Southern Cross Party Ltd

If you create/edit content in this web site you will find useful tips and help discussed in the pages below.

The 'Book page' node type is possibly one of the most powerful features on this web site.

From the help file: "A book is a collaborative writing effort: users can collaborate writing the pages of the book, positioning the pages in the right order, and reviewing or modifying pages previously written. So when you have some information to share or when you read a page of the book and you didn't like it, or if you think a certain page could have been written better, you can do something about it."

From the help file: "A blog is a regularly updated journal or diary made up of individual posts shown in reversed chronological order. Each member of the site may create and maintain a blog."

Use a 'Blog entry' for all posts of a more personal nature, like:

• Your personal contact page (also see Sticky at the top of lists)

• An essay about a recent election
• A letter to the Editor comment
• Your biography
• Reports on your favourite subject matter
• etc. etc.

So you have chosen to Create Content and are now confronted by a bewildering array of 'content type' choices?

On the following pages we will have a closer look at the 'content types' available and how to choose the right one.

Business Supporters of the Southern Cross Party are invited to purchase Banner Advertising on this web site. Advertisers may manage their own WebAdverts account if desired and comprehensive statistics are available.

Sample advert:

A 'HTTP Cookie' or just 'cookie' is a little text file that resides on your computer.

This web site uses 'http cookies' to keep track of a user from the moment she logs in to this web site. Once you log out the cookie is automatically deleted.

If you have cookies turned OFF in your browser, you may not be able to stay logged in and you would not have access to any private Group content.

For a complete discussion on 'cookies' see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

or http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

First the easy one: Subscriptions to a Group like 'Supporters', which are not subject to verification are automatic - nothing to do.

When someone applies for a subscription to a private Group like your Electorate Group, an e-mail is automatically sent to Group Administrators.

The message contains this text:
---- copied from e-mail ----
To instantly approve this request, visit http://www.southerncrossparty.com/og/approve/G#/U#.
You may deny this request or manage subscribers at http://www.southerncrossparty.com/og/users/U#. !request
---- end copy from e-mail ----

"I wish we could do 'such and such' on the web site?"

Please post all web site feature requests and suggestions here.

Tips and Tricks to help you edit your post to perfection.

In politics you should always be able to determine easily who said what and when. Also, on this web site, documents (posts) are listed in chronological order. Newest first.

Hence it is important to be able to maintain the original document's publication date and time regardless of when it may actually be posted to the web site.

1. Click on 'Edit'

2. Scroll down the page and click on 'Authoring Information'
3. Modify the date and time in 'Authored on:'

   Note that the format of the date and time must precisely follow the legend shown: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +1000.

Registered Users on this web site:

• have access to additional content.

• may subscribe to various Groups* including their Electorate Group.
• can post content to their Blog and to subscribed Groups.
• automatically receive an e-mail or RSS feed of new posts in their Groups.
• may participate in the discussion in the Forums.
• may participate in the formulation of Party Policy.
• may assist with editorial and webmaster functions.

Handbook for Contributors to the Southern Cross Party web site.

There are seven categories of 'users' on this site:

1. An anonymous visitor has access to all 'Public' content on this web site. All subsequent 'user' categories require registration on this web site.

2. A Supporter also has access to additional 'Supporter' content.
3. A Member is a financial member of the Party. A member also has access to her 'Electorate Group' content and may contribute to the development of party policy at the electorate level.
   

Please add a child page to record the various aspects of the 2007 Federal Election in your electorate.

Endorsed candidates elected into office and voted by their peers into leadership positions will hold office for two terms only, the position then becomes vacant and a new leader is elected, this applies to Federal and State Government as well as the party executive. (Prime Minister, Premiers and all Party Presidents (Branch, State and Federal) this will to some extent address the problem of cronyism.

All elected members must represent the electorate first and foremost and be independent from the party in the parliament; members will vote on conscience or at the direction of the electorate, this is an essential part of the new party structure and will be the cornerstone of our concept.

Southern Cross will be seeking support from the Australian people to represent them at all levels of Government, Federal, State and Local, we believe that the Australian way of life is under threat and we are losing our heritage, current political parties are ‘self serving’ where the elected members are puppets of the party machine and the wishes of the people of Australia are being ignored, Southern Cross will reverse that.

