Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Galaxy Poll: How 'green' is Turnbull

A galaxy poll of 1100 voters has found that, of those who answered the question 63% thought that the Liberal Party would more to tackle climate change in Government with Turnbull as leader than with Dr Nelson as leader. 37% thought they would do less.

The phone poll, commisioned by GetUp also found that 40% said they did not know if Turnbull would be 'greener'.

Simon Shike of GetUp said "The results of the poll suggest Malcolm Turnbull now has to clear the muddy waters surrounding his stance on climate change."

More here

Monday, September 29, 2008

Galaxy Poll Queensland, Federal voting intentions.

A Galaxy poll of 800 voters carried out for the Courier-Mail in Queensland has found nothing really surprising. While, the Cotalition's vote has better economic managers has shot up to 40%, Labor is still in the lead at 50%. 53% of voters were confident that a Turnbull led government could manage the economy through the current turmoil, with Rudd on 57%. Rudd leads preferred PM 57% to 34%. The 2PP vote has Labor in front 51%-49%, slightly higher than the Federal election of 50.4%-49.6%. Labor's primamry vote is down 2%, with the coalition down 0.5%. The Greens are up from 5.6% to 9%

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Blacktown - Ward 3 Booth Results

BoothLiberalInd. (Dickens)LaborInd. (Olling)Socialist Alli.

Blacktown Central

28.91%

18.18%

42.50%

9.26%

1.11%

Blacktown City

25.97%

11.91%

48.14%

9.57%

4.39%

Blacktown Hosp.

26.82%

12.53%

53.01%

4.66%

2.91%

Blacktown South

28.56%

12.98%

47.38%

7.81%

3.24%

Blacktown West

28.22%

12.78%

47.66%

9.58%

1.74%

Grantham

25.25%

11.64%

52.52%

8.08%

2.49%

Grantham Hgts.

24.27%

14.71%

44.74%

15.18%

1.08%

Lawson Park

27.46%

13.73%

40.54%

16.53%

1.72%

Metalla Rd

30.08%

12.64%

45.33%

9.93%

2.00%

Oldfield Rd

26.46%

16.97%

42.92%

12.75%

0.88%

St Michaeals

29.40%

9.34%

49.24%

10.06%

1.94%

Walters Rd

33.36%

9.12%

48.39%

6.75%

2.36%

Postal

26.22%

21.42%

45.08%

6.79%

0.46%

Pre-Poll

27.00%

14.56%

46.07%

11.27%

1.12%

Overall

26.96%

16.41%

44.24%

10.44%

1.95%



Elected
1st: Kathie Collins - Labor
2nd: Jess Diaz - Liberal
3rd: Russ Dickens - Independent

Friday, September 26, 2008

Blacktown Ward 2 Booth Results

BoothLiberalLaborInd (Atwood)Ind (Khairy)

Blacktown City

30.79%

49.91%

13.40%

6.88%

Blacktown Nth

27.42%

58.34%

8.00%

6.21%

Glenwood

42.64%

40.06%

10.74%

6.53%

Glenwood West

42.55%

42.01%

11.19%

4.22%

Kings Langley

49.60%

35.51%

10.04%

4.83%

Kings Lang. Nth.

52.51%

30.94%

12.21%

4.32%

Kings Park

43.43%

38.59%

9.99%

7.97%

Lalor Park

27.98%

57.31%

9.57%

5.12%

Lynwood Park

30.00%

55.22%

8.34%

6.42%

Marayong

25.88%

50.95%

14.53%

8.62%

Marayong Hgts.

27.51%

50.44%

12.99%

9.25%

Seven Hills

29.44%

54.03%

11.41%

5.10%

Seven Hills High

40.88%

39.09%

15.65%

4.36%

Seven Hills Nth

46.32%

35.81%

13.93%

3.93%

Seven Hills West

31.45%

53.09%

9.89%

5.56%

Postal

43.77%

46.83%

8.80%

3.58%

Pre-poll

32.96%

45.84%

10.72%

10.46%

Overall

36.39%

43.46%

13.07%

7.08%



Elected
1st: Leo Kelly - Labor
2nd: Len Robinson - Liberal
3rd: Julie Griffiths - Labor

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Leichardt - Balmain Ward booth results



BoothLiberalLaborInd.Greens
Balmain 16.31%27.19%11.29%45.18%
Balmain East20.00%14.96%28.92%36.11%
Balmain Hosp.24.95%18.39%18.03%38.61%
Birchgrove24.91%17.82%16.30%40.95%
Gladstone Park19.40%21.03%17.57%41.97%
Postal31.74%31.11%14.28%22.85%
Pre-poll29.26%23.01%11.36%36.36%


Blacktown Ward 1 Booth Results



Wednesday, September 24, 2008

2008 NSW Council Election - Poll Results

A poll may be held in conjunction with a local government election on any issue. Local councils can hold a poll to test whether people either support or oppose a proposed action on an issue.

