[LINK] Australia begs residents to accept free fiber connection

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Mon Aug 2 12:35:00 AEST 2010


Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 02/08/2010, at 11:36 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
>> 500,000 Tasmanians 12 senators
>> 1.5 million West Australians 12 senators
>> 6million NSW people 12 senators
>> 300,000 Canberrans 2 senators....
> 
> Um Marghanita it's not 'Canberra': it's 'The Australian Capital Territory'. Jervis Bay (on the coast) is part of the ACT. So is Hall, Tharwa, and a handful of smaller settlements.

It was just that I didn't like the alternative collective 
nouns so I used canberrans. in preference to Australian 
Capital Territorians or may be ACTuarians?

> 
> The voting numbers, by the way, are as follows (as of 17 Feb 2009):
> 
> Tas:		    498,163
> WA:		2,163,251
> NSW:	6,967,271
> ACT:	   344,744
> 
> NT:		   221,971
> SA:		1,601,827
> Vic:		5,297,567
> Qld:		4,279,450
> 
> (from AEC website)
> 
> The formula for determining Senate seats  is also listed on this page:
> http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/Overview.htm
> 
> 
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