[clear] By Margo Kingston , 11 September, 2013 On election night at the Wangaratta Arts Centre, a movement leader, Susan Benedyka read out a the Voice4Indi movements vision statement of 6 September 2012. No wonder Orange Indi took the roof off a year later. No Fibs Indi campaign archive
Cathy McGowan on her #Indivotes journey
September 8, 2013
[clear] Sal Kimber performs a Indi version of “From Little Things Big Things Grow” at the end of the campaign launch on August 4. Original version of “From Little Things Big Things Grow” was written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. The Indi Orange Movement seen through the lens of local Citizen Journalist […]
Wake up. Roll over. Realise this could be the last morning before Tony Abbott becomes PM
September 6, 2013
By Sarah Capper 6 September 2013 Savour the moment, but only fleetingly – the incumbent PM is not exactly shaking the sauce bottle. Momentarily think about sex appeal. Come properly awake with a flurry of gag reflexes. Turn on the remnants of ABC Rage, but suddenly have painful flashback to last week and Julie Bishop’s music choices. Realise […]
Murdoch bookends democracy diasaster for Oz nature: Margo’s pre-election comment
September 4, 2013
This is Margo’s pre-election comment, courtesy of 2bobradio and The Vine. In this week’s final, pre-poll interview, Margo Kingston, editor of citizen journalism website nofibs, talks of the threat to free speech posed by big media, the loss of hope to Australia’s democracy, and people power in the seat of Indi. The interview will air on Thursday Breakfast at 8.10 a.m. and […]
Spin the Voter Propaganda Wheel: Power and Persuasion
August 30, 2013
How to play the ‘Spin the Voter’ Propaganda Wheel. Spin the wheel and select your preferred technique. Pick your favourite real life example from Australian (or other countries’) politics and/or election campaigning to match it. Submit your example in the comments below or by using the hashtag #spinthevoter in a tweet or on Facebook. Add the #ausvotes hashtag if there’s room. […]
Will the donkeys have a say?
August 30, 2013
By Angus Barnes 30 August 2013 A ‘donkey vote’ is so-called because it is the vote of fools, but can the donkeys have an impact on this election? While it may appear foolish to number the candidates in the order they appear on the ballot paper and not, for example, in the order of the party’s […]
How Indi got itself on the map: The blueprint
August 29, 2013
By Ben McGowan 29 August 2013 Drive 40 minutes north of Melbourne, cross the Great Dividing Range, and you will drop into the electorate of Indi. Keep driving north and you’ll travel another three hours before you cross the border in NSW. Indi is an electorate of catchments – the King River, Ovens River, Kiewa […]
Pissed off with LibLab? Don’t make them happy by voting informal
August 29, 2013
By Margo Kingston 29 August 2013 I’ve had several Twitter discussions with people who don’t think either big party deserves their vote and reckon voting informal is the way to stick it up both of them. It’s not. In fact, if the big two can’t get your first preference their next best option is for you […]
Howard’s Bush barbecue memories to prepare for Abbott government
August 24, 2013
By Margo Kingston, 24 August, 2013 Wondering who will be in the Abbott Government’s club? It took a while, but back in 2003 Webdiarists and I worked out who Howard invited to his barbecue with George Bush. Believe it or not the guest list was a secret, and there’ll be many more of those, folks. Paul Ramsey of […]
