the conditions legally required under […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is Working for Families contributing to poverty in New Zealand?
Political Roundup: Is Working for Families contributing to poverty in New Zealand? – Analysis by DrBryce Edwards. Dr Bryce Edwards. The people who are most concerned about poverty and inequality in this country are also usually highly supportive of Working for Families. But what if the Working for Families (WfF) scheme was actually part of the […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the National Party changing enough?
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the National Party changing enough? Dr Bryce Edwards. Having been turfed out of government last year, the National Party is doing what all parties do when dealing with failure – re-evaluating what they are doing wrong and making some necessary changes. During their annual conference at the weekend, some new […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?
In the final instalment of a three-part series, Dr Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens. It looks like a simple case of voting yes or no to clear the air on independence for this French-governed territory less than four months away. But, not so easy. What about the “day after”? […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence
By Dr Lee Duffield, recently in Kanaky/New Caledonia The Quatorze Juillet (14 July) events in Noumea this month, as in any small French city, reflected the grand military parade down the Champs Elysees in Paris – ranks of soldiers and a senior officer taking the salute. It was like a refrain from colonial times, kepis […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Federal electoral divisions in South Australia formalised [20 July 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 20 July 2018 The next federal general election will be conducted on new House of Representatives divisions in South Australia after a notice was today published in the Commonwealth Government Notices Gazette. Individual division profile maps and geospatial data for the new federal electoral divisions are now available. More detailed […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Lords debates referendums in the UK
Source: British Parliament News 18 July 2018Members of the Lords, including a member of the Independent Commission on Referendums at University College London and a management board member of the Make Votes Count campaign, will debate the impact on parliamentary democracy in the UK of the use of referendums, in the House of Lords on Thursday 19 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Urgent question on Electoral Commission investigation into Vote Leave
Source: British Parliament News 17 July 2018Streatham MP Chuka Umunna is to ask an urgent question in the Commons today on the Electoral Commission investigation into Vote Leave. The Electoral Commission has ruled that the Vote Leave campaign broke electoral law during the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union.The question is expected at […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Federal electoral divisions in Victoria and the ACT formalised [13 July 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 13 July 2018 The next federal general election will be conducted on new House of Representatives divisions in Victoria and the ACT after notices were today published in the Commonwealth Government Notices Gazette. Individual division profile maps and geospatial data for the new federal electoral divisions are now available. More […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Gareth Morgan’s TOP failed
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Gareth Morgan’s TOP failed Dr Bryce Edwards. There was always a big problem with The Opportunities Party – no one really knew what it stood for, and no one really knew what type of voters it was appealing to. Yes, it claimed to exist to promote “evidence-based policies”, but to […]
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