[Running this photo again, because I love it. Julia Gillard. Source: the West.] Things are changing in Australia! It feels like we’re taking full breaths of air for the first time in over a decade. While Costello snipes sourly and… 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
This time last week: Election Day Grevillea
View On Black | View Large On Black So, what does everybody think of Rudd’s first week? Are we up for any big surprises once they’re actually sworn in on Monday, do you think?
Not just change
Tim Dunlop has had enough of excuses from the Liberals and Nationals about the fickle, silly electorate that apparently didn’t have a single good reason for voting the Howard government out. [quoting Mark Vaile] “There seemed to be a sense… Read More ›
Still doing the happy dance
Ken L has a couple of great posts up at The Road to Surfdom. An election heard around the world, where he has perused the moanings of the Bushcheerers around the world so that you don’t have to, excerpting only… Read More ›
Costello!
He won’t contest the Liberal leadership!
Howard has conceded!
Just heard that Howard has rung Rudd to concede the election! I’m off to drink some bubbly with some blogfriends and others at the Bat and Ball Hotel. Woohoo!
Melbourne Choral Flashmob urges “Vote the Bastards Out”
kwoff_id = 6742; Your Youtubes du jour. First up: “Vote the Bastards Out”, sung a choral flashmob in Melbourne. The composer was Stephen Taberner. Jodes writes on reddit: Members of several choirs decided to create a choral flash mob across… Read More ›
Busted! Racist Liberals caught red-handed. How high does this go?
[Gary Clarke, Jackie Kelly’s husband, caught with dirt on his hands.] For the latest in illegal Islamic-Panic racist spew from Australia’s reigning bigotocons: the Libs have been busted red-handed letterboxing fake campaign pamphlets in Lindsay, a marginal electorate. The pamphlets,… Read More ›
3 PMs with a single target
The Age today features op-eds from 3 former PMs – Malcolm Fraser (1975-83), Bob Hawke (1983-91), and Paul Keating (1991-96). Fraser can’t quite bring himself to advocate voting for Labor, but he is certainly highly critical of Howard and his… Read More ›
Confused by the Senate stuff?
Some excellent work: GetUp’s simple guide to Senate preference flows. It’s worth digging around the GetUp site for their various election guides – they have heaps of material looking at single issues, big pictures, voting records and more. I imagine… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 