North Coast Voices

Monday 10 September 2012

Why is "our" Luke being overlooked?

A piece in today's Sydney Morning Herald examines the prospects of Barnaby "Loose Cannon" Joyce moving to the House of Representatives and replacing Warren Truss as leader of the Nationals.

If the coalition wins the next election Joyce, or whoever leads the Nationals, would become Deputy PM and, heaven forbid, Acting PM when that blokey bloke (sorry, Julie Bishop, but you ain't in the hunt for the top job ever, ever!) takes leave to go OS and visit such places as the Vatican which would have to be near the top of his list of must-visit places and check with his Boss that church and legislators are sleeping securely in the same bed.

But, as a real "insult" for Luke Hatsuyker, the Member for Cowper on the NSW north coast, and his supporters the Herald looks at who else might lead the Nationals after Truss's demise and Luckless Luke didn't rate a mention.

The Herald piece stated, "Darren Chester, from Gippsland, Michael McCormack, from Riverina, Fiona Nash, the senator who is still considering her own lower house tilt by running for Hume, and even Richard Torbay, drafted to take on Tony Windsor in New England, are all mentioned as potential candidates."

See!! There's no mention of Luke!!!

C'mon Luke, show some gumption, develop a backbone, and make a run for the Nationals' top post.

Orams at it again on the front page of The Daily Examiner

If ever a journo is going to gloriously balls up the front page of one
of the local newspapers, it would be Graham teh meeja is me
second choice career Orams.
According to him on the 10th September; “Vote counts were not
updated during the day yesterday after a flying start to the
counting on Saturday night”. WRONG!
In fact when I looked at the NSW Electoral Commission website I
could see there had been a minor correction and one major update
over the course of Sunday the 9th.
And every single candidate placing in the race for a seat on council
he mentioned after the leading three, plus all their percentages,
were also wrong when the newspaper went to print.
Fair dinkum, the bloke's a menace.
Just for the record this is what the running total looked like
yesterday in the am and pm:

Summary of First Preference Votes
Candidate	Party/IND	FP Votes	Quota Ratio	% Formal Votes
MORRISON Rod	IND	656	0.30	2.99%
SCOTT Margot	IND	410	0.19	1.87%
PARKINSON Paul		483	0.22	2.20%
HOWE Craig	IND	1,154	0.53	5.26%
BAKER Andrew	IND	2,326	1.06	10.59%
TUNKS Ursula	IND	416	0.19	1.89%
DE ROOS Joy		408	0.19	1.86%
SIMMONS Jim	IND	1,336	0.61	6.08%
CLANCY Greg	IND	1,078	0.49	4.91%
BEEBY Jane	IND	419	0.19	1.91%
HUGHES Sue	IND	1,381	0.63	6.29%
TOMS Karen		1,028	0.47	4.68%
McIVOR Micheal	IND	298	0.14	1.36%
CHALLACOMBE Jeremy	IND	1,027	0.47	4.68%
WILLIAMSON Richie		6,975	3.18	31.77%
McKENNA Margaret	IND	877	0.40	3.99%
KINGSLEY Jason	IND	1,685	0.77	7.67%
Total Formal Votes Counted		21,957
Total Informal Votes		1,875
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes		23,832

Summary of First Preference Votes
Candidate	Party/IND	FP Votes	Quota Ratio	% Formal Votes
MORRISON Rod	IND	734	0.29	2.87%
SCOTT Margot	IND	443	0.17	1.73%
PARKINSON Paul		536	0.21	2.10%
HOWE Craig	IND	1,500	0.59	5.87%
BAKER Andrew	IND	2,478	0.97	9.70%
TUNKS Ursula	IND	499	0.20	1.95%
DE ROOS Joy		432	0.17	1.69%
SIMMONS Jim	IND	1,396	0.55	5.47%
CLANCY Greg	IND	1,188	0.47	4.65%
BEEBY Jane	IND	444	0.17	1.74%
HUGHES Sue	IND	1,504	0.59	5.89%
TOMS Karen		1,095	0.43	4.29%
McIVOR Micheal	IND	335	0.13	1.31%
CHALLACOMBE Jeremy	IND	1,295	0.51	5.07%
WILLIAMSON Richie		8,463	3.31	33.14%
McKENNA Margaret	IND	1,163	0.46	4.55%
KINGSLEY Jason	IND	2,033	0.80	7.96%
Total Formal Votes Counted		25,538
Total Informal Votes		2,168
Progressive Total Ordinary Votes		27,706

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Moggy Musings

Hi! My name is Boy. I'm a male bi-coloured tabby cat. Ever since I discovered that Malcolm Turnbull's dogs were allowed to blog, I have been pestering Clarencegirl to allow me a small space on North Coast Voices.