Voting on a poll issue is not compulsory. The result of the poll is not binding on the council.

CouncilQuestionResult
AuburnAre you in favour of Auburn Local Government Area being proclaimed a City to be known as The City of Auburn?YES - 72.40%
KogarahDo you support the proposal to rename the Kogarah Local Government Area as the City of Kogarah, thereby granting the area City status?YES - 69.31%
ManlyDo you support a 4.4% Climate Change Levy to minimise the impact of climate change on Manly?NO - 61.53%
Mid-Western Regional - 1Do you favour retention of Mid-Western Regional Council as the name of this council?YES - 68.18%
Mid-Western Regional - 2In the event that retention of Mid-Western Regional Council is not favoured, would you support changing the name of the council to Cudgegong Regional Council?NO - 53.15%
Mid-Western Regional - 3In the event that retention of Mid-Western Regional Council is not favoured, would you support changing the name of the council to Mudgee Regional Council?YES - 52.35%
North Sydney - 1Do you support the proposal to allow advertising on bus shelters in high-traffic areas only, with the revenue to be reserved for capital projects such as road and footpath renewal, improved sporting facilities and the upgrading of North Sydney's village centres?YES - 74.72%
North Sydney - 2Do you support the proposal to allow advertising in the North Sydney CBD on public infrastructure such as bus shelters, multi-function poles or free standing advertising panels, with the revenue to be reserved for capital projects such as road and footpath renewal, improved sporting facilities and the upgrading of North Sydney's village centres?YES - 61.14%
North Sydney - 3The Container Deposit Legislation (CDL) system involves a mandatory deposit to be paid by the consumer on certain nominated containers, for example, glass, aluminium, steel or plastic. Anyone who returns a container to the retailer or to a bottle depot receives a refund of between 5 cents and 20 cents. A similar system currently operates in South Australia. Do you support the introduction of Container Deposit Legislation in NSW?YES - 71.79%
North Sydney - 4Should council amend its planning instruments to permit one dedicated car space per unit with at least one bedroom, exclusive of visitor parking, in new residential unit developments?YES - 80.66%
North Sydney - 5ADo you support an increase in council's existing Environmental Levy special rate to fund an expansion of initiatives to assist residents, businesses, schools and council to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and respond to the challenges of climate change?YES - 55.43%
North Sydney - 5B(i)Currently the Environmental Levy is based on an average of $34.70 per rateable property per year. In the event that there is support for an increase in the levy, would you support an increase to an average of $50 per year? YES - 63.85%
North Sydney - 5B(ii) Currently the Environmental Levy is based on an average of $34.70 per rateable property per year. In the event that there is support for an increase in the levy, would you support an increase to an average of $60 per year?NO - 72.33%
Upper LachlanDo you support the continuing development and construction of wind farm turbines in the Upper Lachlan Council area?YES - 70.04%
Wingecarribee - 1Do you approve of Council building the Leisure Centre?NO - 56.49%
Wingecaribee - 2Do you approve of the construction of the Leisure Centre being funded by the sale of the identified properties?NO - 74.94%

2008 NSW Council Elections - Referendum Results

A local government council may elect to conduct a referendum and, on most occasions this is in conjunction with a local government election. A referendum can only be held about the following:

* the number of councillors
* the establishment or abolition of wards
* mayoral election
* distribution of councillors across wards.

Voting on a referendum issue is compulsory. Electors are required to indicate on the ballot paper either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to answer the referendum question.

