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Old 10-30-2012, 12:38 AM   #57
Aliantha
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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You know, if you want to talk about gerymandering, you should talk to a Qld'er. We were in a gery state for about 20 years during my childhood and early adulthood. Some electorates only had about 5 people living in them! And they were the ones the National party relied on to get them into power every election for 2 decades.

Whether the party did a good job or not is beside the point. When the farmers are getting the say in how the state is run wholus bolus and people in other industry and urban areas have no say, life is not good for some. Many in fact. And that's not even talking about the criminal corruption evident at the time!
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