The Daily Telegraph this morning report this morning that the Christian Democrat Conservative NSW MP Fred Nile had been accessing porn sites from his office.
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Welcome of Election Candidate Finder. We aim to to be a high quality source of news and political information particular concerning candidacy for elections. We currently list every candidate for the Australian Federal Election due for August 23 2010. We look at the electorate that a candidate is standing for, their party affiliation, their biography and some for their policies. We aim to be objective and impartial in our assessments sticking to information that can be verified by third parties. We also encourage anyone to comment in relation to what they see on the site or what they think and belief in relation to particular issue. We hope that this information will assist you to become more informed about the political process and what your local, regional and national representatives think about issues and how they are likely to act once in government
Election Results
|
Coalition |
Votes |
Percentage % |
Swing % |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Australian Labor Party |
5,767,128 |
49.98 |
-2.72 |
|
Liberal/National Coalition |
5,771,638 |
50.02 |
+2.72 |
|
Party |
NSW |
VIC |
QLD |
WA |
SA |
TAS |
ACT |
NT |
Total Divisions Won |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
This Election |
Last Election |
|||||||||
|
Australian Labor Party |
26 |
21 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
71 |
83 |
|
Liberal |
16 |
12 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
55 |
|
Liberal National Party of Queensland |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
The Greens |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
The Nationals |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
|
Country Liberals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Independent |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
DOUBTFUL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
48 |
37 |
30 |
15 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
150 |
150 |
|
COUNTED % |
85.86 |
86.65 |
88.68 |
85.94 |
92.31 |
77.06 |
92.27 |
81.95 |
86.97 |
|
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Election Candidates
Fred Nile and Christian Democrats caught in Web of Porn
Posted September 2nd, 2010Hung Parliament to be resolved politically
Posted August 23rd, 2010According to one of Australia’s leading constitutional law academics, Professor George Williams of the University of New South Wales, a series of constitutional conventions inherited from Britain will determine the outcome of the hung parliament which Australia is now negotiating its way through.
Andrew Wilkie – Independent with Balance of Power
Posted August 23rd, 2010One of the more colourful characters in Australian politics, Mr Andrew Wilkie is the Independent candidate in the Tasmanian electorate of Denison.
Tony Windsor – Independent with the Balance of Power
Posted August 23rd, 2010Tony Windsor is the Independent Federal Member for New England. Prior to winning the seat in 2001, he spent 10 years in the NSW parliament as the member from Tamworth.
Bob Katter – Independent with Balance of Power
Posted August 23rd, 2010Member for Kennedy in outback Queensland since 1993, Mr. Katter was a member of the National Party until he left in 2001 to run as an independent, saying he could better represent his electorate if he were unencumbered by a party.
Rob Oakeshott – Independent with Balance of Power
Posted August 23rd, 2010Until now, the little known independent Rob Oakeshott who has been the Member for mid-north NSW coast seat of Lyne since 2008 by-election. He is formerly a member of the National Party, but felt he could better represent his electorate as an independent.
Governor General is Bill Shorten’s Mother in Law
Posted August 23rd, 2010A conflict of interest is looming for the governor general as Bill Shorten looks like he may the leader of the ALP and the son-in-law of the Governor General.
Bill Shorten to be next Labor Leader
Posted August 23rd, 2010Bill Shorten is now tipped to be the next leader of the labor party as the sharks begin to circle around Julia Gillard in the wake of her disastrous election result on Saturday which has left Australia in the throws of a momentous power struggle between the two great sides of politics.
Hung Parliament already descending into chaos
Posted August 22nd, 2010The constituional law position of a hung parliament is complicated. The head of the Greens, Bob Brown has already said that he will not support either party and that the door is ‘wide open’ to both in the hung parliament.
Experts are predicting a hung parliament
Posted August 21st, 2010A hung parliament is likely given the early figures emerging from the Australian Federal Election. This will leave Australia in a var precarious political balance.