Winter solstice.

Nah, that's a clip from a low budget 50s sci-fi movie.

Pardon, but what is 'nutting' in this context? Have a mental image of the driver headbutting the tree off the tracks but suspect this isn't quite right.

Had to be go back and double check, Oz had 'plebiscite' before the parliamentary vote, so yeah.

Ah thank you.

What is STV?

...I saw a beautiful bricks and mortar expression of this in Sorell; an intersection in the shopping district with a different electoral office on three of the four corners, (Liberal, Labor and an independent from memory.) A real political marketplace.

Not a minor issue in my book. But ok, looking at governance, with multi member electorates pork-barreling (of marginals) and neglect (of safe seats) are eliminated at a stroke. There are are no safe seats in Tasmania, the parties must compete for every vote in every division. 1/2

Thank you for talking about this! With one of the world's most democratic lower houses right here (Tasmania) it baffles that more people don't, esp minor parties so unfairly disadvantaged. Safe seats are an abomination! (Or, more precisely, safe electorates; in Tas the majors still rank candidates.)