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- Torres Strait pleads for climate change action
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- Minister apologises for 'boisterous' comment
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- Carbon price 'disastrous' for mining companies
- Local MP urges PM's carbon tax tour to visit Riverina
Second independent candidate throws his hat in the ring
A second independent candidate has announced his intention to contest Bennelong this year. Graeme Cordiner is a founding member of the Australian Independents Coalition and is running on a democracy and accountability platform. He wants to establish an Internet based voting system for Bennelong to allow voters to have their say on issues before Parliament, to establish bi-monthly community forums and to hold referenda on "all watershed legislation" - a term that appears to be targetted at things like the WorkChoices package.
Cordiner has been sporadically involved in political discourse since at least the mid 1990s, particularly in relation to the history of conflict between the Aboriginal and white population of Australia, and also covering Christianity, overdevelopment in the Ryde area, integrity in Government, underfunding of infrastructure and overemphasis of economic performance as the measure of political value. He was almost elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1995. Cordiner is also the author of a book called "End of Survival and Beginning of Living" published by Christian Marketing Communications.
He does not appear to have a campaign web site yet (strange given that part of his platform is Internet based voting on the issues), but his flyer is online at http://www.australianindependentscoalition.org/uploads/Contact_us/Flyer5_579.PDF.