Ah yep, my mistake, it was the ACT seat that was close, not the NT<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Mark Newton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newton@internode.com.au">newton@internode.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br><div><div class="im"><div>On 18/08/2010, at 1:53 PM, Matt Shadbolt wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite">Apparently in the Senate whoever we vote in on Saturday doesn't officially take their seat until June 2011, so there's every chance if Labor gets re-elected they can push the filter legislation through before all these new Greens seats are filled.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div>While that's true, the Government has also committed to doing nothing </div><div>until the State A-G's have finished a review of RC, expected to take 12</div><div>months from their next meeting, which will be in November.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So it's unlikely that Labor will be ready with new legislation until the</div><div>new Senate is in place.</div><div><br></div><div>Most likely outcome from the Territory Senate elections is to continue</div>
<div>the status quo, with the exception of one ACT Senate seat which is</div><div>on a knife-edge between Lib and Green (and which therefore won't make</div><div>a lot of difference to this issue, because both parties have committed to</div>
<div>block it)</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div> - mark</div><div>
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