[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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