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The abbreviation of the titles of the distribution of seats is becoming an issue for myself and another user. The abbreviation of the Australian Labor Party has usually simply been 'Labor' or 'ALP' where as the Liberal Party of Australia has been 'Liberal' or 'Lib'/ 'LPA'. The abbreviation for the Country Liberal Party however is confusing when every mention of the party in the article is 'Country Liberal' or 'CLP' and it states on a fairly prominant table of the distribution of seats as 'Liberal'. The Country Liberals may be endorsed as the preferred Territory party for the Liberals however the two parties are not affiliated in the Federal Parliament nor in policy direction (for what I can see). The Liberal and Country Liberal parties are two different Australian political parties. Any suggestions for how the Country Liberals can be abbreviated to be differentiated from the Liberal Party of Australia from the usual Country Liberal/ Liberal abbreviations? GJGardner ( talk) 08:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Just looking at the Pendulum, shouldn't the seat of MacDonnell be considered as nominally Labor and therefore be very unsafe as basically 'negative unopposed'? In the normal case of a party shift wouldn't the pendulum be listed negatively because the party would need a swing towards them to retain; in this case the seat would need an infinite swing to come back from a Labor unopposed election to a CLP retain. Obviously it's an odd situation, but so is unopposed election in modern Australian politics, it might be worth covering the issue in some way, either in this article or the general one for the LA, especially in relation to the likelihood of the ALP contesting the seat and the reasons for the CLP not declaring a candidate (you'd think every election in the country could find at least two people seeking the post?) -- GoForMoe ( talk) 16:09, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
There are only five parties running endorsed candiates, so in the interests of impartiality they should all be listed in seperate columns in the table shouldn't they? To lump the ASP in with the independants seems rather dismissive. If I knew how to do it I would have a go, but I don't. Djapa Owen 14:25, 14 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djapa84 ( talk • contribs)
Another point about the table, as discussed above the Country Liberal Party is nominally separate from the Liberal Party, and their party colour is an ochre orange to match the Northern Territory flag, not blue like the Liberal Party. Djapa Owen 14:31, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
If we are identifying one One Nation candidate then we should identify both: http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/peter-bussa-one-nation-candidate-for-hughes/1914132.aspx Djapa Owen 08:52, 16 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djapa84 ( talk • contribs)
To come back to this, the current wording is factually wrong. They're not running as independents - in fact they both opted against having "independent" next to their name - they're running as One Nation candidates, and One Nation's lack of registration prevents that being noted on the ballot paper. That means they are "endorsed". Frickeg ( talk) 02:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
The Australian has backed the CLP. I don't know the NT News or the Financial Review or others. I don't know how to make a table. Could someone do that? Welshboyau11 ( talk) 09:18, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure the swearing in of the Chief Minister means the election is no longer ongoing. In technical terms, I would have thought it would be when the writs are returned, or results are final. Neither have occurred yet. Timeshift ( talk) 01:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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The abbreviation of the titles of the distribution of seats is becoming an issue for myself and another user. The abbreviation of the Australian Labor Party has usually simply been 'Labor' or 'ALP' where as the Liberal Party of Australia has been 'Liberal' or 'Lib'/ 'LPA'. The abbreviation for the Country Liberal Party however is confusing when every mention of the party in the article is 'Country Liberal' or 'CLP' and it states on a fairly prominant table of the distribution of seats as 'Liberal'. The Country Liberals may be endorsed as the preferred Territory party for the Liberals however the two parties are not affiliated in the Federal Parliament nor in policy direction (for what I can see). The Liberal and Country Liberal parties are two different Australian political parties. Any suggestions for how the Country Liberals can be abbreviated to be differentiated from the Liberal Party of Australia from the usual Country Liberal/ Liberal abbreviations? GJGardner ( talk) 08:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Just looking at the Pendulum, shouldn't the seat of MacDonnell be considered as nominally Labor and therefore be very unsafe as basically 'negative unopposed'? In the normal case of a party shift wouldn't the pendulum be listed negatively because the party would need a swing towards them to retain; in this case the seat would need an infinite swing to come back from a Labor unopposed election to a CLP retain. Obviously it's an odd situation, but so is unopposed election in modern Australian politics, it might be worth covering the issue in some way, either in this article or the general one for the LA, especially in relation to the likelihood of the ALP contesting the seat and the reasons for the CLP not declaring a candidate (you'd think every election in the country could find at least two people seeking the post?) -- GoForMoe ( talk) 16:09, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
There are only five parties running endorsed candiates, so in the interests of impartiality they should all be listed in seperate columns in the table shouldn't they? To lump the ASP in with the independants seems rather dismissive. If I knew how to do it I would have a go, but I don't. Djapa Owen 14:25, 14 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djapa84 ( talk • contribs)
Another point about the table, as discussed above the Country Liberal Party is nominally separate from the Liberal Party, and their party colour is an ochre orange to match the Northern Territory flag, not blue like the Liberal Party. Djapa Owen 14:31, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
If we are identifying one One Nation candidate then we should identify both: http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/peter-bussa-one-nation-candidate-for-hughes/1914132.aspx Djapa Owen 08:52, 16 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djapa84 ( talk • contribs)
To come back to this, the current wording is factually wrong. They're not running as independents - in fact they both opted against having "independent" next to their name - they're running as One Nation candidates, and One Nation's lack of registration prevents that being noted on the ballot paper. That means they are "endorsed". Frickeg ( talk) 02:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
The Australian has backed the CLP. I don't know the NT News or the Financial Review or others. I don't know how to make a table. Could someone do that? Welshboyau11 ( talk) 09:18, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure the swearing in of the Chief Minister means the election is no longer ongoing. In technical terms, I would have thought it would be when the writs are returned, or results are final. Neither have occurred yet. Timeshift ( talk) 01:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC)