MIL-OSI Australia: Wentworth voters who are blind or have low vision can now register for a telephone vote [10 October 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 10 October 2018 With early voting now underway, voters who are blind or have low vision can register to access a telephone voting service for the 2018 Wentworth by-election. Australian Electoral Officer for New South Wales, Warwick Austin said eligible voters who are blind or have low vision can register […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Risks to Simon Bridges’ leadership
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Risks to Simon Bridges’ leadership Dr Bryce Edwards. Last week was Simon Bridges’ worst one as National Party leader, which has sparked widespread discussion about his risk of being rolled. Commentators are relatively divided on the likelihood of this happening, and they also have differing views on how he’s performing, […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: ‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia-Pacific Report A repentant Sitiveni Rabuka, the Fiji military strongman who sparked off the country’s “coup culture” in 1987, admits he was “coerced” by the defeated Alliance party into carrying out the first coup. Three decades after I watched Lieutenant-Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka walking Parliamentarians out of the back door of Parliament […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Sixteen candidates to contest the 2018 Wentworth by-election [28 September 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 28 September 2018 Sixteen candidates have nominated to contest the 2018 Wentworth by-election, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced today. The candidate nominations, in ballot paper order, that were officially declared at midday today are: CALLANAN, Robert – Katter’s Australian Party KANAK, Dominic Wy – The Greens HIGSON, Shayne – […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: AEC to declare candidates for the 2018 Wentworth by-election [26 September 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 26 September 2018 The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will officially declare the candidates for the 2018 Wentworth federal by-election at midday on Friday 28 September. Following the declaration of the candidates, the Divisional Returning Officer for Wentworth will conduct the random draw for positions on the ballot paper. The declaration […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Over 103,000 eligible electors enrolled to vote in the 2018 Wentworth by-election [25 September 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 25 September 2018 A total of 103,810 eligible electors are enrolled to vote in the Wentworth by-election, to be held on Saturday 20 October 2018. It is compulsory for eligible electors enrolled in the federal electoral division of Wentworth to vote in the by-election. For more information on the 2018 […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: USTKE fights for Kanak rights in defiance of ‘dishonest’ referendum
As New Caledonia’s November 4 referendum on independence approaches, both pro and anti-independence groups are ramping up their campaigns. But, as Michael Andrew reports, some groups are choosing not to participate, arguing that the referendum is “unfair and dishonest”. For many Kanaks, the upcoming independence referendum is a chance to reclaim control of New Caledonia, […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Free speech has been strengthened at Massey
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Free speech has been strengthened at Massey Dr Bryce Edwards. The attempt by the head of Massey University to ban Don Brash from speaking on campus last month has entirely backfired. Instead of Brash being undermined by her actions, it now looks like Vice Chancellor Jan Thomas is in danger of […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: PMC Seminar: Fiji’s General Election – the calm before the storm?
Event date and time: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 – 16:30 – 18:00 ACADEMIC MEDIA ASSIGNMENT IN FIJIFiji is facing a General Election soon – the second post-coup election with the first in 2014 – but the date has yet to be set. Fiji-born digital media postgraduate student and journalist Sri Krishnamurthi was in Fiji to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Time is running out to enrol for the Wentworth by-election [18 September 2018]
Source: Australian Electoral Commission Updated: 19 September 2018 The Australian Electoral Commission today reminded voters that the electoral roll for the Wentworth by-election will close at 8pm Monday 24 September 2018. Australian Electoral Officer for New South Wales, Warwick Austin said that all Australian citizens aged 18 years and over and living in the federal […]
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