[AusNOG] Conroy will be on JJJ Hack - real soon now

[Matt Shadbolt]

Ah yep, my mistake, it was the ACT seat that was close, not the NT

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Mark Newton <newton at internode.com.au>wrote:

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> On 18/08/2010, at 1:53 PM, Matt Shadbolt wrote:
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> 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.
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> While that's true, the Government has also committed to doing nothing
> until the State A-G's have finished a review of RC, expected to take 12
> months from their next meeting, which will be in November.
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> So it's unlikely that Labor will be ready with new legislation until the
> new Senate is in place.
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> Most likely outcome from the Territory Senate elections is to continue
> the status quo, with the exception of one ACT Senate seat which is
> on a knife-edge between Lib and Green (and which therefore won't make
> a lot of difference to this issue, because both parties have committed to
> block it)
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>   - mark
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