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August 16, 2010
Australia Holy crap! Business bigwigs want tax reform and more ‘flexibility’ on IR (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia News.com.au rates a donkey as more influential than Family First (News.com.au) 3 comments
August 15, 2010
Australia Journos may be letting them speak, but are they saying anything worth listening to? (Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Paul Kelly assesses Gillard’s leftiness (Paul Kelly) One comment
Australia Greens voters vote on policy, not branding (Australian) 7 comments
Australia Abbott fights for underdog status (Australian) One comment
Australia Murdoch owned paper desperately tries to make the election look close (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
August 13, 2010
Australia Bogan Bribe Watch – August 13th (Things Bogans Like) Leave a comment
Australia Coalition odds sliding (The Punch) Leave a comment
Australia But it’s still pretty much wide open (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Internal divisions over Greens-Labor deal (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Labor promises apprenticeships boost to tackle skills shortages (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott offers better retirement for defence personnel, still struggling to balance the budget (The West Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Coalition tax reform policy includes committees and “thank you” notes (aren’t they always bagging Labor for too much talk, not enough action?) (The Age) Leave a comment
August 12, 2010
Australia Odds not favouring Abbott (The Australian) 3 comments
Australia “There are times when it appears that this election campaign is no more than a contest to win the hearts and minds of a handful of drunks in the front bar of a pub in the western suburbs of Sydney.” (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Coalition’s Google ads could lead to legal action and overturned election (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Libs: No official scrutiny on our costings until we find out who told everyone about the glaring mistakes we made last time (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia They’re also not offering any less spending than Labor – even if their internal figures are correct (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Independents planning for hung parliament. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Young voters abandoned in the hunt for votes from The Family (The Punch) Leave a comment
Australia Coalition plan to save money on the BER could result in years of litigation (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Barnaby shows his geographical expertise (The Advertiser) 2 comments
Australia Is it time for the Greens? (SMH) Leave a comment
August 11, 2010
Australia Across the board polling looks good for Labor, still struggling in key seats. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Labor under fire for targeted spending ‘on the sly’ (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia “Boat people” not the issue. The “plane people” are the real problem. (Sydney Morning Herald) 6 comments
Australia Abbott defends sexist, homophobic, racist candidate (not self, this time) (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott’s massive mortgage keeps him “in touch” with electorate. His salary, not so much. (Courier Mail) 3 comments
Australia Geelong Football Club maybe lobbying for Libs (or not?) (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia The Greens aren’t just for tree-hugging, dope-smoking, gay, Che Guevera-loving, whale molesting hippies anymore. (Herald Sun) One comment
Australia Cardinal Pell warns people about the Greens – something about human rights and decency towards others not being in the bible (ABC) Leave a comment
August 10, 2010
Australia “Family First disendorses candidate for ‘misleading party’” – no word on Family First disendorsing party for misleading everyone (ABC) Leave a comment
Australia Gillard commits to Murray water buyback scheme (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott’s budget costings out by almost $1billion (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Making a $7billion mistake didn’t help matters (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
Australia What do we really know about Tony? (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia These women know enough to be worried (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Wendy Francis: “I’m not homophobic, but…” “I have Muslim friends, but…” (Courier Mail) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott grumpy about Rudd’s UN gig (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 9, 2010
Australia Wait, One Nation are bigots? Say it ain’t so! (NineMSN) One comment
Australia Polls put Labor back in front, more people think Coalition will win. Julia will love playing the underdog. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Most people still think Coalition aren’t fit to govern, though. (Courier Mail) Leave a comment
Australia Gillard and Abbott to face off in ‘town-hall’ forum (The Daily Telegraph) One comment
Australia Abbott complaining about “fear and smear” *snrk* (oh, and something about Labor winning with targeted spending) (The Australian) One comment
Australia Captain Laurie Obvious says Latham’s not a journalist, and that 9 were idiots for thinking otherwise (The Age) One comment
Australia Also, your 2IC thinks the best you are is “competent” (ouch) (Herald Sun) One comment
Australia Abbott says Greens would ruin the economy. Hey Tony, remember that stimulus you wanted to block? (The Australian) One comment
Australia Bob Brown smacks down Cardinal Pell (The Mercury) 4 comments
Australia BER might not be as bas as it’s cracked up to be (The Age) Leave a comment
August 8, 2010
Australia Independent Gerry Georgatos (WA) – Vote 1 in Box “U” (Gerry Georgatos) Leave a comment
