In an increasingly partisan and fact-devoid media landscape, it’s easy to focus on whose team is scoring political points instead of what’s actually getting done by the government. Unless you are truly engaged, it’s difficult at best to stay up to date on what the major players are doing. Even if you are engaged, it’s almost impossible to know what the minors and micros are keeping themselves busy with. So it was with only some surprise to me that the most recent registration to the Australia Electoral Commission was a complete unknown, the . . . → :: Read More ::
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October 27, 2010
“Astroturfing denotes political, advertising, or public relations campaigns that are formally planned by an organization, but are disguised as spontaneous, popular “grassroots” behavior. The term refers to AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to look like natural grass.” It’s a clever play on words, but why am I bringing it up in the first place? Let me refer you to the latest blog post of Liberal Senator for South Australia, Cory Bernardi. For those of you not wanting to read the Senator’s contribution to the national discourse, allow me to sum it up for . . . → :: Read More :: October 16, 2010
In the wake of the hilarious post-election “journalism” and what is seemingly becoming an ever more unashamedly partisan press platform, I’ve decided that if there’s one thing in particular that’s going to motivate me, that’s having some goddamned truth in journalism, even if it means I have to write it myself. There have been some absolutely incredible and some downright disingenuous claims made by our representatives in parliament in recent weeks. Those claims in and of themselves are nothing out of the ordinary, but the problem is much greater than that and it lies with . . . → :: Read More :: August 22, 2010
There are a couple of key things to take away from last night. 1) It’s obvious that Kerry O’Brien absolutely loathes Antony Green, and 2) I’m only marginally more cynical about the Australian voting public than was reflected in last night’s count. I got a lot more right than I did wrong, so let’s tally up the results, even though there are still a few seats being counted and I’m sure the Independents and the Greens’ Adam Bandt are going to be getting a shitload of phone calls today. ACT Canberra Labor retain. =====> Correct. Fraser Labor . . . → :: Read More :: August 20, 2010
What an insipid and uninspiring campaign from both the major parties. There have been some great ads, press releases, gaffes and comments from the minors and the micros, but when all is said and done, come tomorrow night, we’ll know who’ll be wearing the pants in parliament for the next almost-3 years So here is why I lay out my predictions, not endorsements, for tomorrow’s 2010 federal election, seat by seat, state by state. Disclaimer: I could will be wildly and hilariously wrong. ACT Canberra Labor retain. Fraser Labor retain. NSW Banks Labor retain. Barton Labor retain. Bennelong Liberal . . . → :: Read More :: July 28, 2010
We hear a lot about this shady deal, this bothersome, undemocratic, cynical whitewash, this usurpation of voters’ rights, etc… largely from members of the Coalition, ironically. Despite the group voting tickets and how-to-vote cards not being formulated as candidate nominations are yet to close, let’s actually get some facts on what the deal actually consisted of. To sum it up, it’s pretty much the exact same deal the Greens do with Labor every election. Labor promises to give their second preference, and thus any overquota overflow, to the Greens on their Senate group voting ticket. The Greens . . . → :: Read More :: July 26, 2010
YOU are the problem with Australian politics. You and your friends. Hell, maybe even your family too. It’s not the Liberal Party’s fault for being so obsessively xenophobic and scaremongering – their approach has been proven to work. It’s not the Labor Party’s fault for being slightly more tolerable than the Liberal Party by offering almost the exact same policies – their approach has been proven to work. It’s not even the media’s fault for failing to provide critical and objective analysis of all the parties running for the various State and Federal elections. It’s YOUR fault, and here . . . → :: Read More :: |
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