I am Alex White, a progressive campaign strategist, writer, social marketer and policy activist.
What role could speed cameras have played in the Victorian election outcome? Like many slow burning issues that have built up over the last four years, speed cameras have been the subject of unrelenting campaigns by the Herald Sun and the Liberal Party. Speed cameras have been portrayed as primarily a revenue raising tool rather [...]
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 [...]