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 ›
elections
“best argument against democracy is 5 min conversation with the averag VOTER sa winston churchil who was aktualy not bad and looking at colection of numskuls oiks roters bulies and cads of st custards he may hav a point.” ~ Nigel Molesworth esq, the goriller of 3b
Friendly Campaigning
In the “a picture says a thousand words” department, this photo was scanned from last week’s SMH:
Election Reader – July 26, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Punditocracy: Week 2 – “The focus appears to be on deciding who “won”, without considering the… Read More ›
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
Election Watch Open Thread
Who knows? We might have an election date by the end of the week. UPDATE 2010-07-17: The election will be on August 21.
The Great Renaming of 2010
It seems that just about every policy in the Govt’s stable is up for having a new label slapped on it.
Any suggestions for them while they’re at it?
Just Say Yay
Today’s guest poster is long time blogger ThirdCat, aka Tracy Crisp, a South Australian writer and comedian currently living in Abu Dhabi.
Hoyden About Town 