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2009 News

2009-12

PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Victoria-Tasmania Branch President's report to the 2009 Annual General Meeting of that branch

2009-08

REVERSION TO PLURALITY COUNTING:
The Western Australian Local Government Association succeeded in having Western Australia replace its PR-STV counting with plurality counting

2009-07

SA BRANCH'S LETTER:
Letter in The Advertiser from ERSSA making the point that planned SA referendums should allow Lower House reform also

2009-05

SETBACK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:
British Columbia PR Referendum on 2009-05-12 reverses majority support of the 2005 referendum.

2009-04

TASMANIAN ELECTORAL CENTENARY:
The 100th Anniversary of the first Hare-Clark elections for the whole of Tasmania - on 1909-04-30

2009-02

GREENS BILL FOR UPPER HOUSE COUNTBACK:
Legislative Council Notice Paper for 2009-02-24 lists Motion No. 47 by Greens MLC Sue Pennicuik to introduce a Bill for an Act to amend Section 27A of Victoria’s Constitution Act 1975 to provide for a countback system for the filling of casual vacancies in the Victorian Legislative Council, and for other purposes. [Notice given on 3 February 2009].

2009-01

VICTORIA'S FIRST INDIRECT INSTALLATION OF AN MP SINCE 1856:
The first indirect filling of a Victorian Upper House Casual Vacancy - since 1856 - which was by a Nominee of the ALP National Executive, in no way constitutes proper direct representation of voters.

2009-01

WA LIBERALS TO REVERT TO PLURALITY FOR COUNCIL POLLS:
Western Australian Liberal Government plans to revert to the crude plurality system that WA formerly used for its municipal elections.

2009-01

CASE AGAINST ABOLITION OF SA'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:
See video and transcript of the case against the Rann Government’s apparent intentions to hold a referendum on the abolition of South Australia.s Legislative Council. It is the State Upper House that has used PR the longest.

[The video, by the Public Service Association, is a 54 megabyte .mpg file. It takes a while to download to memory, but the transcript is quick]

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