All kinds of Labor people are extolling the virtues of “community campaigning”. NSW Labor party activist and Leichardt councillor, Darcy Byrne, for example argues that: For a party such as Labor, with the radical aim of creating a fairer society, our goals can be achieved only through personal persuasion on a mass scale. This requires [...]
For me, commenting on the Queensland election is like an astronomer explaining the geography of Jupiter’s moons — there’s a lot of data, but ultimately I’m a long way away from the action. Nevertheless, as an arm-chair election campaigner in this case, I thought I’d add to the countless blog posts and articles pawing over [...]
More from Pew Internet, as much as 26 percent of the adult American population may have engaged with the midterm elections using their mobile phone. The report found: 82% of adults have cell phones. Of those cell owners, 71% use their phone for texting and 39% use the phone for accessing the internet. With that [...]
Just a quick blog today. According to my car mechanic, Labor lost because of MyKi, tram conductors, desalination, Kennett and Brumby. Let me explain. According to my car mechanic, MyKi became emblematic of Labor’s inability to get public transport in order. Behind MyKi was a host of other issues, like safety on trains, over crowding [...]
I’m inclined to agree with Peter Brent and Phil Quin when looking at the 2010 Victorian election: Brent: It looks like the Brumby government is gone and the Reasons are arriving. The Reasons follow the facts. Everybody has one. Transport, arrogance and so on. The usual ones and some others. There’ll be nagging and scolding [...]
There are many reasons that I’m voting Labor this Saturday, but they ultimately boil down to the fact that Labor is the only party that will take real action on climate change, rather than spouting slogans (Greens Party) or denying there’s a problem (Liberal Party). Labor’s climate change policies could be better – I’ve committed [...]
Brian Walters SC, the Greens Party candidate for Melbourne has admitted that he distributed a leaflet that incorrectly claimed Labor accepted donations for tobacco companies. Labor has banned donations from tobacco companies since 2004. Walters blamed the leaflet on an unnamed “volunteer researcher”. The Greens will stop distributing an election flyer that incorrectly stated the [...]
Yesterday, the Greens Party journal The Age reported that a party candidate in Gippsland Cheryl Wragg had publicly disagreed with Greg Barber’s energy policy: Ms Wragg, who calls herself an ”industrial Green”, suggested that Mr Barber’s stance was pitched at inner-city voters and did not reflect the views of people in central Gippsland. ”The Greens [...]
Jeremy Sear, a lawyer and pro-Greens blogger has stood up for the Greens Party preferencing an anti-Muslim, anti-Choice independent candidate in Essendon. “Sometimes, on balance, Labor is even worse than a slightly anti-choice independent.” According to Sear, is it better for the Greens Party to preference the anti-Choice candidate in question – Paul Guiliano – [...]
Less than two weeks out from the Victorian election, and Federal Greens Party Leader Bob Brown – highly regarded as being an honest and ethical politician – has decided to send out an email smear to Greens Party supporters in a cheap attempt to raise money. Bob Brown has long argued for a higher standard [...]
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