Imi is 18 and a first-time federal election voter. She is currently completing Year 12 and is studying Australian Politics for VCE. She will be voting in the inner metropolitan seat of Higgins, in Melbourne. Imi has kindly agreed to answer some questions about the upcoming federal election. With no assumptions as to her knowledge […]
Zali Steggall on disrupting the status quo: @margokingston1 #WarringahVotes #podcast
May 14, 2019
In the last few days of the campaign, Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) catches up with Zali Steggall (@zalisteggall) the Independent taking on the seat of Warringah currently held by former prime minister Tony Abbott. Full transcript Margo Kingston: Hello, Margo Kingston here, I’m in Cowper where Rob Oakeshott is being fired on with very heavy gunfire, […]
Nat senator sees ‘great hoax’ in #ClimateAction: @Jansant reports on @senbmckenzie #IndiVotes
May 14, 2019
At pre-poll in Wangaratta on Saturday, Senator Bridget McKenzie refused to provide the cost to our economy of not taking swift and decisive action against climate change. I asked McKenzie what the economic cost of not taking fast action against climate was:- Bridget McKenzie (BM): Our country set very ambitious emission targets.No Fibs (Me): But […]
Turning the #AusVotes grassroots turquoise: @KateZMedia #WarringahVotes gallery
May 14, 2019
It’s been an amazing couple of months working on Zali Steggall’s election campaign. One week to go and there’s still lots of positivity, enthusiasm and a desire for positive change within the community. I have been with the campaign since just after Zali launched and I have been most impressed by her honesty, integrity, desire […]
#AusVotes Day 34 – Keating attacks ‘mean’ Dutton: @qldaah #qldpol
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019 – Table of contents ‘Business as usual’ killing communities: Border Doctors’ letter to Indi and Farrer Peter Dutton “mean spirited”, says Paul Keating A Labor government would make a new submission to FWC on increasing wages Scott Morrison campaigns in the marginal seat of Boothby CSIRO was only given hours to approve […]
Dark clouds and silver linings, the ICAN #ClimateAction vision: @adropex reports #ActiveDemocracy
May 13, 2019
Distinctive campaign battle lines were defined long before Scott Morrison’s belated April 11 announcement that we would be going to the polls on May 18. For months the Coalition had insisted the election was going to be about the economy, security and putting locals first, “to keep our economy strong, to keep Australians safe and […]
#AusVotes Day 33 – News Corp attack in Gladstone: @qldaah #qldpol
May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 – Table of contents Liberal candidate Steve Martin won’t come clean on dirty coal, collusion Qld UAP senate candidate Yodie Batzke may not be whom she says she is Attempted arson attack on Labor’s Belinda Hassan in Dawson Ray Kingston closes in on the nation’s safest seat Scott Morrison campaigns on housing […]
Ray Kingston closes in on the nation’s safest seat: @margokingston1 #MalleeVotes #podcast
May 13, 2019
The electorate of Mallee, until now, has been the safest seat in the nation. Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) spoke with Independent candidate Ray Kingston (@MalleeRay) in the final days of his campaign. The National Party has been doing a heap of polling here, and they are acting like they are pretty concerned, so I will take […]
Mix and mingle for forum season: @davelennonabc reports on #MalleeVotes
May 13, 2019
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum… ah, but which forum? That is the question. There have been so many since forum season started in Mildura an eternity ago, or so it seems. Since then there have been forums throughout the length and breadth of the electorate. Last Thursday was Horsham’s turn […]
Lib @SteveForIndi won’t come clean on dirty coal, collusion: @jansant reports on #IndiVotes
May 12, 2019
The Liberal candidate for Indi Steve Martin has refused to answer questions about his campaign’s collusion with Cory Bernardi’s far right Australian Conservatives, or his support for brown coal power stations, when asked at Wodonga pre-poll on Saturday. No Fibs: So you’re refusing to answer any questions on anything, is that it?Martin: Yes that’s right. […]
