Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Australian polls
Voting down under
It appears as if polling day down under in Australia is not the dour boring experience that we have here! It's not just the excitement of the ballot paper (where you can vigorously scratch through the names of the candidates that you dont want), but the general party atmosphere generated by the local community. It seems that it's quite normal to find things like bouncy castles, bbq's, cake stalls, tombolas etc. outside the polling stations
I guess it gives the kids something to do on a Saturday off (they also have the added advantage of decent weather all year round.)
Aussie rules - click here
Naturally a lot of those fun ideas could never be allowed here without the need for things like a local authority Food Hygiene Certificate, third party public liability insurance, health and safety risk assesments, crowd safety barriers, fully qualified first aid practioners, etc., etc., etc.
Education
1,300 year's worth of education is lost through truancy in the North-East, with South Tyneside as on of the worst offending authorities according to the Conservatives.
Full story - click here
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It appears as if polling day down under in Australia is not the dour boring experience that we have here! It's not just the excitement of the ballot paper (where you can vigorously scratch through the names of the candidates that you dont want), but the general party atmosphere generated by the local community. It seems that it's quite normal to find things like bouncy castles, bbq's, cake stalls, tombolas etc. outside the polling stations
I guess it gives the kids something to do on a Saturday off (they also have the added advantage of decent weather all year round.)
Aussie rules - click here
Naturally a lot of those fun ideas could never be allowed here without the need for things like a local authority Food Hygiene Certificate, third party public liability insurance, health and safety risk assesments, crowd safety barriers, fully qualified first aid practioners, etc., etc., etc.
Education
1,300 year's worth of education is lost through truancy in the North-East, with South Tyneside as on of the worst offending authorities according to the Conservatives.
Full story - click here
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