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The competition both within the Free TV arena and against Pay TV is hotting up. Changes are constantly being made to prime time line ups and broadcast rights to get the edge over competitors. This week has seen Channel Ten question its own model and make changes to match the new broadcast environment, but many questions over the future of TV in Australia remain.
Sunday Slump
The results of the NSW election are almost finalised. Now we can take a look at how representative the results are. Have your say…
NSW Votes 2011: Legislative Council
The results for the 2011 NSW Election are finalised – and the Legislative Council seats have been decided. Below the 21 seats decided this election are set out, with an image of each member (where available). Click on the members’ images to link through to more information about them. See the Legislative Assembly results here.
Sunday Slump
The NSW election has been decided in historic fashion – but where to from here? What challenges will the new Coalition government face – and how long will it take Labor to recover. Let us know what you think. Have your say…
NSW Votes 2011: Legislative Assembly
After 16 years in Government in New South Wales – this election has long been predicted to be the one to bring an end to Labor’s reign. It was far from a close contest – but that doesn’t mean that all of the seats were easily decided. Scroll down to see which candidates were successful and click on the member’s image to view their profiles. See the Legislative Council results here. Read this post…
Earth Hour 2011
A Notion by Super Opinion
Tomorrow is Earth Hour. As the news tomorrow will mostly be full of New South Wales election coverage, I wanted to get in early to voice my support for Earth Hour, and to fend off some of the criticisms that come out to play each year.
The first and perhaps greatest criticism of Earth Hour is the inability of one hour of darkness to have any effect on global warming. If you view the hour as a standalone event, it is true that very little impact on global greenhouse gas emissions will occur as a result of the event. The point however, is that Earth Hour is not simply an attempt to have one hour of efficient power use out of the approximately 8,766 hours in a year. Have your say…
Candidate Canvass: Mehreen Faruqi – Greens for Heffron
Mehreen Faruqi: Greens Candidate for Heffron
What would be the single most pressing issue in your electorate?
A lack of concern for local community needs coupled with no long-term planning and investment in public services. Heffron is a very diverse electorate and hence communities face a variety of local issues. These include poor planning and overdevelopment (eg Redfern-Waterloo, Green Square, Roseberry, Alexandria), environmental problems (eg coal seam gas exploration) and lack of accessible, efficient and affordable public transport. These issues are impacting negatively on the quality of life of Heffron residents as well as increasing the cost of living pressures.
Because Heffron has been a safe Labor seat for so long it has been taken for granted by the local member and the Government. The result has been a lack of resources put into the electorate to ensure adequate public services and community engagement with planning decisions. The Government has been more concerned about vested interests like property developer than the interests of local residents. This needs to change. Read this post…
Candidate Canvass: Iain Fyfe – Greens for Burrinjuck
Iain Fyfe: Greens Candidate for Burrinjuck
What would be the single most pressing issue in your electorate?
The most pressing issue in the electorate is that of the availability of public services. When public services are withdrawn or reduced, it has potentially drastic impacts on the prosperity of country towns, in terms of affordability, well-being of residents, jobs, education and training, viability of local industries and businesses. Read the rest of this page »
Candidate Canvass: Nicholas Car – Labor for Hornsby
Nicholas Car: Labor Candidate for Hornsby
What would be the single most pressing issue in your electorate?
Voters tell me that it is the state of Hornsby’s hospital and it’s true that the hospital is in much need of upgrades but focussing on the result of a problem can lead you to ignore driver. In my electorate’s case, I think the driver of the hospital’s state and many other problems is the more general problem of growth without infrastructure building keeping pace. I believe unless we do something about the demand side to infrastructure as well as the supply side we will always be playing catch-up. Read this post…
Sunday Slump
The New South Wales election is almost upon us. Let us know what you think the outcome will be in this week’s polls: Have your say…
