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Prime Minister John Howard has arrived at Government House at Yarralumla in Canberra, with speculation tipping an election for October 9.
The visit to Governor-General Michael Jeffery is a necessary first step in dissolving parliament so that the election can be called. Mr Howard’s commonwealth car drove up to Yarralumla at 11.37am.
He is expected to call a media conference at Parliament House about 1pm.
Perth readers who want to ensure a Labor victory should get involved in a marginal seat campaign. We have a shot at winning Canning, and we need to hold Stirling, Swan and Hasluck. There’s plenty of work to be done, from answering phones to delivering campaign material.
Jann McFarlane
Stirling; +1.6%158 Main Street,
Osborne Park WA 6017
Tel: (08) 9443 3355
Fax: (08) 9443 3377Kim Wilkie
Swan; +2.0%2-4 Mint Street,
East Victoria Park WA 6101
Tel: (08) 9470 4131
Fax: (08) 9470 4138Sharryn Jackson
Hasluck; +1.8%Unit 1, 1862 Albany Highway,
Maddington WA 6109
Tel: (08) 9493 2333
Fax: (08) 9493 2666Kay Hallahan
Canning; -0.4%PO Box 398,
Kelmscott WA 6991
Tel: (08) 9495 1620
And then there’s the slightly less marginal campaign I’m working on — wresting Moore from the hands of Colonel Sanders:
Kim Young
Moore; -6.0%PO Box 24,
WOODVALE WA 6026
Tel: (08) 9309 3311
Email: kimformoore@yahoo.com.au
If you decide to join the ALP, that would also be helpful.
Feel free to email me if you want more information about getting involved.
Join the ALP? No dice there old bean.
I will, however, get on the hustings for Jacko – who is a top notch sheila.
Here are my tips -
Howard to win on October 9.
Geelong to humiliate Port at Football Park next week and go on to win the silverware.
“Mr Howard says the election is about trust.”
- from abc.net
The man’s a fucking comedian.
Nah he’s just a cheap bastard who didn’t want to get all the posters he’s had stashed away in a warehouse since August reprinted.
just going to sneak an “early” in there after “since” for those who haven’t made it to September yet.
How are those LATHAM FOR PM stickers coming along, Rob?
Hello Robert, hope this finds you well. Sorry this is off topic – but it seemed the most suitable post for me to submit this message. I have just left a comment at Rajan’s blog in Malaysia – and am copying it here below so it is self explanatory.
I’ll be linking to you on or before Sep 6 – and to anyone else in Australia who is posting on the Sudan that I can find (please anyone email me and let me know if they have posted on the Sudan) — hopefully you will an up to date post on the Sudan ready by then so I can link to it. Thanks. Best wishes from England, UK.
Rajan, Stopped by here looking for your new Sudan round up. If you are planning another one, hope you will post it in time for – or before – Sep 6. Here’s why (I’m pasting a copy of my recent post relating to a comment I left at finalvent’s in Japan) – it would be good if I could link to your new roundup – and anyone else in Malaysia who is posting on the Sudan.
International Sudanese Peace MeetUp day Sep 6 -
Sudan’s FM to visit Japan Sep 5-9 for talks on Darfur crisis
September 6 is International Sudanese Peace MeetUp day. Here below is a copy of a comment I left at Finalvent – together with news that Sudan’s FM Ismail is to visit Japan Sept 5-9 for talks on the Darfur crisis (which means he’ll be in Japan on the International Sudanese Peace day: September 6) – and Finalvent’s response.
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Hello finalvent, I found your blog in the sidebar at Passion of the Present. Thought you might like to see a copy, here below, of a report in the Sudan Tribune today.
Also, someone just emailed me to say Meetup.com is reporting September 6 is International Sudanese Peace Meetup day… I don’t know if it’s coordinated by another group or this is just a monthly, smaller event.
I’ll treat Sept 6 as a global “virtual” meetup day and aim to do a post that links to you in Japan from England and to Passion of the Present in the USA and other blogs I know of in Canada, Australia, Malaysia. What about China and Russia — do you know of any bloggers writing about the Sudan there? If I link to you, will you know via Technorati? Seems the bloggers in Malaysia don’t get the pings when I link to them. Best wishes from England, UK.
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Hello, Ingrid-san. Thank you for your comment. I think that your suggestion is worth to be read by many Japanese people. I translated it roughly on the new entry.
As you know Japan now seems to hold more than three millions of bloggers (incredible!). Blog communication infrastructure in Japan is ready to easily catch RSS/ATOM, though some ping servers would not work well.
I referred your blog RSS/ATOM:
http://meandophelia.blogspo...
Since May or June, Japanese journalism began informing Darfur genocide. But Japanese political situation inside is complicated. Human right aware people in Japan seem to be divided into several groups: the major poles are U.S. accepting group and China supporting group. The china group is, I guess, an obstacle for Japanese contribution for Darfur people. They pay too much attention in favor of china national interests. China is suspected to support the Sudan government, hoping to make strong tie to be suppleid with PETROLUEM bypassed from the world oil market.
finalvent (8 28, 2004 10:13)
Finally
Australians will go to the polls for a federal election on October 9. I’m still not clear from press reports whether parliament will sit this week as is scheduled. Regardless, what a weird way of doing it our pm has…