I’m sick to the back teeth of the MSM coverage of this campaign descending into trivial gossip about Labor rifts and rivalries.
I want to know what bloody Abbott is up to, and highlight just how awful its implications (no doubt) will be.
Politics
Tony Abbott – the man your PM should be (Old Spice) parody
If you haven’t seen the Old Spice ad that this is parodying spend some time here. Then watch this.
Reading the policies: the Coalition’s parental leave consultation document
My attitude to the vast bulk of elections, including the 2010 Federal election, is “I don’t like any of this, please get me out of here”. I usually intend to make an informed decision based on policies and then have… Read More ›
Friendly Campaigning
In the “a picture says a thousand words” department, this photo was scanned from last week’s SMH:
The Leadership Debate
Your thorts? Or did you watch something else instead? Our house watched Top Gear while I watched it on the web.
Memories: Norman Gunston November 11, 1975
despite how many people were highly perturbed and critical of the way in which Whitlam lost office as PM, the voters overwhelming preferenced Whitlam’s ouster, Fraser, at the subsequent election.
National Security Committee Meetings and past and present PMs
Seriously, just how many senior members of Cabinet really need to be present for every single NSCC meeting?
Elections and volunteering
what I’m particularly interested in is GetUp!’s call for volunteer activists to be part of GetTogethers aiming to coordinate local action within their electorates, focussing on 3 main issues for the 2010 Federal election
QFT: Waleed Aly on what really drives the population debate
…so much of this “population” debate is really about the crap nature of services and infrastructure in the outer suburbs of our cities
Baby kissing
Image credit: PM Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan holding some babies. You know when you pick up someone’s baby you have that pleasedon’tcrypleasedon’tcry chant running through your head? I don’t feel it quite so much now that I have… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 