Politics on Nick Perkins Archive

Election 2010: Be Informed – know how preferences work

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:49:37 +1000

I am so sick and tired of hearing stuff like “If you vote for <insert party here> they are giving their preferences to <insert major party here>. So that’s a vote for <prime ministerial candidate here>!” I’m not sure if I can make this any clearer, but:

NO IT ’S NOT

Let’s cover voting basics. In the House of Representatives, you number each box from 1 to n, where n is the number of candidates on the ballot.

Who will be Deputy PM if Tony Abbott wins?

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:55:13 +1000

Sometimes all you need is a quick shot of adrenaline to get you through the day. In the same way, sometimes you just need a quick shot of information to inform you. This is the first of probably many quick shot post s.

I have seen some friends questioning who will be the Deputy Prime Minister should Tony Abbott become prime minister after this weekend’s Federal election. This tweet got the conversation rolling.

One Nation Victoria State President promotes gay bashings on Twitter

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000

August 9, 2010

Over the last couple of days there has been talk on twitter regarding the tweets of Family First Queensland senate candidate Wendy Francis (@wendy4senate). Over this time, many people have pointed out her bigotry to her, which was reported in Fairfax Media this morning by Ben Grub (@bengrubb).

I sent a tweet this morning to her twitter account after watching her performance on a Sunrise debate (link).

Flashback: National Broadband Network – a quick summary

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:16:44 +1000

In the first of a number of ‘flashbacks’ to my old blog, here is something that is quite topical. Back in April 2009, I wrote on the Federal Government’s plans for a National Broadband network. Quite relevant given the current debate over the Opposition’s plans being announced today.

The Federal Government has announced the winner of the National Broadband Network tender process. Nobody wins! Yay! I’m sure you’re thinking WTF? right about now, so lets get into some of the details.

The future of the Internet in Australia

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:06:34 +1000

Today we have finally seen the plan of the Liberal/National Coalition for Australia’s future when it comes to Internet connectivity. Today we have seen what the Liberal and National Party plan to do in order to take Australia into the Internet future. That is, move back into the past.

The Coalition has announced that Australians will have access to at least wireless with a peak speed of 12mbps. They also propose that the current Hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network will bring 100mbps speeds to the major centres of Australia. They will also spend money to upgrade exchanges to provide more people with access to ADSL 2+ speaks.

Queensland Election - It’s time!

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1000

So it’s time for Election ‘09! ALP v NLP. Bligh v Springborg. The electors of Queensland, sick of the tired Labor government will do the only thing it can. Re-elect Anna Bligh.

Does that sound a little strange to you? Well it should.

You see I have always been a staunch conservative when it comes to my politics. I have voted Liberal federally every election since I turned 18 - except the last election. I just had to vote for Kevin Rudd. Was it my politics that had changed? No, I felt the government was tired. We needed change.