Philip Sutton – Save the Planet Party Candidate for Batman, Victoria By Bumpy Favell 5 August 2013 When Save the Planet Party’s Batman candidate, Philip Sutton, was little he wanted to work in a zoo, so he studied veterinary science. In 1974 he decided the world needed to be saved. He never practiced as a […]
Bennelong MP falters on Abbott’s switcheroo as teachers demand more on education policy
August 4, 2013
By Jack Sumner August 4, 2013 Tony Abbott’s change of heart on Labor’s Gonski reforms for school funding came a tad late for John Alexander, the Liberal MP for John Howard’s old seat of Bennelong in Sydney’s northern suburbs. The former tennis great fronted a “meet-the-candidates” forum organised by the Ryde-Macquarie branch of the NSW […]
Higgins MP Kelly O’Dwyer: @gemoo4 interview
August 4, 2013
By Georgie Moore 4 August 2013 I talk personal and party politics with the Liberal MP for Higgins Kelly O’Dwyer. Georgie: How did you get into politics? O’Dwyer: Well, look, I was always interested in politics. I do not come from a political family. My family were interested in the issues affecting their local community. […]
Ready to go on @NoFibs Election13 citizen journo seat reports
August 4, 2013
by Margo Kingston 4 August 2013 Nearly fifteen years ago, when I was a political journalist in Canberra, I tried to get posted to Bourke to report rural and Aboriginal affairs from the outside in. Now I’ll be covering the 2013 election from the Gold Coast with 20 plus reporters on the ground in seats around […]
Marginal La Trobe: @DottedLine3MDR reports
August 4, 2013
View Larger Map La Trobe Seat Profile By Michelle Slater @DottedLine3MDR 4 August 2013 Welcome to the beautiful bellwether seat of La Trobe! Let’s take a tour through an electorate that includes a rainforest-covered mountain dotted by small villages, then sweeps down to rapid urban growth-belts on its southern flat-lands. Who the hell is Michelle? I’m […]
Meeting the Greens party faithful in Wills and a curly question on economic transition @takvera reports
August 4, 2013
By John Englart 8 August 2013 I took the plunge on Friday night and went along to my first candidate launch in the Wills election campaign in Melbourne. It was organised by the Greens for their candidates Joanne Nevill, standing for the seat of Calwell, and Dr Tim Read for the seat of Wills. Victorian Greens […]
Briskey’s back in Bowman: ex state MP riled by Qld sackings says locals are for turning
August 2, 2013
By Michael Burge August 2, 2013 Not long after I moved into the southeast Queensland electorate of Bowman in late 2012, I spotted a man sitting in a plastic chair on Redland Bay Road, next to a rather fetching retro caravan emblazoned with bright red lettering. The local media confirmed the fellow’s identity as the […]
Big parties don’t look like delivering needed broadband and mobile access in Mirabella’s Indi, says Cathy McGowan
August 2, 2013
Wayne Jansson interviews Cathy McGowan, the leading independent candidate for the regional Victorian seat of Indi held by Sophie Mirabella. No Fibs previewed her campaign in Chasing involved democracy in Indi. August 2, 2013 Q: What were you doing before becoming involved in politics? A: I’ve always been involved in politics. I run a consultancy […]
Kennedy is Katter country: @Em_Ken_ reports
August 1, 2013
View Larger Map Kennedy Seat Profile By Emma Kennedy 1 August 2013 Having held 46.7 per cent of votes at the 2010 election, the Kennedy electorate is Katter’s land. And it has been thought of as a safe seat for 20 years now. The Kennedy electorate covers such a huge area of Queensland – from Boulia […]
A journey to independence via Young Libs, Greens and a close call with ALP
July 31, 2013
By Su Dharmapala July 31, 2013 My first article last week about Deakin – Labor’s second most marginal seat – was met with predictable howls of foul play from the twitterati. “She is an ALP stooge, can’t believe a word she says,” they screamed. Okay, so it was single howl and not particularly loud, but […]