A false flag musing: I have noticed one particular voice on Facebook which is Pollyanna-positive on the subject of the Port of Yamba becoming a designated cruise ship destination. What this gentleman doesn’t disclose is that, as a principal of Middle Star Pty Ltd, he could be thought to have a potential pecuniary interest due to the fact that this corporation (which has had an office in Grafton since 2012) provides consultancy services and tourism business development services.

A religion & local government musing: On 11 October 2017 Clarence Valley Council has the Church of Jesus Christ Development Fund Inc in Sutherland Local Court No. 6 for a small claims hearing. It would appear that there may be a little issue in rendering unto Caesar. On 19 September 2017 an ordained minister of a religion (which was named by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to 40 instances of historical child sexual abuse on the NSW North Coast) read the Opening Prayer at Council’s ordinary monthly meeting. Earlier in the year an ordained minister (from a church network alleged to have supported an overseas orphanage closed because of child abuse claims in 2013) read the Opening Prayer and an ordained minister (belonging to yet another church network accused of ignoring child sexual abuse in the US and racism in South Africa) read the Opening Prayer at yet another ordinary monthly meeting. Nice one councillors - you are covering yourselves with glory!

An investigative musing: Newcastle Herald, 12 August 2017: The state’s corruption watchdog has been asked to investigate the finances of the Awabakal Aboriginal Local Land Council, less than 12 months after the troubled organisation was placed into administration by the state government. The Newcastle Herald understands accounting firm PKF Lawler made the decision to refer the land council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption after discovering a number of irregularities during an audit of its financial statements. The results of the audit were recently presented to a meeting of Awabakal members. Administrator Terry Lawler did not respond when contacted by the Herald and a PKF Lawler spokesperson said it was unable to comment on the matter. Given the intricate web of company relationships that existed with at least one former board member it is not outside the realms of possibility that, if ICAC accepts this referral, then United Land Councils Limited (registered New Zealand) and United First Peoples Syndications Pty Ltd(registered Australia) might be interviewed. North Coast Voices readers will remember that on 15 August 2015 representatives of these two companied gave evidence before NSW Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 INQUIRY INTO CROWN LAND. This evidence included advocating for a Yamba mega port.

A Nationals musing: Word around the traps is that NSW Nats MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has been talking up the notion of cruise ships visiting the Clarence River estuary. Fair dinkum! That man can be guaranteed to run with any bad idea put to him. I'm sure one or more cruise ships moored in the main navigation channel on a regular basis for one, two or three days is something other regular river users will really welcome. *pause for appreciation of irony* The draft of the smallest of the smaller cruise vessels is 3 metres and it would only stay safely afloat in that channel. Even the Yamba-Iluka ferry has been known to get momentarily stuck in silt/sand from time to time in Yamba Bay and even a very small cruise ship wouldn't be able to safely enter and exit Iluka Bay. You can bet your bottom dollar operators of cruise lines would soon be calling for dredging at the approach to the river mouth - and you know how well that goes down with the local residents.

A local councils musing: Which Northern Rivers council is on a low-key NSW Office of Local Government watch list courtesy of feet dragging by a past general manager?

A serial pest musing: I'm sure the Clarence Valley was thrilled to find that a well-known fantasist is active once again in the wee small hours of the morning treading a well-worn path of accusations involving police, local business owners and others.

An investigative musing: Which NSW North Coast council is batting to have the longest running code of conduct complaint investigation on record?

A fun fact musing: An estimated 24,000 whales migrated along the NSW coastline in 2016 according to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the migration period is getting longer.

A which bank? musing: Despite a net profit last year of $9,227 million the Commonwealth Bank still insists on paying below Centrelink deeming rates interest on money held in Pensioner Security Accounts. One local wag says he’s waiting for the first bill from the bank charging him for the privilege of keeping his pension dollars at that bank.

A Daily Examiner musing: Just when you thought this newspaper could sink no lower under News Corp management, it continues to give column space to Andrew Bolt.

A thought to ponder musing: In case of bushfire or flood - do you have an emergency evacuation plan for the family pet?

An adoption musing: Every week on the NSW North Coast a number of cats and dogs find themselves without a home. If you want to do your bit and give one bundle of joy a new family, contact Happy Paws on 0419 404 766 or your local council pound.

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