fwed Rob Oakshotte did not win in his own right. He won after getting the bulk of the Green preferences



[b]Lyne[/b] [i]Primary votes[/i]

Last Updated: Tue, 31 Aug 2010

Votes Counted: 89.7%

Robert Oakeshott IND 37,809 votes

David Gillespie NAT 27,909 votes

Frederik Lips ALP 10,621 votes

Ian Oxenford GRN 3,188 votes

Barry Wright IND 503 votes



[i]Progressive Count After Preferences[/i]

Robert Oakeshott IND 49,941

David Gillespie NAT 30,090

thanks for the proof that BigVal & I are correcr fwed. There are 83,043

enrolled voters in Lyne of which 89.7% have been counted with Rob

Oakshott winning 37,609 primary voted. He has clearly won the seat after

allocation of preferences. NOT WITH PRIMARY VOTES.

BTW There is something wrong with these figures. How many people

voted two or more times. After preferences, there have been 80,031

votes allocated. If you add the informal vote, (3013) you have a total of

83,044. That is a total of 1 vote more than the total enrolled with 10.3% or

8,553 votes still to be counted.

Labor always said vote on Saturday & vote often.

We are still the lucky country. A big increase in exports has helped cut Australia's current account deficit, retail sales have risen by more than expected, and building approvals have gone up for the first time in four months. The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued the latest balance of payments, retail trade, building approval and government finance data today.



The current account deficit fell $10.82 billion to $5.64 billion in seasonally adjusted, current price terms in the June quarter, because exports (up $12.75 billion, or 21 per cent) were up much more than imports (up $3.04 billion, or 5 per cent). The median market forecast was for a deficit of $6.5 billion.



http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/booming-exports-buoy-economy/1928244.aspx

China wants to buy more Australian mines and we are being warned not to give them control. They also want to buy more of our land for agriculture.



''If they could own your mines, they will do it and cut you out of the price action,'' she said. ''Australia gains by saying 'no, you can't own the mine' - that lets you keep a margin.



''If] you start selling underground mines, then you lose the cashflows. You'll start to see much more competition for the ownership of those resources and I fully expect China to continue on the path of owning everything it could possibly own. That means less supply that's available to the global economy.''



http://www.smh.com.au/business/dont-give-china-control-warns-bush-adviser-20100831-14fla.html