No doubt on the preferences of the Rise Up Australia Party.
> On 1 Dec 2014, at 12:09 am, Russell Woodford <> wrote:
>
> One. Edged out a Labor Party candidate on way-down-the-list preferences.
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/vic-election-2014/results/legislative-council/nmet/
>
>
>> On 30 November 2014 at 23:55, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:
>>
>> How many did the Sex Party win?-Kevin Bartram
>>
>>
>>> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:34:19 +1100
>>> From:
>>> To:
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Victorian Election - grim results in the upper
>> house
>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone
>>>
>>> I'm not much of a political animal, but the results coming through from
>>> yesterday's Victorian state election have rung some alarm bells. The
>> Greens
>>> have probably won a lower house seat and up to 5 upper house seats. That
>>> could be good news for the environment, and particularly for legislation
>>> which affects habitats under pressure from development.
>>>
>>> However, of far graver concern is the fact that the Shooters Party (aka
>>> Shooting and Fishing Party) looks like having 3 seats in the upper house.
>>> The Country Alliance also has a seat, to be held by someone who has a
>>> hunting background. The Labor Party holds a clear majority in the lower
>>> house, but legislation may have trouble getting through the upper. Look
>> at
>>> the numbers:
>>> Labor 13 seats
>>> Coalition 15 or 16
>>> Greens 4 or 5
>>> Shooters 3
>>> Other parties 3 or 4
>>>
>>> The Shooters and other minor parties received 2-3 percent of the vote,
>> yet
>>> may hold the balance of power. That's not good news for those of hoping
>> to
>>> see an end to duck hunting. Let's hope we don't follow NSW and allow
>>> hunting in national parks.
>>>
>>> Russell
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