Election Wrap - 22 September

oh; and the ‘unethical’ investments are according to my understanding (from a CT article a while back) part of the super scheme for public servants not just the govt making extra cash or saving for a rainy day.

for me roadside signs are a bit of a non issue; wont change my vote either way (rather vote on policy and experience etc) but i guess for most people they’d be a good way of boosting name recognition.

in my opinion if you want to stop the practise then actually fine the people who put them out instead of the current fee to get confiscated ones back. (98 bucks each or 3 bucks for a new one…tough call)

can someone confirm exactly what the rules are? my understanding is they can be on the side of the road (not on the median strip) andmust be up under their own steam, not leaning on anything etc. can anyone confirm this?

Ah I see – so all laws are not created equal? So what other LAWS should our *law-makers* be able to disregard Jakez? Where do you draw the line?

And the potential for another candidates who obeys the signs laws not getting elected as a result of their obeyance, while someone who breaks the law does get in, landing themselves a quite handsome 6-figure salary to boot – that doesn’t bother you? Free-for-alls cheerfully accepted?

An election is too important – fairness, equity and level playing field are critical.

Hence my previous statements about there being a range of measures to inhibit abuse of incumbency.

(PS: I’d be saying the same thing regardless of what party the signs belonged to. Would you?)

Gungahlin Al said :

I note an interesting story in the CT a couple of days back about the sheer volume of Liberal signs that have been confiscated by the government, accompanied by a photo of one independent who also helpfully collected a bunch and returned them to the Liberal offices.

Now sign wars are a common thing in most elections. However in ACT there are some very definitive laws governing what one can and cannot do in relation to election signage.

I remind people that these candidates are asking for you vote to make them the law-MAKERS of the ACT.

So what sort of law-makers would someone make who themselves can’t (or worse – won’t) even follow this most basic of laws?

Well as they say, rules were made to be broken.

The ALP, Greens, or LDP could break these rules up the yin yang, but considering the real damage politicians can do on a number of issues once they get in, it would not register as a factor in my voting.

Or Stanhope staffer and graffiti ….

jakez: Or perhaps, actual in-depth analysis has suggested that forseeable future expenses are likely to exceed incomes (say, a sharp drop in stamp tax income led by a housing market slump?), so it’s prudent to put money aside now to cover that?

On the rego thing, rather than harmonise I think we should undercut the other states’ rego and then offer to register vehicles from anywhere in the country – could be a good little earner…

I note an interesting story in the CT a couple of days back about the sheer volume of Liberal signs that have been confiscated by the government, accompanied by a photo of one independent who also helpfully collected a bunch and returned them to the Liberal offices.

Now sign wars are a common thing in most elections. However in ACT there are some very definitive laws governing what one can and cannot do in relation to election signage.

I remind people that these candidates are asking for you vote to make them the law-MAKERS of the ACT.

So what sort of law-makers would someone make who themselves can’t (or worse – won’t) even follow this most basic of laws?

Yes, it is all a bit thrilling really, isn’t it!

LOL

Or be beaten to death with embroidered doilys.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! not the doilies, anything but the doilies.

Mind you in the grand scheme of things, if entry to Floriade is a deciding factor in this election then we are all in all sorts of trouble.

I’ll have to update my Government Directory, now that it’s apparent that Andrew Barr makes announcements on behalf of the Liberal Party.

What next? Maybe Andrew will announce that the Libs intend to charge people to enjoy the sunlight.

I thought Labor were struggling a bit, but thought they will still be re-elected in what remains a Labor town. But now I know for certain that people are getting desperate. Well, Barr boy at least.

Almost everywhere else has 30 year C-in-C expirations for State documents, the ACT is just wierd.

Go ahead and have a drink, Jakez! You’ll feel temporarily better.

*chuckle*

Granny said :

They would probably also have to answer to a pot pouri wielding lynch mob of preselectors who like their Floriade entry to be of the libertarian persuasion.

; )

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Cheers Granny, that was the best laugh I’ve had in a while.

….and now after thinking about it, I’m kind of depressed.

Actually, I withdraw the above and wholeheartedly apologise .
I have just realised its been 11 years since the document was submitted as C-in-C, so is no longer classified (ten years by ACT Law).

Go ahead people, fight all you like.

bah.
… Pages 47 and 48 of Directions on Cabinet Procedure might be worth reading.

Minor points on Andrew Barr’s history lesson:
Who is Deborah Frankham, why is Octavo Graphic Design in Kingston handling cabinet-in-confidence documents (both from the document properties of Barr’s PDF), and why is the current government dredging cabinet-in-confidence documents from a previous Government of a different party (or been allowed to by whatever the ACT version of a Chief Archivist is), when its not really a continuity-of-administration issue, and is instead being used as part of an election campaign?

Pages 47 and 48 of Directions on Cabinet Procedure might be worth reading.

I guess we’ll find out in a couple of weeks.

The Liberal campaign is showing every sign of being a marketing, rather than political, product.

Who knows, maybe it’ll work?

Something different.

Mind you the presidential thing is just to get maximum contrast between Zed and Stanhope, that’s just playing it smart in the current climate.

Indubitably!

*chuckle*

They would probably also have to answer to a pot pouri wielding lynch mob of preselectors who like their Floriade entry to be of the libertarian persuasion.

; )

What makes you think the lines originated from HQ?

Candidates being allowed their own corny line seems to be the sole remaining element of what Hare Clarke (and liberal believe in individual conscience) was meant to allow us.

Note that you could recite the corny lines, and therein lies their value.

Unrelated somewhat, however what is up at Liberal HQ with their quiky little tag lines for the candidates. “a betta fella for Brindabella” Gulia with a G, Jack and I do live here (could be infringing on copyright for a certain beverage).

I mean didn’t we get enough of that purile crap when Hlen Cross ‘dazzled’ us with Don’t put a tick, don’t put a cross. C’mon Mr Heath if you can’t do better than that then what hope do your candidates have?

We could have Amanda Bresnan determine our investments, OR we could realise that if the ACT Government is investing in cluster bombs and tobacco it clearly has too much money and should return said money to the ratepayer for said ratepayer to use in a manner most efficient for them.

Barr’s media release is the stupidest thing I have ever read. What was going through his staffers mind when they wrote that silly drivel.

However I have to say that if the Liberals did bring back entry fees, it probably would be a vote clincher for me.