It had been Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten who on the 7th December 2015 appointed a 16 member Referendum Council to plan for a referendum which would establish for all time recognition of the pre-existence of Australia’s native races. The failure of this genu...
Therefore, it will be appropriate to collect and "seriously take account of" public views but I doubt whether a territory wide referendum or other methods will be the best ways to take account of public views. legco.gov.hk 其實,雖然沒有用文件,事實㆖,我很瞭解, 而且作為用戶的㆒份子,我...
2023 was a year of the increasing impact of generative Artificial Intelligence, devastating international conflicts, a global economic downturn, a King’s coronation, the Barbie movie, climate crises (with 2023 the hottest year on record), the Australian referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliamen...
Referendums for the most contentious cases are a no-go for many reasons, but they would at least reflect the conservative/liberal mix of the population at the time of the issue at hand, and not the conservative/liberal mix of a court that was determined years ago, based on accidents of ...
Democracy demands the involvement of voters in all the decisions you make, You mean like with the anti-smacking referendum, where you ignored 85% of voters? so it can be a balancing act. Likewise, we have three support pa
'Concentrating Too Much Power in the Hands of One Individual' with Little Interest Shown at Referendums for Elected Mayors over the Border, Mike Hedges, Labour Assembly Member for Swansea East and Former Leader of the City and County of Swansea Authority, Asks If Every Welsh City Needs Its ...
Democrats in Maine are fighting to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins. One of them, activist Betsy Sweet, joins CBSN to weigh in on the race and what's driving her campaign. Jan 31, 2020 Vaccine law on the ballot in Maine WGME reports Maine voters will decide in a referendum in Marc...
Bottomline:From 2016-24, the Conservatives gave the public a referendum and three general elections. They desperately seemed to be wanting to end every term while every PM seemed itching to quit. Well they all finally got their wish with a Labour landslide in 2024. ...
Despite this, resistance to Indonesian rule continued until a UN-brokered referendum in 1999 allowed East Timorese to vote for independence, which they overwhelmingly did. Following a period of violent upheaval and a UN-administered transition, East Timor finally achieved full independence as Timor-...
and Europe’s youngest capital city. Towards the end of the 20th century saw the opening of the Millennium Stadium in the heart of Cardiff. In the 2000s, the Ryder Cup came to Wales for the first time and Wales voted to leave the European Union in the United Kingdom EU Referendum. ...