How are political parties using loopholes to hide political donations? How are political donations influencing policy outcomes in Australia? Would 100% publicly funded political campaigns even be viable? Charlie Caruso chats with Kate Griffiths of the Grattan Institute and together explore some inconvenient truth about political donations in Australia
Adam Blakester taking on Barnaby Joyce: @CharliCaruso #NewEnglandVotes #podcast
March 27, 2019
@CharliCaruso interviews New England Independent Candidate @adamblakester and touched on the major issues and concerns facing Barnaby Joyce’s electorate, and the greater state of political dysfunction in Australia
Crossbench shares common ground not votes: @indigocathy comments on #IndiVotes leadership and #IndependentsDay hopes for @HelenHaines1
March 24, 2019
For six years Indi has been an example of a different kind of political representation. ‘The Indi Way’ has become part of the vernacular and my communities continue to celebrate the many achievements of Independence. We have acted in parliament on many issues since those very first ‘Kitchen Table Conversations’ in Indi. In 2013 they […]
The #AusVotes preference system or choosing sides when your team can’t make the Grand Final: @adropex stops #ShoutingAtTheTV and comments
March 16, 2019
The closest I have come to an election campaign was handing out How-to-Vote cards in the Victorian state election last year, but I must admit to being an interested observer of #Auspol since the 2013 federal election which saw a local independent unseat a major party incumbent in the hitherto safe Liberal seat of Indi. […]
Malcolm Roberts seeks political donations – #qldvotes #qldpol @Qldaah
November 6, 2017
A blog to explore the solicitation of political donations by Malcolm Roberts in relation to Queensland’s electoral laws. Check back for updates.
Daily Telegraph editor Christopher Dore wins #GoldKenny award – @Qldaah #auspol #qldpol
August 25, 2017
Former The Courier Mail editor and current The Daily Telegraph editor Christopher Dore wins a Gold Kenny.
Queensland media freaks out over #qldvotes election speculation – @Qldaah #qldpol
August 10, 2017
Tensions high in #qldpol as Labor and LNP launch Twitter election missiles.
Turnbull Government knew of Qld land grab before election – @qldaah #qldpol #auspol
February 16, 2017
The Singapore deal to acquire land around the existing defence bases at Shoalwater Bay & Townsville may have been kept from Queensland voters at the 2016 federal election.
Resistance and hope in the face of Trump #climatedenial – @takvera
January 22, 2017
Despite the climate denialism in a Trump administration, it will be difficult to stop the zero carbon transition already underway and driven by economic forces, with action by citizens, businesses and states. As the minutes ticked past midday with Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the whitehouse.gov website was swept clean of anything climate related. Obama’s […]
The ‘suffering’ of Peter Dutton and Scott Morrison – @Qldaah #auspol
November 13, 2016
The true victims of the refugee crisis on Nauru and Manus Island revealed.
