tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post2800340232434848177..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: And now it's wag of the finger time ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-41389106887238226182013-01-11T14:12:19.260+11:002013-01-11T14:12:19.260+11:00Patterson Lakes is in the Federal electorate of Is...Patterson Lakes is in the Federal electorate of Isaacs, which Mark Dreyfus won by a wafer-thin margin of 22% in 2010.<br /><br />To be fair the Liberal candidate 'won' the Patterson Lakes booth, which represents a bit over 3% of the electorate, by about 12%. It was the only booth in the electorate, apart from pre-polls, which he won. <a href="http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/HouseDivisionTcpByPollingPlace-15508-219.htm" rel="nofollow">(Sez the AEC.)</a><br /><br />But that's democracy for ya, with or without cricket bats and Limited News selective reporting.Eyesorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3376551900394768892013-01-11T09:06:03.152+11:002013-01-11T09:06:03.152+11:00There's a Senate Inquiry Recent trends in and ...There's a Senate Inquiry <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=ec_ctte/extreme_weather/submissions.htm" rel="nofollow">Recent trends in and preparedness for extreme weather events</a> due to report in March. The submission by Neville Nicholls is pretty good, and the others seem to be from scholarly & academic people. But, it's alarming to note there is no submission from Tory Shepherd. She'd better hurry up, closing date is Jan 18th.Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.com