OzAurora
Refugee
I just thought that you might all like to know that Peter Garrett is now an Australian politician.
On saturday Australians had a federal election, which is the election where we vote for a new Prime Minister and federal (national) members to represent our area or 'electorate'. The party which ends up with the most 'seats' or members elected, ends up winning and able to rule the country. We also get to elect people to the senate in a federal election. It was a very sad result IMHO as the conservative 'Liberal' party was re-elected, so we have another three years of conservative politics in Australia led by John Howard. Some of the only good things to come out of the election were that my party, The Australian Greens recorded an overall record result, scoring around 8% of the overall vote, which is very good for a small party that has limited funds to spend on advertising and campaigning and we look like getting two more senators in the senate. Add to this Peter Garrett being easily elected to his seat in New South Wales, even though he is representing the Australian Labor Party (the 'democrats' of Aussie politics) he is sure to bring a good environmental and social justice focus to the house of reps....
more....
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/10/1097346690691.html?oneclick=true
On saturday Australians had a federal election, which is the election where we vote for a new Prime Minister and federal (national) members to represent our area or 'electorate'. The party which ends up with the most 'seats' or members elected, ends up winning and able to rule the country. We also get to elect people to the senate in a federal election. It was a very sad result IMHO as the conservative 'Liberal' party was re-elected, so we have another three years of conservative politics in Australia led by John Howard. Some of the only good things to come out of the election were that my party, The Australian Greens recorded an overall record result, scoring around 8% of the overall vote, which is very good for a small party that has limited funds to spend on advertising and campaigning and we look like getting two more senators in the senate. Add to this Peter Garrett being easily elected to his seat in New South Wales, even though he is representing the Australian Labor Party (the 'democrats' of Aussie politics) he is sure to bring a good environmental and social justice focus to the house of reps....
more....
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/10/1097346690691.html?oneclick=true