[LINK] Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> The statement is correct - Victoria is a "state", the ACT is a 
> "territory".  Territories are considered to be inferior to states  :)

I was trying to find out when different categories of people 
(Landowners, Women, Aboriginals, Permanent Residents, Citizens...) in 
Australia got to vote. but found the following enroute

> Secret Ballots, the so-called "Australian Ballot", were first introduced in Victoria and South Australia. By the 1890s, all six colonies had adopted it.
<http://www.australianpolitics.com/voting/history/voting-methods.shtml>

though on the issue of state importance, there was some discussion of 
this with Fran Kelly on RN this morning.

> The fallout continues in the wake of Tuesday's High Court decision on industrial relations.
> 
> The states are all worried about the implications. Queensland says the ruling has generated a fundamental shift in Commonwealth–state relations and is calling for a constitutional convention.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2006/1789790.htm>

> The states are calling for a constitutional convention to debate the issues raised by the High Court decision on industrial relations. They want to clarify who has responsibility for what in the state–federal system.
> 
> Last month we spoke with Murray Wilcox, immediately following his retirement as a justice on the Federal Court of Australia.
> 
> Murray Wilcox was also chief justice of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia until the incoming Howard government disbanded it in 1996.

<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2006/1789856.htm>

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