Question:
You are to prepare a preliminary report for the Australian Federal Government describing the benefits of an Enterprise Information Architecture Reference Architecture (EIA RA) for developing a national eVoting system.
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Introduction
Around 1400 ballots got missed in 2013, during the elections in Australia. This resulted in the re-run of elections in the nation which cost around $21 million and was considered as damage for the reputation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) (Poloni, 2015). The entire investigation regarding the ballot missing was carried out by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and in its investigation it was founded that the reason behind the missing of ballot slips is the physical transportation of ballot slips to the counting centre in Perth. To rectify the problems that are faced during the election, the committee suggested 24 recommendations to the AEC in its report (Connolly, 2004). This report consists of several improv
It comes as new analysis finds the resources sector to have been the biggest donor in Australian politics over the past two decades, handing over $136.8 million.
Highly problematic for public trust : Australian political donations revealed
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A surge in donations at the last federal election has taken the resource industry’s political payments to $136.8 million over two decades and a new analysis has named the sector as the biggest donor in Australian politics.
Mining and gas companies ramped up their spending on political parties in recent years to outstrip property developers and other big donors, led by a funding blitz from coal and iron ore magnate Clive Palmer.
Mining and gas companies ramped up their spending on political parties in recent years, led by a funding blitz from Clive Palmer.
Andrew P Street
Attempting to step into the mighty flippers of the great Mungo MacCallum is a challenge for anyone who dares swim in the murky, pungent waters of Australian politics.
And like you, I miss the man and his mighty brain terribly and know that it’s my duty to honour him by making a big splash with an immediately crowd-pleasing column topic.
So naturally, I’m diving in by… um, talking about the government attempting to legislate changes to Australia’s federal voting system NO REALLY COME BACK IT’S IMPORTANT I PROMISE.
See, the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters have just published a 227 page report containing a whopping 27 recommendations.
But other options include:
Mallard thinking a hug was akin to rape;
a complainant who didn t want to be targeted by Soper and tories so did not want to take their complaint further, and Mallard is taking a hit for summarising the complaint accurately but prematurely in public;
the initial confidential findings getting a massive backtrack when employment and more serious options started being pursued
Mallard completely misread and conflated the allegations into something that nobody had described;
maybe some other possibility that hasn t occurred to me
If I were offered a million dollars if I could pick the correct scenario, I wouldn t be picking that Mallard thought an innocent but unwelcome hug was a serious sexual assault akin to rape.