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Topic: South Australian legislative election, 2002


  
  South Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Australia is a state of Australia, in the southern central part of the country, along the Southern Ocean.
South Australia is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen of Australia as the head of state.
It is the responsibility of the South Australian government, and Adelaide's public and private education-systems are funded jointly by it and the Commonwealth Government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Australia   (1188 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Australian legislative election, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Division of Parramatta is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales.
The Division of Greenway is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales.
The Division of Cunningham is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-legislative-election,-2004   (7973 words)

  
 Australian legislative election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004.
The election result was a triumph for Howard, who in December 2004 became Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, and who saw the election result as a vindication of his policies, particularly his decision to join in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
As in all Australian elections, the second-preference votes of minor parties were crucial in determining the outcome of this election, and the close of nominations was followed by a period of bargaining among the parties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_legislative_election,_2004   (3227 words)

  
 The Poll Vault - South Australian election weblog. ABC News Online, 2002.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With the South Australian election on a knife-edge, former Liberal and now Independent MP Bob Such is finding himself a popular man, having retained his seat of Fisher.
The South Australian Electoral Office's official election night tally room is taking shape in what until recently has been the orchestra studio at ABC headquarters in Colinswood.
South Australian Labor Senator Chris Schacht has weighed into the state election campaign, saying that the number of candidates who have quit parties to run as independents highlights the need for internal party reforms on both sides of politics.
www.abc.net.au /news/indepth/saelection2002/weblog   (7566 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Most commentators, however, expected the election to be very close, pointing out that Labor was also ahead in the polls at the comparable point of the Australian legislative election, 1998 1998 election, which Howard won.
On September 9, during the second week of campaigning the election was rocked by a 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing terrorist attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The position she will lead her party in on certain key issues is unclear, though she has hinted that she is in favour of an apology for the stolen generation and would like to see an end to the incarceration of the children of refugees.
www.mauspfeil.net /Australian_legislative_election,_2004.html   (4681 words)

  
 South Australian Election 2002. ABC News Online
The South Australian Liberal Government now headed by Rob Kerin goes into this election campaign with a precarious majority, created by its underestimation of the Labor Party in the 1997 campaign.
Once the election was over, it moved to privatise ETSA, the sale proving a tortuous process as the Government lacked a majority in the upper house, the Legislative Council.
The fate of the election may rest in campaigning during the final week, according to ABC elections analyst Antony Green.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/23244/20020122/abc.net.au/news/indepth/saelection2002/summary2.htm   (868 words)

  
 EFA Action Alert - South Australia 2002
On 4 June 2002, proposed new Internet censorship laws applicable to ordinary people who use the Internet to communicate were introduced into South Australian Parliament.
The proposed legislation subjects ordinary Internet users to criminal proceedings for failure to foresee the classification that "would be" granted, from time to time, to particular material by a non-unanimous decision of members of the Classification Board of the Office of Film and Literature Classification, or that police guess "would be" given a particular classification.
The prior version of the SA Bill was passed by the SA Legislative Council on 1 November 2001 on a vote of 15 to 5 (it was not voted on in the House of Assembly prior to the February 2002 elections).
www.efa.org.au /Campaigns/alertsa200207.html   (1436 words)

  
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In a speech to the South Australian Legislative Council he indicated belief in a religious basis for laws: "Out of his love for mankind [God] has set boundaries and these boundaries have been accepted by the world as a foundation for the laws of every country."
In New South Wales, 11 of their 23 candidates for the 2004 legislative election were from a single Assemblies of God church, the Hawkesbury Church in
One possible reason for this is an Australian reluctance to mingle religion and politics; where Family First have striven to present themselves as a secular party, the CDP emphasises their Christian beliefs, and their leader Fred Nile is an ordained minister.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Family_First_Party   (1572 words)

  
 The Poll Bludger - Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Election 2004
The election will be the sixth since self-government was established in 1989 and the fourth since the original single electorate system made way for three electorates, two (Brindabella and Ginninderra) with five members and one (Molonglo) with seven, elected under the Hare-Clark sytem.
The system's closest Australian relative is that for the Tasmanian lower house, sharing with it rotating ordering of candidates on the ballot paper so that candidates must compete for votes with party colleagues, in contrast to the otherwise similar Senate system where the parties determine the order of their lists.
A poll published in the Canberra Times on election eve has Labor on 55 per cent, Liberal on 30 per cent and the Greens on 11 per cent (after allocation of undecided), suggesting 10 seats for Labor might not be out of the question after all.
www.pollbludger.com /act2004.htm   (2049 words)

