MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now!

Allowing myself a very modest amount of hope that we can come out of this a slightly better species. Hoping you can too.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

In an ideal scenario the federal opposition and the most passive conciliators of the Morrison government would be two different groups of people.

[Walter J. Black @captain_stavros]

I don't think it's hyperbole for @AlboMP to now suggest Morrison resign as Prime Minister.

It's not just the 100k infected. It was Morrison's insistence we open up. His abject failure to prepare for the Omicron wave with free RATs, and appropriate levels of PCR testing.

[6 News Australia @6NewsAU]

Libertarian MP @_davidlimbrick has asked the Victorian government what they will do "to ensure that 6 News can continue operations" if a social media ban for under-16s goes into effect

WATCH: https://t.co/FkTsr9jaVD

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@OzKitsch 'Sing 'em muck' indeed. 🤣

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

The legal max a person can donate to a candidate is $3300.

But, when billionaires like Elon Musk exploit our broken campaign finance laws to donate $45 million a month to a candidate, we’re no longer a democracy and it’s no longer an election — it’s an oligarchy and an auction.

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that now represent us. Labour should follow the policy of their unions, Labour conference and many of their own MPs and back electoral reform. Add your name: https://t.co/dHeMPCNtIb

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

While I'm delighted to see the back of the Tories, this election should remind us that our electoral system is not fit for purpose. It should not be possible to achieve a massive majority on a minority of the vote.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

Single-member electorates are ridiculous.

[Leo Puglisi @Leo_Puglisi6]

BREAKING: Labour GAINS Aylesbury - a seat which was created in the 1550s and has NEVER elected a Labour MP

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

Single-member electorates are ridiculous.

[Nikki Bowen 🌻💙💛 @NikkiBowen17]

@lewis_goodall First time in my life I've been represented by someone I voted for. Happy days

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

Single-member electorates are ridiculous.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

NEW: Astounding result. Labour GAIN Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

Has been Conseravtive since 1820.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@AustralianLabor @LMChesters If for some unfathomable reason you really are incapable of a more morally credible stance then you should have tried much harder to fudge your differences with senator Payman. Terrible optics (apart from anything else) and a massive own goal. Baffling inflexibility.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@AustralianLabor @LMChesters Unity of caucus or unity of rank and file? If 'unity matters' why does the government deviate from party policy?
The cohort of youth voters knew little of your '133 year tradition' of 'discipline'. You've just given them a crash course and I'm guessing they're pretty disgusted.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@nikdow Hehehe 🤣

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

The US presidency is the ultimate single-member electorate.
With all the astronomical levels of democracy-killing flukiness and rigidity implied by that.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@Frederick_S_A @reynoldsrd @jonobri Could be a council of eleven or so. They are familiar and comfortable with this idea in the supreme court.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@reynoldsrd @jonobri Very strong agree. Single member electorates of any kind are the worst, all the way up to the US presidency. What more needs to be said?

[Econo ad absurdam @econoadabsurdam]

@jonobri Single member wards are the worst: you get this tiny pocket of disengaged voters and a dozen people can vote in a lunatic and there’s nothing anyone else can do about it

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

Big shoutout to the media for their exemplary restraint in foregoing saturation coverage of the recent spree killing to avoid the well known risk of inspiring copycats among the weak minded. Not.

[Skyrail to Ouyen? @VlineGunzel]

@LocalElectionAU MPs winning seats with just 27% of the vote, sounds like we should instead implement a multi member voting system so the other 73 people are represented

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

More immortal art from da olden days. (We got no idea in the modern era.)
https://t.co/cDpnS2RMed

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@Leo_Puglisi6 Actually, I was vaguely aware the idea was associated with Adem Somyurek and just as vaguely assumed it had been dropped on his demise.

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

This is regressive and anti-democratic. I smell a major party stitch up. Where was the consultation? Where is the rationale? Was this taken to election? Net result will be: FEWER ratepayers will be represented by their first choice. (And that's the whole idea.)

[Local Elections Australia @LocalElectionAU]

🚨 MASSIVE NEWS 🚨

Significant changes for dozens of Victorian councils have been announced today, most notably REMOVING proportional representation for 30 councils (including all in metro Melbourne bar the City of Melbourne)

Has your council been affected? Check this thread ⬇️

[MEL-BGO Rail Trail Now! @billcawte]

@Leo_Puglisi6 Thanks for that, wasn't aware.