NSW faces constitutional showdown as parliament’s push to expel convicted rapist Gareth Ward delayed by supreme court www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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why is the whole world returning to fascism and oligarchy at the same time, that is what started happening in europe 100 years ago. what is the cause and how do we kill it
aug 5, 2025, 2:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Here's hope you Aussies can drive out your version of MAGA from positions of power.
aug 5, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Interesting. The federal constitution has a ('relatively') clear provision, but that doesn't apply to state parliaments of course. I wonder what rules the various states have.
aug 5, 2025, 2:52 am • 3 0 • view
BTW, as I read Section 44 (of the federal constitution), you don't get to wait until 'all avenues of appeal are excluded'. It's sufficient to be convicted. That is the test there. www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
aug 5, 2025, 8:57 pm • 1 0 • view
"Any person who… (ii.) …Has been convicted and is under sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for any offence punishable under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State by imprisonment for one year or longer… shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting…"
aug 5, 2025, 8:57 pm • 2 0 • view
Here’s your MAGA Oz problem right here: ‘But Ward’s voters in the south coast state seat of Kiama re-elected him in March 2023 and he returned to Macquarie Street’. This was after his 2022 arrest for sex assault. Jesus🤦
aug 5, 2025, 1:26 pm • 3 0 • view
Ugh Kiama voters very suspect 😡
aug 5, 2025, 3:43 am • 2 0 • view