So much of what the Labor government has done has been aimed at Adelaide.
I would suggest that people in Adelaide try taking a drive on some of our major country roads and see how poor some of our infrastructure is.
There is a potential mining boom, but no port on Spencer Gulf to handle the minerals. The government refuses to put a small amount of money into investigating the Mullaquana site, characterising such pro-active action as "Stalinist Economics".
Our house enrgy rating scheme is a joke - just have look at how energy in-efficient most new housing developments are.
The government commitment to the environment is token. Look at the cut-backs to the Department of Environemtn and then you will understand why the EPA is so toothless and our National Park system is in such a state.
We need to raise mining royalties to similar levels of WA and Queensland. Our state taxes are low and government services suffer as a result.
We need a different mind set from Labor and Liberals.
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Sunday, 21 March 2010 10:27
Grizzly
I just tried to fill out my postal vote in the state election and was disappointed at the fact that the state forces me to make either an informal or a donkey vote.
The system that forces me to vote also denies me the opportunity to be an informed voter since I can’t find any description of what the plethora of ‘independents’ stand for and I have limited time for more research.
I tried various web sites (including the electoral commission) and Googled the names to little avail. The most I got was a little information from an ABC news site.
It seems I am forced to follow the choices made by my preferred first preference by following their ‘ticket’. That is NOT an informed choice since the goals of each party are more about preventing their biggest competitor from gaining office and they will if needed play dog in the manger.
Why can’t all candidates be forced to issue a statement of purpose with their registration and that in turn made available on the electoral commissions web site or even have the postal votes sent out with enough information for the voter to use something ‘informed’ or even personal with their vote.
I can’t see how we can force people to vote and then expect them to make thoughtful choices or be involved without providing the required information.
I would suggest that people in Adelaide try taking a drive on some of our major country roads and see how poor some of our infrastructure is.
There is a potential mining boom, but no port on Spencer Gulf to handle the minerals. The government refuses to put a small amount of money into investigating the Mullaquana site, characterising such pro-active action as "Stalinist Economics".
Our house enrgy rating scheme is a joke - just have look at how energy in-efficient most new housing developments are.
The government commitment to the environment is token. Look at the cut-backs to the Department of Environemtn and then you will understand why the EPA is so toothless and our National Park system is in such a state.
We need to raise mining royalties to similar levels of WA and Queensland. Our state taxes are low and government services suffer as a result.
We need a different mind set from Labor and Liberals.
The system that forces me to vote also denies me the opportunity to be an informed voter since I can’t find any description of what the plethora of ‘independents’ stand for and I have limited time for more research.
I tried various web sites (including the electoral commission) and Googled the names to little avail. The most I got was a little information from an ABC news site.
It seems I am forced to follow the choices made by my preferred first preference by following their ‘ticket’. That is NOT an informed choice since the goals of each party are more about preventing their biggest competitor from gaining office and they will if needed play dog in the manger.
Why can’t all candidates be forced to issue a statement of purpose with their registration and that in turn made available on the electoral commissions web site or even have the postal votes sent out with enough information for the voter to use something ‘informed’ or even personal with their vote.
I can’t see how we can force people to vote and then expect them to make thoughtful choices or be involved without providing the required information.