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God Does Not Make Good Policy
Today’s Guest Hoyden is regular commentor Grendel, who normally blogs about coffee over at Cafe Grendel, and who has just taken up poliblogging at new group blog Distinctly Disgruntled, where this post was originally published. There are a number of… Read More ›
The latest mash note to Abbott from the Murdoch stable
Quicklink: David Flint in the Punch – The Tony Abbott I know.
Week 5 Election Reader – August 17, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please treat this as an Open Election Thread.
You want soundbites, Australia? Here, we gotcher soundbites right here.
The Australian Election 2010 Infographic
Some inconvenient facts to dispel right wing misinformation
Imagine no campaign press buses
How would campaigns and campaign coverage be different if a law was passed saying that no party could provide a campaign bus for the press, that journalists would have to make their own way to cover a campaign itinerary stop, assuming that the itinerary as outlined looked sufficiently newsworthy to them and/or their editors?
Man of the people instinct my arse
Anybody who thinks that Tony Abbott’s decision to eschew the designated stage at Rooty Hill last night to stand down on floor level in front of the audience wasn’t pure stagecraft, cynically planned
Election Week 4: are the LibNat wheels falling off?
We can only hope. I’ve been too crashitty-crash and in crisis mode with a couple of projects to keep a close eye on the trends for the last few days , but there seems to be a cautious optimism amongst the lefties of late.
Greens Ad: This time I’m voting Greens
I like what the Greens have done with their ad campaigns – simple, clear and positive.
Quickhit: One Nation Victorian State President promotes gay bashing
In things that I wish surprised me, some of the discussion has brought Victorian One Nation State President John Groves out of the woodwork, and a look at his twitter timeline not only comes up with gems like calling Julia Gillard a “redheaded itch”, but he seems to actively support “poofter bashing”.
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