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Barrister to run Assange's Senate campaign
Barrister to run Assange's Senate campaign
2 Apr 2013, 11:47 am
Source: AAP
... A former Liberal party staffer will head the national campaign of Julian Assange's WikiLeaks Party and his bid for a Victorian Senate seat.
The new party will be launched this week ...
Mr Assange is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been granted political asylum because of risks he could be extradited from Sweden to the US.
He is wanted for questioning in Sweden over alleged sexual offences ...
2 Apr 2013, 11:47 am
Source: AAP
... A former Liberal party staffer will head the national campaign of Julian Assange's WikiLeaks Party and his bid for a Victorian Senate seat.
The new party will be launched this week ...
Mr Assange is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been granted political asylum because of risks he could be extradited from Sweden to the US.
He is wanted for questioning in Sweden over alleged sexual offences ...
2013 Federal Election Calendar
... Section 13 of the Constitution prevents writs for a half-Senate election being issued before 1 July 2013. With the minimum 33 day election campaign, this means the first possible date for a House and half-Senate election is Saturday 3 August 2013. The election can be announced before 1 July but the writ cannot be issued before 1 July ...
Section 32 of the Constitution requires that writs for an election must be issued within 10 days of the House being dissolved or expiring. So if the House goes full term, writs must be issued within 10 days, which means 7 October is the last possible date for issuing writs in the life of the current parliament. With the maximum campaign period allowed by the Commonwealth Electoral Act, this means the last possible date for a House and half-Senate election is Saturday 30 November 2013.
A half-Senate election is not required until May 2014, but it is normal to hold a half-Senate election in conjunction with the House election in the last twelve months of the Senate term. It would be highly unusual for there to be a House election on any of the dates listed below without there also being a half-Senate election ...
... Section 13 of the Constitution prevents writs for a half-Senate election being issued before 1 July 2013. With the minimum 33 day election campaign, this means the first possible date for a House and half-Senate election is Saturday 3 August 2013. The election can be announced before 1 July but the writ cannot be issued before 1 July ...
Section 32 of the Constitution requires that writs for an election must be issued within 10 days of the House being dissolved or expiring. So if the House goes full term, writs must be issued within 10 days, which means 7 October is the last possible date for issuing writs in the life of the current parliament. With the maximum campaign period allowed by the Commonwealth Electoral Act, this means the last possible date for a House and half-Senate election is Saturday 30 November 2013.
A half-Senate election is not required until May 2014, but it is normal to hold a half-Senate election in conjunction with the House election in the last twelve months of the Senate term. It would be highly unusual for there to be a House election on any of the dates listed below without there also being a half-Senate election ...
Assange May Not be Able to Leave Britain Before 2015
By IndiaTimes
April 1, 2013, 12:10 pm IST
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been confined to the Ecuadorean embassy in London since last June, is unlikely to be able to leave Britain before 2015 and his hosts are now hoping for a future Labour government to help break the impasse ...
By IndiaTimes
April 1, 2013, 12:10 pm IST
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been confined to the Ecuadorean embassy in London since last June, is unlikely to be able to leave Britain before 2015 and his hosts are now hoping for a future Labour government to help break the impasse ...
