Sentences with phrase «by the referendum council»

When finished, it will be shown at a series of Indigenous - led dialogues across the country staged by the Referendum Council to advance work on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution.

Recommendation 9: The Australian Government support the outcomes of the national consultations conducted by the Referendum Council.

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For example, it proposes an automatic referendum trigger to approve increases in council tax beyond the ceiling set by government, and seeks to make the setting of senior pay in local authorities more transparent.

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

Ms Flint continued: «Their plans would deny cities a referendum until a year after mayors have already been imposed by a Whitehall diktat, leading to additional costs and red tape at a time when local councils are dealing with spending cuts.

Councils must call a local referendum to get the approval of voters if they want to put bills up by more than 2 per cent, under rules set by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.»

Finally, Labour easily held on to the Leicester South in a by - election which took place alongside the local council elections and the referendum.

The last ballot measure that really got voters going was New York City's term limits referendum in 1993 — famously superseded by the 2008 City Council vote allowing Mayor Bloomberg's third term.

The legal analysis in Yonkers is that there are two ways to overturn term limits — one by a referendum, and one by a simple majority council vote.

Sliwa, who also hosts a daily radio talk show, is set to call Wednesday for a public referendum to eliminate the advocate position and have the City Council speaker elected by voters, not the council mCouncil speaker elected by voters, not the council mcouncil members.

Two members of the Yonkers City Council, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a counciCouncil, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a councilcouncil vote.

By James Briggs A Milwaukee alderman on Monday called for a referendum to let voters advise Common Council members on whether the city should build a $ 64.6 million streetcar line.

Add that outrageous betrayal of trust to her 2009 self - appointed pay raise (and the entire city council) that defied a majority opposition to any pay raise voiced at a public hearing, followed by disobeying public referendum laws that recognized term limits that she abrogated (in favor of arranging an unlawful third term for Michael Bloomberg to serve, that automatically guaranteed her own job security), plus a final and detrimental insult to the working poor that blocked our rightful vote on sick pay coverage, and collectively, it would make total sense to impeach and prosecute such unethical, improper and unfair conduct — that is unbecoming to anyone purporting to serve their constituency.

1.4 In the 2014 referendum, an Order in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act 1998 was agreed by Westminster and the Scottish Parliament, recognising the mandate of the Scottish Government, and the support of the Scottish Parliament, for a referendum on independence.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's proposals to force local authorities to hold a referendum each time they increase council tax by more than a central government controlled level, Director of Unlock Democracy, Peter Facey said:

Although dubbed a referendum, voting was organized canton by canton, and in some cantons it was the council that voted rather than public assemblies of all (male) residents.

Under the new proposals laid out today by the Communities and Local Government Department, any local authority that sets its council tax increase above a fixed ceiling, approved by Parliament each year, would trigger an automatic referendum of all registered electors in their area.

Councilman Jumaane Williams plans to introduce the legislation by the end of the year to allow Council members to serve three four - year terms instead of the current two, if voters approve the idea in a referendum.

Councilmen Jumaane Williams, Mark Levine, Robert Cornegy, Corey Johnson, and Jimmy Van Bramer all backed a third term for the Council, with most saying it would have to be decided by voters in a referendum.

By Marie Rohde The Wisconsin Supreme Court is weighing whether the Milwaukee Common Council went beyond what voters approved in a referendum requiring businesses offer sick leave to workers.

In some wards, the council races are viewed by some political insiders as a referendum of sorts midway through Mayor Shayne Gallo's first term in office.

They send out a slightly different message on the Labour grapevine: punish Mr Clegg in the council polls but hurt Mr Cameron and George Osborne by voting Yes in the referendum.

Since then, they have won one parliamentary by - election, in Richmond Park, and have posted a string of impressive performances in local council contests after taking a robustly pro-EU position after the Brexit referendum.

Also a must is requiring that any attempt by the mayor and Council to overturn the voters» will, which is what happened with term limits, must be approved by voters in a referendum.

The Privy Council as New Zealand's highest court of appeal was replaced by the Supreme Court of New Zealand by a simple Act of Parliament despite calls from New Zealand First, National and ACT for a referendum to be called on the issue.

Labour MP for Gateshead, Ian Mearns, has criticised Eric Pickles» accusation that English councils who raise a «stealth tax» by 1.99 % in a bid to avoid the Government's 2 % referendum threshold are «democracy dodgers».

Phil's BBQ was mentioned in an article critical of a San Diego referendum campaign that harmed efforts to get wage - boost law adopted by the Democratic majority of the city council.

One is former Chateauguay city councillor and local businessman Michel Gendron, who is fighting the legality of a motion presented by council to dismiss him from office over his refusal to complete an obligatory declaration of property, which all elected officials are required to do under Quebec's Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities.

The Referendum Council, appointed last year by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, has held meetings this year in Broome, Thursday Island, and Melbourne to invite advice from Traditional Owners, Aboriginal organisations and leaders, and people involved in Treaty discussions.

As you may be aware, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were very disappointed at the recent rejection by Federal Cabinet of the Referendum Council's recommendation of a voice to Parliament.