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Thursday Sep 5, 2013 #
7 AM
Run 1:30:00 [3] 17.0 km (5:18 / km)
Never woke up on this run, from the top of Royal Park as far north and west as Essendon, past Essendon's soon-to-be-vacated headquarters at Windy Hill (might not be vacated for a bit longer now they have to find an extra $2 million). A struggle most of the way although at least didn't fall apart at the end like last week. Probably can't even blame the weather, although 20 degrees at 6am in the first week of September is faintly ridiculous. (The eventual minimum was 19.7, easily an early-season record and equal second-highest for September as a whole).
Matters election-related are starting to dominate discourse (and not just the ones which gave us a good laugh last night - you'll be pleased to know that the Palmer United Party have promised a "conscious" vote on gay marriage, although a few unconscious votes have probably been given in parliaments over the years, particularly the 1989-92 ACT Legislative Assembly). One policy which is a bit of a worry is the Coalition's to introduce the potential for political decision-making in the allocation of Australian Research Council funding, which could easily be used as a basis to cut off funding for fields of research the government doesn't like. (I don't come under ARC funding myself, but many in the university sector do).
I've also been having a look at possible scenarios for micro-parties to surf cascading preferences all the way to the Senate. Three in particular stand out; 0.2-0.3% could be enough to elect the No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics in SA (as long as Nick Xenophon is not too far above or below one quota, which is 14.3%, roughly what he got last time), the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party - not to be confused with the Shooters and Fishers Party - in Queensland (unless either Palmer or Katter get close to a quota in their own right), and the Bullet Train for Australia Party in Victoria (as long as Family First are eliminated before Palmer United). Nothing quite that crazy in the other states, but depending on how the vote splits between the major parties, 2-3% might be enough for Pauline Hanson in NSW, or Family First in Tasmania.
At least One Nation won't be getting anyone up in Victoria - they forgot to lodge their Senate ticket which means they don't get a box above the line, and I suspect that numbering the boxes consecutively from 1 to 97 is beyond the intellectual capabilities of most One Nation voters.
Matters election-related are starting to dominate discourse (and not just the ones which gave us a good laugh last night - you'll be pleased to know that the Palmer United Party have promised a "conscious" vote on gay marriage, although a few unconscious votes have probably been given in parliaments over the years, particularly the 1989-92 ACT Legislative Assembly). One policy which is a bit of a worry is the Coalition's to introduce the potential for political decision-making in the allocation of Australian Research Council funding, which could easily be used as a basis to cut off funding for fields of research the government doesn't like. (I don't come under ARC funding myself, but many in the university sector do).
I've also been having a look at possible scenarios for micro-parties to surf cascading preferences all the way to the Senate. Three in particular stand out; 0.2-0.3% could be enough to elect the No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics in SA (as long as Nick Xenophon is not too far above or below one quota, which is 14.3%, roughly what he got last time), the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party - not to be confused with the Shooters and Fishers Party - in Queensland (unless either Palmer or Katter get close to a quota in their own right), and the Bullet Train for Australia Party in Victoria (as long as Family First are eliminated before Palmer United). Nothing quite that crazy in the other states, but depending on how the vote splits between the major parties, 2-3% might be enough for Pauline Hanson in NSW, or Family First in Tasmania.
At least One Nation won't be getting anyone up in Victoria - they forgot to lodge their Senate ticket which means they don't get a box above the line, and I suspect that numbering the boxes consecutively from 1 to 97 is beyond the intellectual capabilities of most One Nation voters.