Quota Notes, the quarterly newsletter
of the Proportional
Representation Society of Australia Inc (the edition of Quota Notes, the name
of the Society and the URL of its h ome
page). See Latest
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2018, no issues of Quota Notes
were produced.
o
Another
Lopsided Queensland Outcome
o
ACT 20th
Anniversary Radio Interviews
o
Major NSW Local
Government Changes
o Changes Might
Eventuate in Tasmania
o Northern
Territory Government Plan for
Quota-preferential PR in Municipal Polls
o
NZ Votes to
Keep National Party Government and MMP
Electoral System
o
ACT Electoral
Dangers Averted
o
South
Australian Parliamentary Report urges Countback to fill
Municipal Vacancies
o National
Office-bearers for 2012-13
o Disappointing
2010 federal elections report
o
UK Government
proposes using Quota-Preferential PR in House
of Lords reform
o
Antony Green
speaks on UK’s referendum and NZ’s November
2011 plebiscite on MMP
o
Melbourne
University abandons Nanson’s
pioneering PR for a plurality system
o Call for
Nominations for Elections of the four PRSA
Office-bearers for 2012-13
o Serious Assault
on Countback in
the ACT
o NSW Legislative
Council Controversy
o
Lopsided
Aspects of Canadian Election
o
Tasmania’s
First Countback
since 2010 Polls
o
The Elections
in Eire in February 2011
o UK’s
‘Alternative Vote’ Referendum Failed
o
State Elections
in Victoria and NSW
o Restoration in
District Magnitude for Tasmanian Assembly has
been deferred
o May 2011
Referendum could replace UK’s
First-past-the-post with Preferential Voting
o
Queensland
Local Government Electoral Inquiry
o First PRSA
Honorary Life Members
For the five years from March 2006 to March
2011, no issues of Quota Notes
were produced.
o
Conservatives
return to government in Canada
o Prince Edward
Island MMP plebiscite
o Expanding
Vote-counting role for PRSAV-T
o Book Review:
Ever Yours, C.H. Spence
QN2005C,
September 2005: QN2005B,
June 2005: QN2005A,
March 2005: QN2004D, December
2004: QN2004C,
September 2004 : QN2004B,
June 2004 : QN2004A,
March 2004 :QN2003D, December
2003 :QN2003C,
September 2003: QN2003B,
June 2003 :QN2003A,
March 2003 :QN2002D, December
2002 :QN2002C,
September 2002 :QN2002B,
June 2002 :QN2002A,
March 2002: QN2001D, December
2001: QN2001C,
September 2001: QN2001B,
June 2001: QN2001A,
March 2001: QN2000D,
December 2000: QN2000C,
September 2000: QN2000B,
June 2000: QN2000A,
March 2000: QN1999D, December
1999: QN1999C,
September 1999: QN1999B,
June 1999 : QN1999A,
March 1999: QN1998D, December
1998: QN1998C,
September 1998: QN1998B,
June 1998: QN1998A,
March 1998: QN1997D, December
1997: QN1997C,
September 1997: QN1997B,
June 1997: QN1997A,
March 1997: QN1996D, December
1996: QN1996C,
September 1996: QN1996B,
June 1996: QN1996A,
March 1996: Number 80,
December 1995: Number 79,
September 1995: Number 78,
June 1995: Number 77,
March 1995: Number 76, December
1994: Number 75,
September 1994: Number 74,
June 1994: Number 73,
March 1994: Number 72, December
1993:
o New Zealand
Electoral Referendum Approaches
o Nominations for
Election of National Office-bearers for 1994-5
o Proposal for 2
MHRs per Division
o A Record Early
Start to the Senate Casual Vacancy Game
o Activity in the
A.C.T.
o Thesis on
Preferential Voting
o Quota Notes
Article Reported in the Senate
Number 63,
September 1991: Number 62,
June 1991: Number 61,
March 1991: Number 60,
December 1990: Number 59,
September 1990: Numb er
58, June 1990 :
The House of
Representatives Outcome under PR News from
Victoria Leave No
Stone Unturned Hare-Clark
Contribution Recognized in ACF Magazine Sesquicentenary
of the First PR Election for a Public Body Motions
to amend the PRSA Constitution
Numb er
57, March 1990 : [PDF - for
printing]
*
* * ZILCH * * * Referendum
on A.C.T. Electoral System Recommended by Joint
Standing Committee Death
of Queensland Branch President The
Snakes and Ladders of Senate Casual Vacancies Good
News from Neil Robson PR
to Have Been Extended for Local Government News
from the British Isles ERS Jack
Wright's CSIRO Book Launched Queensland
Election Afterthoughts
N umber 56, December
1989 : Numb er
55, September 1989 :
Queensland
Branch's Submission to Electoral and
Administrative Review Commission Commonwealth
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on
Electoral Matters Proportional
Representation Overseas Electoral
Systems Paper Read at Royal Statistical
Society Recent
Published Statements on Proportional
Representation The Herald ,
Melbourne: "Minorities can be too mighty";
and Letter, "We need votes without bias".How does the
Senate Voting System work? Nominations
for Election of National Office-Bearers
1990-91
Number 54,
June 1989:
Numb er
53, March 1989 :
Historic W.A.
Election How the
A.C.T. Suffered the Pseudo-proportional
Machiavellian d'Hondt Scheme Visit by U.K.
Proportionalist to the Queensland Branch Re-appearance
of Blatantly Walk-in Elections Victorian
Branch's Report on the 1988 Victorian
Election Our Example
of a Major Weakness in the NRMA Electoral
Procedure is Correct The Age,
Melbourne: "System may have cost Libs, NP
state election win"Multiple "X"
Voting Suppresses Notional Preference Votes
- How An 80% Vote Winner is Defeated!
