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A special kind of “lost in the wilderness”
Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop and Eric Abetz, with Barnaby Joyce are proving to be the most successful formula for losing elections. The “cute” in your face attempt by these inept politicians (throw in Jamie Briggs and Alex Hawke for good measure) will…
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Confronting electoral reform
There has been a lot of muck-raking lately about the federal government's “stalled” electoral reform and campaign finance more specifically. A lot of it has focussed on who and which companies/unions and have dolled out what amounts and when. In…
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Altona By-election Brief
Australians will head to the polls for a federal election sometime later this year and until the exact date is to be announced decided, any number of theories and speculative guesses abound. However political junkies will also no doubt be aware that this…
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Watercooler – Why People Vote Against Their Own Interests
Ever wonder why so many people passionately oppose Democratic policies, such as health care reform, that would actually be of great benefit to them? A recent article from the BBC tackles the question: If people vote against their own interests, it is…
Victorian politics in 2010
This year promises to be an extraordinarily interesting year for Victorian state politics. At end of 2009 there were a number of controversial decisions from the State Labor Government including a half-baked attempt to roll out the state’s new public…
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The Shifting Sands of Australian Politics
The Liberal Party of Australia is experiencing a significant power shift in its state branches with some surprising results having federal consequences.
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Obama's two racial strikes against him, what's next?
Just as President Obama thought he had put the racial problem that had created a shock wave across the nation behind him after he called a white cop "stupid", another incident occurred &…
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Our rights still under assault
Unremarkably the Rudd Labor government wants to introduce further changes to the anti-terrorism laws. The kinds of changes that will further erode our existing meager civil liberties. However, it isn't entirely surprising that Rudd (via Attorney General,…
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Democrats have no place to hide from angry public
When a group of older folks refused to leave California Sen. Diane Feinstein's West Los Angles office last week, it could be a sign that Democrats will have to find a places in which to cower to avoid the anger coming from the public. When…
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Iran: Release Protest Detainees
The Iranian situation continues and there still remains not nearly enough international attention or urgency. While there remain human rights abuses, the international community seems to be remarkably silent. And like the international community's…
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Human rights and Iran
Human rights is something I am very passionate about and Iran is providing a flashpoint for global attention on human rights. I'm tempted to rant about how democracy and human rights are being trampled in Iran, but I'd rather readers think about human…
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Blogging for change in Iran
The debate about whether blogging is a legitimate tool for political action and/or change will continue to rage. But at the moment there is a need to ensure there continues to be a momentum of discussion and commentary about what is happening in Iran.
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A more transparent Australia
There has been a growing amount of pressure on all kinds of governments to be voluntarily more open and transparent about decisions and decision-making processes. There are a range of groups and individuals working, remotely and as collectives, toward…
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Victorian Liberals offer nothing new
The Victorian Liberals have nothing to offer. And to provide further proof to that is the launch of their "new" online attack advertisements. This time they've replaced Steve Bracks with John Brumby; true the content has been updated but they're still…
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Environment shouldering budget pain
Swan's second federal budget again paid much lip service to caring for the environment, protecting ecological biodiversity and tackling climate change. While there has been much crowing about the budget allocations to tackling climate change much of the…
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What to make of Greens Fremantle victory
The Western Australian Greens have declared victory in the Fremantly by-election held on Saturday (16/05). This was after a long, hard campaign with very high stakes for the Greens and the WA Labor Party. For Labor it was another test of their electoral…
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10c Deposit Scheme Live Blog
The Greens have introduced legislation for a 10c returnable deposit on all disposable drink containers in Victoria. It's currently before the state parliament and is scheduled to be debated next month. The scheme would lift recycling rates from 49% to 83%…
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New political frontiers
New political frontiers are being probed and pushed everyday in Australia. And it's happening online in an interesting mash up of party hacks, activists, NGOs and "punters" with news, videos and pictures. There has been a noticeable growth in the use of…
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Budget Night 2009 Live Blog
I’ll be delivering my musings on the commentary and the Treasurer’s speech. Where I can, I’ll provide cross-references to the Victorian state government’s budget, which was handed down last week. I’ll also provide information and details on the…
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Brimbank Council shamed yet again
There's not much that hasn't been said about the nepotism, corruption and outside political influences and retribution. Brimbank is well known to be a basket case of branch stacking and ballot stacking. Each local government election has an…
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