B4 the House -Issue 2 - Adam Bandt, Bob Katter & Mark Dreyfus

B4 the House -Issue 2 – Adam Bandt, Bob Katter & Mark Dreyfus

B4 the House Background: Imagine you are an independent Member of the House of Representatives. What is your job? Your core role is to read the Bills…

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Apprentice wages and meditation

Apprentice wages and meditation

I have been overseas from late January and returned 29 March, last friday. The last five weeks were spent at Wat Pah Nanachat in Thailand…

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RBA & CBA response letters

RBA & CBA response letters

Above is my political/economic position from The Political Compass. Here is the link the CBA response letter. Below is the second response letter to the…

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B4 the House 2013 Issue 1 - A new political forum

B4 the House 2013 Issue 1 – A new political forum

Background: Imagine you are an independent Member of the House of Representatives. What is your job? Your core role is to read the Bills being…

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no greens tonight

December of 2012: No greens tonight

December was interesting. Went back to Adelaide for the month to relax and it ended up being quite eye opening. To cut a long story…

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November of 2012: Yes, No, Maybe

November of 2012: Yes, No, Maybe

The main item of progress this month was simply having the thought that the most appropriate way forward would be to practice looking at upcoming…

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October of 2012: Tactics

October of 2012: Tactics

        Expenses for October Brother MFC-J825DW inkjet mfc (printer) $214.88 with extra warranty Stamps $53.60 Color printing A4 $20.24 Printing card $2…

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APRA open letter

APRA open letter

One action completed this month was an open letter to APRA. Changed the website theme to oxygen which was a big improvement, it’s a lot clearer. Added this item…

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August of 2012: money

August of 2012: money

So we have switched off the google ads.  Despite being able to attract visitors, it doesn’t feel right. Have changed the Donate page so we…

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July of 2012: preparation

July of 2012: preparation

Have completed about three pages of the response letter to the RBA. There is still some fine tuning to do. Have been spending $5 a…

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Negative Gearing Video

Negative Gearing Video

The final version of the negative gearing video is below. The first few versions uploaded to youtube were just to get feedback from friends and…

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Climate Change

Climate Change

The following was added to the Climate Change page this month… Update: May 2012 The first scientific paper that could be used to argue that…

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April of 2012: finish line...

April of 2012: finish line…

Only a couple more shots now to finish the negative gearing video. Should be uploaded in May sometime. Quite happy with it really. -David Collett

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March of 2012: voiceover

March of 2012: voiceover

Did a basic voice over that was happy with for the negative gearing video which meant I could lock in the positions for the shots….

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February of 2012: Direct influence should be free

February of 2012: Direct influence should be free

Changed the tag line at the top of the page from “Let’s make Australian politics constructive” to “Direct influence should be free”.  Updated the header…

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Week 4 of 2012: inspiration

Week 4 of 2012: inspiration

The above video was helpful this week, going to be many years until the output of TTP matches the vision, so just have to hang…

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Week 3 of 2012: shot prep

Week 3 of 2012: shot prep

Just some preparation for one of the shots for the negative gearing video, the first few practice runs didn’t work but found the right location…

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Week 2 of 2012: page structure

Week 2 of 2012: page structure

Changed the structure of the page headings slightly. For example instead of housing, welfare, child protection etc being under “society” they are all under housing….

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building codes

building codes

The following was added to the to-do list on the Cities & Urban Development page this week: Attempt to create an I.T. system whereby building…

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Week 52 of 2011: The School of Athens

Week 52 of 2011: The School of Athens

The last change made for 2011 was changing the header image at the top of the website to the School of Athens by Raphael. The…

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Week 51 of 2011: home page policy suggestion

Week 51 of 2011: home page policy suggestion

 Your policy suggestion Can you directly influence the policy position of the Liberals, Labor or the Greens? Or on the other hand you might just say “why…

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Building Commission

Building Commission

An opportunity for the Building Commission and Consumer Affairs Victoria This article by Adam Carey in The Age helps to illustrate some of the major…

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Week 49 of 2011: taking the website in for its first service

Week 49 of 2011: taking the website in for its first service

What was completed this week? Quite a few more shots were taken for the negative gearing video. Had a session with Mike Bowater from www.webbizsites.net which…

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Week 48 of 2011: more shots..

Week 48 of 2011: more shots..

Have added a contact form to the homepage. Kept on with taking more shots needed for the negative gearing video, plus ordered a new iMac…

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Week 47 of 2011: One year Anniversary

Week 47 of 2011: One year Anniversary

12 Months to the day it seems. Google analytics was installed around March. Since then there have been 850 unique visitors, 1890 visits with an…

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