MichaelMaley

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MichaelMaley

MichaelMaley

@MichaelMaley7

Canberra (most of the time) انضم Ağustos 2013
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william maley
william maley@williammaley1·
@lynnekodonnell From the moment he described the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan – promoted by his erstwhile buddies in the ISI – as having 'broken the shackles of slavery', he lost any standing to raise concerns about the loss of freedom. Let him rot.
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Peter Brent
Peter Brent@mumbletwits·
Suppose when the opposition leader jumps on board, media got little choice but to report it (but they should point out it’s a beat up).
MichaelMaley@MichaelMaley7

@AntonyGreenElec @ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham There are calls because when some politician tries to make an issue out of a non-issue, there are plenty of sheep - including in the media - who will immediately jump on board.

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MichaelMaley@MichaelMaley7·
@DrDreHistorian As I've noted in a comment on Kevin Bonham's blog which you've highlighted in a later tweet, s93(8) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act wasn't really new: it essentially replicated s21(2C) of the 1906 Act, which was inserted in that Act in 1919.
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André Brett
André Brett@DrDreHistorian·
9/ The Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (Cth) repealed and replaced prior legislation. It did not change the manner of voting, but 93(8) added a vague provision to count ballots where a voter's "intention is clear". This was clarified in March this year, when the...
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André Brett
André Brett@DrDreHistorian·
Righto folks, buckle in, time for a thread on how Australians have marked federal referendum ballots over time. Amy's spot-on here about *why* we don't use X. The AEC's saving provisions are based on 1988 legal advice re: a 1984 act—but we haven't used X since *the 1920s* 1/12
Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis

Fkn enough! You haven’t been able to put crosses on a referendum paper and have that ballot counted since 1988! This is not a new. It has not been put in place for the voice referendum. It’s because ❌ are ambiguous - some people use them to mark yes. Some no.

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Barry R McCaffrey
Barry R McCaffrey@mccaffreyr3·
Prigozhin’s Death Heralds Even More Spectacular Violence - The Atlantic. — Putin dominates the security services… for now. He has created a military and economic disaster for Russia. His days are numbered. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Antony Green - elections
Antony Green - elections@AntonyGreenElec·
@ElectoralLawAus @MichaelMaley7 @kevinbonham If the referendum ballot paper produces the lowest informal vote of any electoral event in the country, why are there calls to re-design the ballot paper? Better the current form than anything that suggests using ticks and crosses.
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Kevin Bonham
Kevin Bonham@kevinbonham·
What would be the formality ruling for the referendum if the voter wrote "YE"? Assume there is nothing else on the ballot, eg no S shaped indentation to suggest the voter ran out of ink.
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Peter Brent
Peter Brent@mumbletwits·
The Greek word for yes is "Ναί", pronounced sort of "nay." What if someone writes "nay" what happens then?
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Natiq Malikzada
Natiq Malikzada@natiqmalikzada·
If shame were for sale, I would certainly buy it for the hypocrite Pakistani officials who shamelessly consider themselves victims of terrorism.
Natiq Malikzada@natiqmalikzada

The best joke ever! General Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, has said that Pakistan is a frontline against terrorism and is contributing to regional peace. He has urged the world to acknowledge the sacrifices of this country in the face of terrorism.

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MichaelMaley@MichaelMaley7·
For those who may be interested, here is a case study I was asked to write on the subject of electoral resilience and risk management in Timor-Leste. idea.int/sites/default/…
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Amy Remeikis
Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis·
Again - no one is attempting to ‘rig’ or ‘steal’ the referendum at the ballot box. Send this Trumpian bullshit where it belongs - the bin theguardian.com/australia-news…
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The Royal Society
The Royal Society@royalsociety·
Packages of non-pharmaceutical interventions with complementary effects, such as masking, social distancing, and other measures, unequivocally reduced #COVID19 infections, our major new report has found: royalsociety.org/news/2023/08/n…
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Kevin Bonham
Kevin Bonham@kevinbonham·
@ElectoralLawAus I think it's reached the point where reduction to absolute silliness is the only tenable course for future debate.
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MichaelMaley
MichaelMaley@MichaelMaley7·
@ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham And on the same ballot paper. In 1999, voters received two separate ballot papers, one for the republic referendum and one for the preamble referendum.
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ElectoralLawAus@ElectoralLawAus·
@MichaelMaley7 @kevinbonham for the record, just noting (as you well know) this is only possible when the parliament has agreed two separate Constitutional amendments to go to the same referendum (I'm getting twitchy about the calls for AEC to redesign the 2023 ballot paper to have two squares)
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MichaelMaley@MichaelMaley7·
@ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham I remember hearing about a referendum ballot paper (I think in 1984) where the voter had written "YES we have NO bananas", with YES and NO in the two squares.
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ElectoralLawAus@ElectoralLawAus·
@kevinbonham Sure. Yep, Nope etc are valid not because of s 93(9) but because of ss 93(1)(b) & (8)
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