Monday 18 February 2008
House of Reps crib sheet
Image from http://www.crikey.com.au/
Can't find your local member at Question Time.? Here's a guide to the House after the last round of musical chairs.
Click lower right corner to enlarge.
Labels:
Australia,
federal government,
politics
Australia preparing to come in from the cold and support UN declaration on indigenous rights
Yet another sign that Australia may just possibly be putting the neo-fascist Howard era behind it - the Rudd Government is currently doing spade work for the move to support the UN declaration of indigenous rights.
Australia was one of only four countries to hold out against endorsing the declaration in 2007. The others being the United States, Canada and New Zealand. There were eleven abstentions.
As this declaration is a non-binding text, the Howard Government's objections were always on rather dubious grounds.
Rats in the ranks Liberal Party-style
I'm really looking forward to tonight's ABC1 Four Corners episode on John Howard's end.
I foresee the amusing spectacle of Downer, Abbott, Hockey, and other Liberal Party luminaries, all vowing that they are truly intelligent politicians in tune with Australian voters, who just happened to be led by an old, stubborn man in November 2007.
This is going to be good for a belly laugh, because Hansard and newspaper archives clearly show that this baying mob of arrogant, right-wing bullies eagerly helped turn into law every one of the former PM's biased and misinformed notions of what Australian society should be.
This mob must really think we came down in the last shower, if they believe that they can distance themselves from their previous actions by a sly knife job on their former leader.
'Specially as the Liberals are now saying that they will resist any reform of their most oppressive acts and regulations.
Labels:
howard trivia,
politics
Sunday 17 February 2008
And the Commonwealth 2008 Bills roll on
The 42nd Parliament is powering ahead with its bill schedule, including bills put forward by private members.
Although many of these bills will wither on the vine due to the lack of government sponsorship, the sheer number is becoming both impressive and somewhat disturbing when looking at those affecting the Australian Constitution.
This is last Friday's ComLaw list of published bills.
Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00019
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card
Fees) Amendment Bill 2008
C2008B00020
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00021
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Constitution Alteration (Appropriations for the Ordinary Annual Services of
the Government) 2001 [2008]
C2008B00022
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Constitution Alteration (Electors' Initiative, Fixed Term Parliaments and
Qualifications of Members) 2000 [2008]
C2008B00023
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Electoral (Greater Fairness of Electoral Processes) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00025
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00019
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card
Fees) Amendment Bill 2008
C2008B00020
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00021
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Constitution Alteration (Appropriations for the Ordinary Annual Services of
the Government) 2001 [2008]
C2008B00022
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Constitution Alteration (Electors' Initiative, Fixed Term Parliaments and
Qualifications of Members) 2000 [2008]
C2008B00023
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Electoral (Greater Fairness of Electoral Processes) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00025
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Electoral Amendment (Political Honesty) Bill 2003 [2008]
C2008B00024
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Euthanasia Laws (Repeal) Bill 2004 [2008]
C2008B00026
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Genetic Privacy and Non-discrimination Bill 1998 [2008]
C2008B00027
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1)
Bill 2008
C2008B00029
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Marriage (Relationships Equality) Amendment Bill 2008
C2008B00030
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Ministers of State (Post-Retirement Employment Restrictions) Bill 2002
[2008]
C2008B00031
Date Published: 15/02/2008
National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00032
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Parliamentary Charter of Rights and Freedoms Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00034
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Patents Amendment Bill 1996 [2008]
C2008B00035
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Peace and Non-Violence Commission Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00036
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008
C2008B00038
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Privacy (Data Security Breach Notification) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00040
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Privacy (Extension to Political Acts and Practices) Amendment Bill 2006
[2008]
C2008B00041
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00040
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Privacy (Extension to Political Acts and Practices) Amendment Bill 2006
[2008]
C2008B00041
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00043
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Public Interest Disclosures Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00045
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00046
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power Perecentage) Bill
2008
C2008B00047
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00048
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Republic (Consultation of the People) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00049
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00045
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00046
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power Perecentage) Bill
2008
C2008B00047
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00048
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Republic (Consultation of the People) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00049
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
C2008B00050
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00050
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Same-Sex Marriages Bill 2006 [2008]
C2008B00051
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00051
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00052
Date Published: 15/02/2008
State Elections (One Vote, One Value) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00053
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008
C2008B00054
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Taxation Laws Amendment (Scholarships) Bill 2005 [2008]
C2008B00028
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Textbook Subsidy Bill 2003 [2008]
C2008B00033
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008
C2008B00037
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00039
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Uranium Mining in or near Australian World Heritage Properties
(Prohibition) Bill 1998 [2008]
C2008B00042
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Workplace Relations (Guaranteeing Paid Maternity Leave) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00044
Date Published: 15/02/2008
C2008B00052
Date Published: 15/02/2008
State Elections (One Vote, One Value) Bill 2001 [2008]
C2008B00053
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008
C2008B00054
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Taxation Laws Amendment (Scholarships) Bill 2005 [2008]
C2008B00028
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Textbook Subsidy Bill 2003 [2008]
C2008B00033
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008
C2008B00037
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]
C2008B00039
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Uranium Mining in or near Australian World Heritage Properties
(Prohibition) Bill 1998 [2008]
C2008B00042
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Workplace Relations (Guaranteeing Paid Maternity Leave) Amendment Bill 2007
[2008]
C2008B00044
Date Published: 15/02/2008
Labels:
Australian society,
federal government,
politics
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