Number
52, December 1988:
Number 51, September 1988: Number
50, June 1988:
Numb er
49, March 1988 : [PDF - for
printing]
Casual
Vacancies Again Two Views
from Queensland Editorial Got
It Right Votes of No
Value Local
Government Review in South Australia ANZAAS
Symposium
Numb er
47, September 1987 : [PDF -
for printing]
The Federal
Election Progress in
Western Australia Democratic
Rights Committee Reports Erratic
First-past-the-post Macquarie
University Adoption Cleese on SBS Local
Government Elections in New South Wales
Numb er
46, June 1987 : [PDF - for
printing]
More
Electoral 'Reform' Casual
Vacancies - The Tasmanian Solution Elections Kit
for Senior Secondary Students Morwell
Initiative Society Loses
Senior Members 'Healthy for
the Party' Plan for
Distortion Cleese on PR
Numb er
45, March 1987 :
Again the
Joint Select Committee Not Cheaper Editorial Got
It Right Votes of No
Value Local
Government Review in South Australia ANZAAS
Symposium
Number
44, December 1986 : [PDF - for
printing]
Democracy
Queensland Style Local
Government Preview Change of
Mind Individual
and Democratic Rights Horse and
Buggy A Bleak
Future New Zealand
Developments Logic and
Elections
Numb er
42, June 1986 : [PDF - for
printing]
The Real One
Vote, One Value Bill First-Hand
Report Facts for New
Voters Democracy in
the ACT? Spence
Reprint Available Electoral
Changes in Western Australia Embellishing
the Language
Numb er
41, March 1986 : [PDF - for
printing]
Ensuring
Democratic Elections Tasmanian
Voters Knew What They Were About Significant
Reprint Reform Likely
in Western Australia Doubt in
Victoria The ACT
Council Gerrymanders
and the Bill of Rights
Numb er
40, December 1985 : [PDF -
for printing]
Let's Be
Clear About One Vote, One Value Bill of
Rights Pity the
South Australian Voters Constitutional
Amendment Bad to Worse Catherine
Helen Spence Supplement
from the Retiring President to All Members
of the PRSA
Numb er
38, June 1985 :
Again the
Joint Select Committee Making
Gerrymanders Difficult Recognition
of Proportional Representation Pioneer Result
Challenged Democrat
Action Local
Government - South Australia Local
Government - Victoria Political
Literacy
Numb er
37, March 1985 : [PDF - for
printing]
What Really
Happened Your
Officebearers Promises in
Victoria Alternative
to Bottom-up New Zealand
Inquiry Choosing an
Electoral System
Number
36, December 1984 : [PDF -
for printing]
The
Government We Deserve? The Other
Place How To Vote What Next? Improving the
Senate System What Makes
News?
Number
35 ,
September 1984 :
What Became
of One Vote, One Value? Senate
Problems Recognition
from the British Isles Across the
Tasman The
Bananamander Progress
towards Parliamentary Democracy Threat to
Democratic System Again the SRC
Numb er 34, June 1984 :
[PDF - for printing]
A Fair
Redistribution? Our Logo Electing the
SRC First the Bad
News Local
Government - Four States
Numb er
33, March 1984 : [PDF - for
printing]
Electoral
Reform - in the Future Record Broken Four-Year
Terms Democracy in
Politics Local
Government Members on
Radio Bottom Up
Number 32,
December 1983 :
Electoral
Justice? Not Just Yet, Mate The Voters
Lose Again Giggling MPs Local
Government It's Time New Books
Number 31 was the first
issue of Quota Notes as
the PRSA National Newsletter.
The issues before that
were Newsletters of the PRSA’s New South
Wales .
Numb er
29, March 1983 : [PDF - for
printing]
After the
Federal Election New Order in
Western Australia National
Conference Your
Committee Annual
Meeting Norfolk
Island Facts Versus
Critics Power to
Elect Votes for
Electoral Reform
Conference Redistribution
Roulette Answering the
Critics Community
Proportional Representation International
Collaboration Across the
Tasman South
Australia The
Constitution
Your
Committee More Than
Just a Good Idea Action in the
West Tasmania Other
Auspices Recommended
Reading
Numb er
26, June 1982 :
Opportunities Tasmania Annual
Meeting Victoria Into the
Computer Age World Outlook
Numb er 22, June 1981 :
[PDF - for printing]
President's
Overseas Visit Annual
General Meeting Electing a
Representative House South
Australian Legislative Council Voting
Changes Reforming
Lower House Electoral Systems 'Towards
Better Government'
Note
that only some editions prior to April
1981 are available online currently.
Number
19, September 1980 :
Learning by
Doing Launching in
Queensland Upper House
Reform Local
Government Facts about
Hare-Clark Fifty Years Catch Them
Young Four-year
Terms PR on FM Your vote -
effective or wasted?
Number 16,
December 1979 : [PDF - for
printing]
President's
Convalescence Triumph For
Reason Tasmania South
Australia Workshop on
Proportional Representation 'MO' Awards
Numb er 15, September
1979 : [PDF - for printing]
Your
Officebearers Tasmania PR in the
Australian Capital Territory Norfolk
Island Democrats
Promise Cooperation Citizens for
Democracy Catherine
Helen Spence - Pioneer in Electoral Reform Publications Wanted
Numb er 14, May 1979 :
[PDF - for printing]
Reform? In The South Annual
Meeting Our Corporate
Existence Queensland Overseas Amnesty
International Citizens for
Democracy Victorian
Branch
Numb er 13, March 1979 :
[PDF - for printing]
Legislative
Assembly Redistribution Interstate
News Candid
Comment Overseas News Petition UNAA Policy
Decision Additional
Member System
