Right. So I was spot on (other thread) with 56+86=142.....66+76=142
or 69/74 or 68/75 or 67/77 who knows... but we did all use pencil 
OK....still dont know the final count... surely in this day and age there is a....I don't know - a QUICKER way
One things for sure, we get another 1 or 2 or 3 years of juvenile bickering, with lib/lab/green deals done in the back room... we get votes in both houses bought by the highest bidder... and hypocrisy the most common 'quality' of many there....
They'll NO DOUBT waste more of our precise parliamentary time debating the merits or not of a plebiscite... while jobless rate increases, power bill go up, more people end up on the street, while more refugees are provided free everything 'cause their refugees and they jump the multiyear public housing waiting list in a politically expedient arrangement....
Yes...we went to a DD election on account of the rejection of the ABCC as well as the Registered Organisations legislation.... but the Mad Katter.... who surprising was the first to 'offer his support' to a coalition government....and he's now come out threatening literal violence on the PM, if the PM goes after the unions (the rejected bills!)
....and the $175,000 donations from the CFMEU and ETU have nothing at all do do with his position..
What about the Greens? refer official position;
The Greens NSW believe that corporate political donations erode the Australian democratic process.
Parties use political donations to help fund their election campaigns and day-to-day activities. In return, corporate donors get iaccess to politicians.
They also voted against the bills...speaking of voting against bills...donations are an interestingly touchy, and controversial, as they should be, subject.
The greens are so opposed to the (corporate) donations that they went to the trouble of compiling the donation disclosures onto a website;
http://democracyforsale.net/
Perhaps NOT so surprisingly, they left out a few of their own receipts, just for Vic greens, just for the 2013/14 year;
ETU - $300,000 <trade union, barrow to push, votes bought against DD legislation...
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers - $40,000 <trade union, barrow to push, votes bought 457 visa etc
CFMEU - $25,000 <trade union, barrow to push, votes bought against DD legislation...
They did include an interesting donation of $300,000 received by Sarah-2-fathers from a seemingly anonymous Anna Milanowicz (they forgot the 100k she sent to Ludland). Which would be of little relevance, even though her husband is Simon Hackett, Internode founder and NBN board member (resigned only months ago) There wasnt any particularly relevant votes concerning Internet? data retention etc?? maybe NBN related? naaaah... nothing to see..
Another donor, handed over $300,000+ to the greens over a couple of years... her name also appears in a Parliamentary submission opposing the funding of the Perth Freight Link Project...that money was in NO WAY seeking influence in the Greens voting....naaaah.
http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/Party.aspx
What other donations of irrelevance did the greens declare on their own disclosure website (obviously there are many more too inconvenient to place there);
$1.68M - Graeme Wood - Wotif.com, the guy who bought and closed down the woodchip mill in Tassy, (yay for Jobs growth..oooh...) 'environmentalist' with links to Soros via the 'Center for Public Integrity'.... (hahahah integrity alright) .
That was also, as I understand the single largest donation in Aus political history....
What about the Greens accepting CFMEU money.... the greens are fighting hard to lock up 'the environment' including ALL the state forest around metro Melbourne, throwing everything at the forestry industry, same at the mining industry, want to CLOSE all mines...... then accept FORESTRY and MINING union money????
What a ridiculously hypocritical political environment we live in...votes are definitely for sale, otherwise a donor WOULD NOT donate, they do not pay for a job well done, they pay for influence......another 3 years of nonsense coming right up...
I used to say that in Australia, democracy ends at the ballot box.... when you think about it, it ends long before they cross your name off the roll... given that you're compelled to vote, with the threat of penalty, if you don't turn up.
) - I don't have a big problem with their salaries. 