Australia Avoiding the Godwin in the room, doesn’t prison for “concealing and harbouring non-citizens” sound a bit ultra-nationalist? (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Inappropriate Latham is inappropriate? (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 7, 2010
Australia Thank god for The Chaser (Yes we Canberra) Leave a comment
August 6, 2010
Australia High Court backs GetUp and overturns Howard’s electoral laws (Sydney Morning Herald) One comment
Australia Bogan Bribe Watch – August 6th (Things Bogans Like) Leave a comment
Australia Labor: Abbott has tens of billions in uncosted promises (and would mishandle an economic crisis) (The Punch) Leave a comment
Australia …which may be an overstatement of the amount, but Coalition promises would still cost 6 times more than Labor’s. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Though, some members of the Coalition are already talking about breaking some of those promises (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Howard: “Real people don’t need to say that they’re real”. Uh, John, isn’t Tony’s slogan “Real Action”? (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Everyone’s making up: Labor’s love-in spreads to the Coalition. (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Australia’s getting hardly any refugees on a global scale, far less of a ‘burden’ than many other countries deal with (The Age) Leave a comment
August 5, 2010
Australia Potential leader of Australia confronted by change – is scared by it. (Courier Mail) 3 comments
Australia Swings might not be across the board (massive swings in the wrong places cost Libs SA election) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia Nationals more tolerant than Liberals? What? (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia Coalition (perhaps over)confident (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia “Out of control” immigration is actually falling. (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia It’s all puppies and icecream within Labor now. Did they implant a mind control chip while Rudd was under the knife? (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 4, 2010
Australia Unions bring up Abbott’s history in the workplace ministry, score him poorly (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia Mining boss not sure what he wants, apparently doesn’t mind if Gillard wins. Huh? (The West Australian) Leave a comment
Australia QLD, NSW polls show trouble for Labor (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Retail industry group raises concerns about paying Coalition’s parental leave tax (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Big business also critical (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Brown blasts tobacco lobby’s political advertising (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Gillard continues pressure on Abbott’s lack of economic experience (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Swan follows suit with Hockey (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott offers boost to seniors in the workplace (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia At the other end of the scale, Gillard gives new parents  a small boost (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 3, 2010
Australia Abbott has changed. And not for the better. (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Labor Ex-Premier blames Howard for mess in NSW (The Australian) 2 comments
Australia Abbott: “Look, brown people! Please ignore the fact that this “stop the boats” policy was active during the Howard Government’s highest boat arrival years“ (The Age) 4 comments
Australia Steve Price apparently thinks it’s still 2007. Last I checked, Rudd and Downer weren’t ‘political leaders’ any more (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia He has a point though, Downer being bitchy doesn’t help his work in Cyprus (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
Australia If you need to say you’re not running scared, it’s a bad sign (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Gillard taunts Abbott. Eerie how these two articles have pretty much identical comments from Labor/Liberal, with names just swapped. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
August 2, 2010
Australia Miners still full of shift. Union calls them on it. (The West Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott demonstrates his usual tact, this time dismissing disability access concerns. (Herald Sun) Leave a comment
Australia Since when are positions supported by the majority of Australians “radical”, Michelle? (The Age) Leave a comment
Australia Good luck to aid organisations, then (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Gillard seems to fight hard when backed into a corner (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia (Also offers more money) (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Abbot sits at the helm of a moored boat… There’s something poetic about that. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Unscientific poll is unscientific. Still funny. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Brown raises spectre of Abbott controlling both houses. Unsaid: “Hey, they did Workchoices last time they had that power…” (NineMSN) Leave a comment
Australia Labor grabs hold of bad poll results to claim underdog status (one suspects they’ve been waiting for this) (NineMSN) Leave a comment
July 30, 2010
Australia Bogan Bribe Watch – July 30 (Things Bogans Like) Leave a comment
Australia “Tony is a one man Punch and Judy show.” (The Punch) Leave a comment
Australia Labor finally remembers it’s supposed to be the party of the working class. Amazing timing. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Australia Antony Green adds one more thing to the incredibly long list of things that will confuse votes this election. (Wile E. Coyote) Leave a comment
Australia Abbott ups the ante on support for children with disabilities. Nicely played. (NineMSN) Leave a comment
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