tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post1322633078358269897..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: A seat bigger than FranceMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-89048253932726877392008-08-23T18:47:00.000+10:002008-08-23T18:47:00.000+10:00Size of an electorate doesn't matter. It is the n...Size of an electorate doesn't matter. It is the number of electors...people, which count.<BR/>The old Bjelke-Petersen Government had one of the worst gerry-mandered systems ever in Australia, where some huge country electorates totally thousands of kilometres, had a few thousand voters, whereas on the coast and around Brisbane, electorates were much smaller in size, but contained tens of thousands of electors.<BR/>The imperative of a democracy is to give people equal voting power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-49515475027104543322008-08-23T17:52:00.000+10:002008-08-23T17:52:00.000+10:00What a dilemma! Rosa Lee Long strikes me as a pre...What a dilemma! Rosa Lee Long strikes me as a prejudiced know-nothing blatherer who'll say a lot without doing anything, and she's served her constituents particularly poorly in the past.<BR/><BR/>The only politician with a worse record in office is Jason O'Brien in Cook.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice if Rosa ran against Jason next year in Cook and they both lost?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com