by Margo Kingston 27 June 2013 [View the story “An in-the-moment comment on the fall of our first female PM” on Storify]
Roxon reflections
June 19, 2013
by Nicola Roxon 18 June 2013 Hansard source On indulgence—I intend to start this speech rather than finish it with my personal thanks, because I think they are the easy ones to miss at the end in a rush. All that we as politicians can achieve for the community fundamentally relies on a lot of […]
Sexism: I’ve had a gutful
June 17, 2013
by Fiona Armstrong June 17, 2013 Growing up in rural Queensland during the 70’s, I have been exposed to more than my fair share of sexism. This was the era of Joh Bjelke Peterson after all, and women were largely invisible in public and political life. Insulting women on the basis of gender was a national sport, […]
Chasing involved democracy in Indi: @Indigocathy v @SMirabellaMP
June 10, 2013
Margo: Cambell Klose has volunteered to do media for Cathy Mcgowan, a community candidate challenging Sophie Mirabella in the safe Liberal seat of Indi at the federal election. His piece is the 4th in our series on new political activists. Those of you who read Not Happy, John! know that grassroots democracy is very […]
@NoFibs new directions, by Margo Kingston
June 7, 2013
by Margo Kingston June 08, 2013 Looking back on my first six months on Twitter, two Tweeps gave me excellent insights. George Megalogenis said ‘Twitter is what you want it to be’ and Asher Wolf said that ‘any activity, repeated frequently enough, is habit-forming’. I got addicted. So many rabbit warrens to run down, a […]
Tony welcomes back Pauline with return of her boat people policy
June 3, 2013
By Margo Kingston August 21, 2003 Source: Webdiary So, the self-proclaimed mother of the nation is in jail, and the man who took her policies and finessed her beliefs is Prime Minister of Australia. The rights and wrongs of Pauline Hanson’s conviction and sentence aside, her imprisonment is a graphic symbolic representation of the state […]
LibLab public funding deal a ‘financial gerrymander’: Tony Fitzgerald.
June 2, 2013
By Tony Fitzgerald, 2 June, 2013 The recent proposal to pay extra public money to political parties was widely seen as another misuse of public money for private benefit. However, the scheme was even more objectionable because of the impact that it would have had on future elections. Australian democracy is more than a contest […]
Federal Press Gallery list revealed
May 31, 2013
MARGO: Everyone know journos can’t keep a secret, but they’ve somehow managed to keep the list of Federal Press Gallery members secret from the general public. Until now. We’ve published two pieces on the PG triggered by its refusal to allow @callumdav to join as a reporter for @independentaus; Your guide to the Press […]
@OakeyMP on the dirty LabLib deal to grab our cash
May 29, 2013
Parliamentary speech May 28, 2013 by Rob Oaskeshott The fix is in on political donation reform. In a week of racing scandals—in fact, a month of racing scandals—the only ones ‘More Joyous’ about this failed donation reform that looks to be coming before the House today, looks to be the cosy relationship between the head […]
No limits on political donations, but more and more public funding
May 28, 2013
by Graeme Orr May 28, 2013 Australia has a lax campaign finance regime by western world standards. At national level there are no limits on donations and no limits on expenditure. Instead, we have a 30 year old system where the parties are fed public money – currently around $2.50 per vote – in return for […]