  
 School of Law 2002-2004 Bulletin: Faculty and Staff
From 1991 to 2002, Aman was dean of the School of Law.
Her research interests include legislative history and electronic access to state and local government information.
Although he has written numerous articles on issues within librarianship, the main focus of his research is a study of the life of George Bird Grinnell, an American ethnologist, naturalist, and newspaper editor born in 1849.
www.iun.edu /~bulletin/iub/law/2002-2004/faculty.html   (10429 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Legislative branch
elections: last held 29 June 1993 (next was scheduled to be held in 1998, but were suspended by presidential decree in 1996; elections are planned to follow the completion of the three-year transitional government)
elections: elections last held 10 December 2000 with by-elections on 14 January 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)
elections: elections for four-year term seats last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003); elections for two-year term seats last held 6 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2003)
www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/fields/2101.html   (11563 words)

  
 LookSmart - Directory - South Australian Election 2002 Electoral Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
South Australian Election 2002 Electoral Process - Resources covering the electoral process in South Australia's state election.
South Australian electoral office comprehensively details the results from the 2002 state election.
Find how the SA Parliament is made up of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly.
search.looksmart.com /p/browse/us1/us317836/us317916/us559898/us560003/us560004/us560854/us9523/us703700/us903854/us10015432/us10015463   (180 words)

  
 South Australian Election 2002: voting above the line may have unintended results
Click on "50th election website" at the top of the home page, then click on "voting tickets" where you will be able to access the preferences of all the 48 groups listed above the line on the Legislative Council ballot paper.
For example, if you were to vote above the line for One Nation in the Legislative Council, your next significant preference would go to SA First, whose lead candidate Ron Williams did not reply to the Festival of Light survey and scored zero.
Labor's lead candidate in the Legislative Council is Gail Gago, who is on Emily's List - meaning she supports abortion on demand and institutional childcare paid for by companies and/or taxpayers.
www.fol.org.au /government/sa/saelec2002warning.html   (885 words)

  
 Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990.
National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm   (1467 words)

  
 Andrew Stanko's 2002 South Australian Legislative Council electoral statement
South Australia should be self-sufficient for its power needs.
Thousands of jobs could be produced, if South Australia focused on solar energy, wind power, geo-thermal bio gas, rainwater, renewable energy, exporting technology.
All these new initiatives and businesses will be properly funded by the government, and other industries can contribute to a "share pool of ethical investments." Shares will be offered to all South Australians and taxpayers, and sold to other interstate and overseas investors.
andrewstanko.info /2002/electoral_statement   (898 words)

  
 Home - Liberal South Australia
The Liberal Party is the political organisation that is the most representative of the Australian people.
Liberal Leader Rob Kerin has thrown his support behind the continued South Australian ownership of Coopers Brewery.
For information on the South Australian Liberal Party's position on a range of issues click on the link below.
www.sa.liberal.org.au /content   (248 words)

  
 15 days to go - Election 2004 - www.smh.com.au
They are standing as The Great Australians, but previously contested the 2002 South Australian Legislative Council election, McHolme for the Over-Taxed Motorists Association, Robinson for the Smokers' Rights Association.
They ran together on the Hotel Patrons Party ticket at the 1999 NSW Legislative Council election and two years earlier were on the Smokers' Rights Association team for the South Australian election.
Two hundred year 5 and 6 students at The Scots College Preparatory School endured entreaties from five Wentworth candidates last Monday and then cast their votes in a make-believe Bellevue Hill election.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/09/23/1095651472776.html   (546 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the governor general
The impact of drought, weak foreign demand, and strong import demand pushed the trade deficit up from $8 billion in 2002, to $18 billion in 2003, and to $13 billion in 2004.
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000)
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html   (1195 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Australia
A referendum to change Australia's status, from a commonwealth headed by the British monarch to a republic, was defeated in 1999.
elections: Senate - last held 10 November 2001 (next to be held not later than 16 April 2005); House of Representatives - last held 10 November 2001 (next to be held not later than 16 April 2005)
Australian Monarchist League [leader NA]; Australian Republican Movement [leader NA]
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/as.html   (1079 words)

  
 John Quiggin: Who prefers the Greens, Part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Quiggin: Who prefers the Greens, Part II Who prefers the Greens, Part II As I pointed out here (and in the Fin) a couple of weeks ago, if the government wants us to take its scare campaign against the Greens seriously, it should give them last preference.
Family First has it's genesis in South Australia where they've had a FF member of the Legislative Council - Andrew Evans - since 2002.
They're running candidates in every seat which says something for their organisation - and the faith-based reach - and might have a very outside chance of a South Australian Senate spot but it would seem unlikely.
www.johnquiggin.com /archives/001963.html   (2495 words)

  
 Subject Index to South Australian Legislation - S
South Australian Ports (Bulk Handling Facilities) Act 1996
South Australian Ports (Disposal of Maritime Assets) Act 2000
South Australian Water Corporation See SA Water Corporation
www.slsa.sa.gov.au /legislation_index/alphafiles/indexS.htm   (478 words)

  
 South Australian election 2002: scores for Legislative Council candidates
South Australian election 2002: scores for Legislative Council candidates
How do the Legislative Council candidates rate on family issues?
Below are the survey results for answers received by 6 February.
www.fol.org.au /government/sa/saelec2002council.html   (163 words)

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