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Light Railway Research Society of Australia (LRRSA) ^[1]

Argent Tunnel in Tasmania on the Emu Bay Railway not mentioned in list of tunnels. LR298 2004-Aug pg13

List of tunnels in Australia

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Make America Great Again - MAGA

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Synergy - whole greater than the sum of the parts (No flagicon for Latin language}

FKL and FQL - synergy

Guinness Brewery and Guinness Superlatives - synergy

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Innovative and thoughtful economists from and for the Global South

(especially Africa, Middle East, Southern America and Central Asia)

Hernando de Soto (economist) - Author of The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path (1941-)

Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Prize winner for economics (1940-)

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Commonsense

Claytons - the law that you have when you don't have any laws

de minimis - the law is not concerned with triva

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Egypt has the standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) whereas

Sudan uses a narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) . ^[2]

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Electorates 1

Abbrev	Maker	Special	Rem	Code
HK	HerrenKnecht	1898	Rem	Z
UH	Under Harbour	2024	Remark	N
TB	Hurry	1945	REM	X
BL	Blue	2991	Comment	H

Code_	Type___	Electorate__ State	sq.km__	population_	Remarks_
AUS	Federal	Bradfield	101	108,575	Paul Fletcher MHR MP
AUS	Federal	Benelong	60	115,030	Sortable not working for some reason :-( :-(

Electorate 2

The following table contains electoral information about selected American and Australian States.
When loaded into Wikipedia the columns can be sorted.

Code	Type	Electorate	sq.km	Population Electors	Remarks
WA	Federal	Division of Kalgoorlie	2,295,534	80,773	Rem
SA	Federal	Division of Sydney	44	125,421	First European settlement in Australia at 1788
USA	US State	New York (state)	54,555	19,571,216	Comments
USA	US State	California	163,696	30,940,231	Rem
USA	US State	Alaska	1,723,337	733,391
NT	Territory	Division of Solomon	337	71,888
NT	Territory	Division of Lingiari	1,352,371	74,050	Rem
NSW	Federal	Division of Parkes	393,413	109,133	Namesake "Father of Federation, Premier"
QLD	Federal	Division of Kennedy	567,377	114,486	Namesake surveyor & explorer, Irish name
VIC	Federal	Division of Grey	908,595	???,???	Early colonial Governor.
AUS	Federal	Division of Bradfield	101	108,575	Paul Fletcher MHR MP
AUS	Federal	Division of Benelong	60	115,030	Sortable not working for some reason :-( :-(
USA	US State	California	103,696	38,940,231
AUS	Federal	Division of Fowler	69	108,517	Local beats "parachute" candidate
USA	US State	Texas	268,596	30,503,301

See Australian Electoral Commission See [[1]] makes one head spin :-(

Electorate Namesake & Heritage

Seat	Namesake	Heritage	Remarks
Division of Kennedy	Edmund Kennedy	explorer and surveyor	Abraham Lincoln was a surveyor for a time
Division of Parkes	Sir Henry Parkes	Premier of State, "Father of Federation"
Division of Bennelong	Woollarawarre Bennelong	Aboriginal befroiended by Arthur Phillip
Division of Phillip	Arthur Phillip	Captain of the First Fleet and first Governor of New South Wales	since abolished
Division of Grey	Sir George Grey	Early colonial governor
Division of Solomon	Vaiben Louis Solomon	21st Premier of SA when SA controlled NT
Division of Sydney	British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.	First European settlement in Australia

RCV and Donald J Trump and Voting Reform

DJT Wants to reduce bureaucracy noting that American Voting Sytems are very bureaucratic.
DJT wants paper ballots, saves cost of voting machines.
DJT wants same day voting; not possible in Australia due to vast distances involved:
- need postal votes
- need pre-poll votes
- need travelling voting booths for remote areas
- need travelling voting booths for hospitals and retirement villages
Many Representives like Gerrymanders because they like their seats to be safe ones. Quite Understandable.

It is noted that Australia has a common roll for federal, state and local election; plus IIRC some unions, It is noted that Australia has similar voting systems for federal, state and local elections. Bacause Australia has two competing right-of-centre parties they HAVE to have RCV to avoid harmful "three-party" contests. Thus RCV was introduce in the 1920s.

RCV is used in a few countries:

Australia, especially
- Canberra
- Victoria
- Upper Houes
- Lowerhouses
Ireland
Papua New Guinea

IMO, the ideal voting system is a blend of the above.

In Australia, in addition:

voting is on a Saturday which is a day off
an improvement would be to operate Public Transport on a Weekday timetable
"Election Sausages" (Hot Dogs) are often on sale at may polling booths which are run by charities
It is not unlawful to bringo umbrellss abd chairs for protection against bad weather while waing in line.

Based on these criteria create a voting system using RCV (aka IRV, etc)

References

^ [www.lrrsa.org.au LRRSA]
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Worldwide Review [regular news section]". Tramways & Urban Transit. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. August 2013. p. 352. ISSN 1460-8324.
^ Write-in ballots
^ NPR
^ Commonwealth

[1] [www.lrrsa.org.au LRRSA]

[:0-2] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[TAUT-2013Aug-3] "Worldwide Review [regular news section]". Tramways & Urban Transit. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. August 2013. p. 352. ISSN 1460-8324.

[4] Write-in ballots

[5] NPR

[6] Commonwealth

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