The result of the referendum is binding on the council and is put in place at the following election.
BallinaDo you favour the reduction of councillors to seven (two from each of three wards, plus the mayor)?NO - 53.17%
BurwoodDo you favour the election of the mayor by electors for a four year term and without changing the number of councillors from seven, including the mayor?YES - 63.27%
Cabonne - 1Do you favour Cabonne Council abolishing wards where all electors would vote for all councillors?NO - 68.57%
Cabonne - 2Do you favour reducing councillor numbers from twelve (12) to nine (9)?NO - 57.85%
CobarDo you favour the election of the mayor by electors for a four year term and without changing the number of councillors from twelve, including the mayor?NO - 50.60%
InverellDo you favour the number of Inverell Shire councillors being reduced from twelve to nine?YES - 57.83%
KempseyDo you favour the election of the mayor by electors for a four year term and without changing the number of councillors from nine, including the mayor?YES - 56.54%
Ku-ring-gaiDo you approve of the method of electing the mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council being changed to the method of election by the electors, and of the number of councillors on the council being increased to 11?NO - 50.07%
LachlanDo you favour a reduction in the number of Lachlan Shire Councillors from fifteen where three are elected from each of five wards, to ten where two are elected from each of five wards?YES - 61.72%
ManlyDo you favour reducing the number of councillors to nine, including the mayor?YES - 76.75%
Moree PlainsDo you favour the number of Moree Plains Shire councillors being reduced from twelve to nine?YES - 70.76%
MosmanDo you favour the election of the mayor by electors for a four year term and without increasing the number of councillors from nine, including the mayor?YES - 66.38%
Port StephensDo you favour the election of the mayor by electors for a four year term and a decrease of the number of councillors from twelve to ten (including the mayor) to enable the election of three councillors from the three wards?YES - 74.36%
Snowy River - 1Do you approve of the mayor being elected by the electors enrolled in the Snowy River Shire Council area for a four year term?YES - 59.63%
Snowy River - 2Do you approve of the number of councillors, including the mayor, in the Snowy River Shire Council being reduced from nine to seven?YES - 61.75%
SydneyDo you agree to the City of Sydney being divided into three wards, with each ward electing three councillors?NO - 58.04%
WeddinDo you favour Weddin Shire Council abolishing wards so that all electors would vote for all councillors?YES - 56.53%

Monday, September 22, 2008

Updated Council Election Results

New Shadow Cabinet


Leader of the Opposition
Malcolm Turnbull


Deputy Leader of the Opposition

Shadow Treasurer

Julie Bishop


Shadow Minister for Trade, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Leader of the Nationals
Warren Truss


Shadow Minister for Broadband Communications and Digital Economy

Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Nick Minchin


Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Eric Abetz


Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and COAG

Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design
Andrew Robb


Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs

Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate
Helen Coonan


Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation

Manager of Opposition Business in the House
Joe Hockey


Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia
Ian Macfarlane


Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector
Tony Abbott


Shadow Special Minister of State

Shadow Cabinet Secretary
Michael Richardson


Shadow Minister for Human Services

Deputy Leader of the Nationals
Nigel Scullion


Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water
Greg Hunt


Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
Peter Dutton


Shadow Minister for Defence
David Johnston


Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training
Christopher Pyne


Shadow Attorney-General
George Brandis


Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
John Cobb


Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
Michael Keenan


Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Sharman Stone


Shadow Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors, Tourism and the Arts
Steven Ciobo

Blacktown Ward 5 - Labor

Labor's primary Group vote by booth

Blacktown Ward 5 - Liberal

Liberal Primary Group Vote by Booth

Blacktown Ward 5 - Greens

Greens Primary group Votes by Booth.

Council Election results.

During the election I helped my mate's mum who was running for the Greens in Ward 5 in Blacktown. I decided to do the booth by booth percentages for them as I'm interested in statistics and all these things when it comes to elections. If anybody out there has any requests for booth resutls let me know and i'll see I can do. Let's take a look at the highest and lowest vote for each party. Full results here on GoogleDocs

Greens
Highest - 17.5% @ Whalan
Lowest - 8.4% @ Mt Druitt North
(Huge increase on the last election where the vote across the whole ward was about 8%)

Labor

Highest - 67% @ Dharruk (only ones there handing out HTVs for all but 3 hous)
Lowest - 49.3% @ Mt Druitt North

Liberals
Highest - 21.2% @ Plumpton
Lowest - 11.2% @ Hassal Grove

Australia First
Highest - 9.71% @ Bidwill
Lowest - 2.46% @ Plumpton

Gavin Rboinson (Ind)
Highest - 0.96% @ Shalvey
Lowest - 0.25% @ Blackett

Informal votes
Highest - 17.75% @ Lethbridge Park (I checked this 4 times because I've never seen such a high informal vote before)
Lowest - 6.07% @ Plumpton

UPDATE: For some reason during the checking the Greens have lost about 84 votes just at Whalan. the percentages in this post are now wrong. The chart here and the ones in posts above now have the new percentages.
Here's a chart

Sunday, September 21, 2008

2008 NSW Council Election Results

Since the NSWEc results website is crap I've decided to make a spreadsheet with the elected candidates by council so everybody can get the results easier. To get them from the NSWEC website you need to download a PDF, why the can't just put an "elected" there with the first preference results is beyond me. Here are the results in a nifty little table with a dropdown menu. They are also available on the GoogleDocs website, here




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