The initial count of votes in yesterday’s local government elections is now available.
The initial count shows 20 036 formal votes cast, which means quota is 2005 votes. Declaration votes have not yet been counted, these would bump quota up a couple of votes.
So candidates need about 2010 votes to be elected.
Summary (as of 2am Sunday)
Definitely [...]
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Albury Council Election Results
Nimbin’s HEMP Bar shutdown
This Friday, the 29th of August, will see the closure of Nimbin’s famous “HEMP Bar“. The HEMP Bar was a political act, a defiance on the prohibition of Marijuana, and a work of propaganda attempting to convince the public that drug legalisation could be a civilised affair.
Click to enlarge. Comic by the HEMP Bar.
There was [...]
Profile: Daryl Betteridge
Nico Matthews, Daryl Betteridge, Gavin Grant, Brian Grenfell at Zedbar, which incidentally, Brian owns.Perhaps it was appropriate that when I got around to talking to Daryl Betteridge and friends that I was slightly intoxicated. Between them they pretty much own Albury’s night life, and the intoxicated state of their patrons has made them the whipping [...]
The Fundamental Reason Why Filtering the Internet is Wrong
To accept a government filter of the internet, is to accept that it is the role of the government arbiter of “appropriateness”.
Stephen Conroy claims that the Internet “is a wonderful tool”. He is wrong, the internet is not a tool. It is a descriptor, an abstract concept. It is the totality of human interaction facilitated [...]
Stephen Conroy Hates Net Freedom
The Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy, wants to make the internet safe for the kiddies. Conroy argues that unlike in 2005, when then Liberal Party Communications Minister Helen Coonan was laughed down with her proposal to filter the internet, it is now possible to filter inappropriate content over 82% of the time.
Naturally, I reckon Conroy’s [...]
