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How Preferential Voting Works (So You Don’t Vote For A Shit Party)
It’s election day, which means you really need to start thinking about how you’re going to vote – if you haven’t already. If you’re not keen on voting within the confines of a two party system, but aren’t sure how to make your vote count, it’s time to learn about preferential voting! Lesson one –…
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Of Course There’s A ‘Bring Back The NBN’ Petition
So the Federal Election didn’t go the way of the geek. It’s tough to swallow for some of us, while others are fighting back with a new petition.
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Can Australia Afford The Coalition’s NBN?
Consumers know well that buying a cheaper product often costs more in the long term when the cheaper product has to be replaced. This is true of the Coalition’s vision for the National Broadband Network (NBN): it may cost less in the short term, but not in the long term.
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Julian Assange’s Australian Wikileaks Party Is Fast Imploding
With the Federal Election only a fortnight away, now really isn’t the time to be having internal party divisions and accusations of incompetence. That, however, seems to be what Julian Assange and the Wikileaks Party standing in the 2013 Federal Election seem to be dealing with as a key member quits in a haze of…