MichaelMaley

[william maley @williammaley1]

@lynnekodonnell From the moment he described the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan – promoted by his erstwhile buddies in the ISI – as having 'broken the shackles of slavery', he lost any standing to raise concerns about the loss of freedom. Let him rot.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@mumbletwits @williammaley1 @benraue No I don’t. There are other mysterious ways of reading things.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@DrDreHistorian As I've noted in a comment on Kevin Bonham's blog which you've highlighted in a later tweet, s93(8) of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act wasn't really new: it essentially replicated s21(2C) of the 1906 Act, which was inserted in that Act in 1919.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Prigozhin’s Death Heralds Even More Spectacular Violence - The Atlantic. — Putin dominates the security services… for now. He has created a military and economic disaster for Russia. His days are numbered. https://t.co/Xu2zfipfby

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@AntonyGreenElec @ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham There are calls because when some politician tries to make an issue out of a non-issue, there are plenty of sheep - including in the media - who will immediately jump on board.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@mumbletwits @MrDenmore @AusElectoralCom https://t.co/WayMCKhIdG

[Natiq Malikzada @natiqmalikzada]

If shame were for sale, I would certainly buy it for the hypocrite Pakistani officials who shamelessly consider themselves victims of terrorism.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@mumbletwits @MrDenmore @AusElectoralCom There used to be a two-box ballot structure for federal referendums until 1965, when it was repealed by the Menzies government.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

This was part of a much bigger project, a link to which is here: https://t.co/9CVkV9BW1x

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

For those who may be interested, here is a case study I was asked to write on the subject of electoral resilience and risk management in Timor-Leste. https://t.co/9fGuZwh56P

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Again - no one is attempting to ‘rig’ or ‘steal’ the referendum at the ballot box. Send this Trumpian bullshit where it belongs - the bin

https://t.co/DFOS4JBg1m

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

An excellent commentary from Kevin Bonham on the issue of ticks and crosses on ballot papers at Australian referendums. https://t.co/F9LDknruZN

[Cheryl Saunders @CherylSaunders1]

The priority in a referendum should be to give effect to the decision of each individual voter. The party political struggle is and should be irrelevant.,

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Packages of non-pharmaceutical interventions with complementary effects, such as masking, social distancing, and other measures, unequivocally reduced #COVID19 infections, our major new report has found: https://t.co/8cU27Fut7W

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@kevinbonham @ElectoralLawAus As Schiller observed, “Against stupidity the Gods themselves struggle in vain”.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@pizzanameisleo @Leo_Puglisi6 Ignoring clear legal advice worked really well for robodebt, didn’t it.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham And on the same ballot paper. In 1999, voters received two separate ballot papers, one for the republic referendum and one for the preamble referendum.

[MichaelMaley @MichaelMaley7]

@ElectoralLawAus @kevinbonham I remember hearing about a referendum ballot paper (I think in 1984) where the voter had written "YES we have NO bananas", with YES and NO in the two squares.