Southern Cross will reduce the size of the public service over a ten year period, this will be carried out by natural attrition, we will amalgamate some departments and remove others, this downsizing will produce less government administration and more available revenue for services such as health, education, law enforcement and a host of other projects, this will not mean a reduction in government employment rather a reassignment of human resources from administration to service providers i.e. Doctors, Nurses, Police Officers, Teachers etc.

The book 'Party Platform' is a collaborative effort between Southern Cross party members to create and maintain the best and most informative party platform in Australia .

Make a new node (book page - chapter) for each piece of proposed legislation.

Chapters may have 'child pages' (sub chapters) to help cover all aspects of the proposed legislation.

Authenticated users may also place 'Comments' below each node and so encourage a lively discussion.

Bravo for Independents. Those of us who truly support our communities first, believe party machines have taken their toll on democracy in this country. Party machines serve to keep governments in power at the cost of true democracy. It is party bureaucrats and elites using the whip of party discipline that demand politicians tow the party line rather than be true to their principles or their electorates. Just think of Peter Garrett as a primary example of the corruption of political principle for the sake of power.
Posted by: Cate Molloy of Sunshine Coast 11:11am February 21, 2007

- By Kaili Parker-Price
November-December 2006 - Full Story in Sunshine Coast Eco News

CATE Molloy likes to read and is engrossed in Tim Flannery’s latest book The Weathermakers. But she hasn’t been able to devote much leisure time to reading it because something else has taken over her desk.

- by Melanie Christiansen - Sunday Mail - Click for the full story
December 05, 2006 11:00pm

AN emerging political force, dubbed "The Beast" by independent federal MP Bob Katter, has a new name - Southern Cross.

With plans to endorse a group of like-minded independents at next year's federal election, the organisation could also soon have its first candidate.

- by JESSICA JOHNSTON - Townsville Bulletin - Click for the full story
20 November 2006

A NEW political beast was unleashed in Townsville yesterday.

With an official name and 10 elected committee members, the Southern Cross Alliance is gathering steam to take on major players in the national political arena.

- by DANIEL BATEMAN and AAP - Townsville Bulletin - Click for the full story
25 September 2006

QUEENSLAND'S newest official political party should become a reality within the next two months.

The yet to be named party is being formed by a group of about 15 of North Queensland's community leaders including Kennedy MP Bob Katter, who hinted he may leave behind his independent status.

- by Patricia Karvelas, The Australian - Click for the full story
September 25, 2006

A NEW party being pushed by federal independent MPs would be like One Nation and split the conservative vote.

The warning from Nationals Senate leader Ron Boswell comes as independent MP Bob Katter refused yesterday to divulge details of the new party, saying only that growing numbers of people in regional areas were fed up with the major parties.

- by Michael Madigan - The Sunday Mail - Click for the full story
September 24, 2006 11:00pm

A LOOSE coalition of country conservatives calling itself "The Beast" is vowing to hive off support from the Nationals.

Federal Independent Bob Katter, who bestowed the ''Beast" mantle on the as yet un-named movement, earlier this month said it would eat up between 10-15 per cent of the federal vote.

- ABC Queensland - Sunday, 24 September 2006. 07:00 (AEST) - Click for the full story

Organisers of what is planned to be a new conservative political force say they hope to tackle the issues the major parties have failed to address.

The first steps were taken yesterday toward the formation of what federal independent MP Bob Katter had earlier promised to be a "new political beast".

- This story is from the news.com.au network Source: AAP - Click for the full story
September 24, 2006

A PLAN to set up a new conservative party in Queensland is "complete stupidity" and won't help oust the Beattie Labor Government, Opposition Leader Jeff Seeney said today.

ABC News Online - Click for the full story
Thursday, 8 June 2006. 19:54

Queensland Government backbencher Cate Molloy says she will cross the floor in Parliament and vote against the proposal for a dam on the Mary River near Gympie.

At the end of what she described as a "torrid" day, Ms Molloy says she knows her decision to cross the floor - if it comes to that - will probably result in her being expelled from the Labor Party.