By Guinevere Hall 25 July 2013 I spoke by phone with Peter Best, the Greens candidate for Tangney, and he was very generous with his time and his thoughts. Peter was also the candidate in the 2010 election and achieved 13.49% of the votes, a swing of 5.2% mainly away from the Labor candidate. Peter has […]
No Fibs Tangney reporter @GuinevereHall tees up candidates interviews
July 24, 2013
By Guinevere Hall 24 July 2013 Scene-setter: Welcome to Tangney Country I have spent the last couple of weeks trying to contact candidates for the Federal seat of Tangney. I spent a lot of time googling or calling state offices to find out who these people even were. Of course I didn’t bother with the local member, […]
Social media campaigning in Wills: @takvera reports
July 24, 2013
By John Englart 24 July 2013 Social media is impacting on how local election campaigns are being run, and even the Australian Electoral Commission has moved registering-to-vote and updating voter details online, specifically developing a Facebook app to motivate enrollment of new voters. Traditionally, local election campaigns rely on letterboxing, door knocking, and local newspaper advertisements […]
Larrikin indie takes on big parties in bellwether Bass: @ijb59 reports
July 23, 2013
View Larger Map Seat Profile for Bass By Ian Bell 23 July 2013 The seat of Bass in North East Tasmania is home to some 140,000 people, the greater number of whom reside in Launceston, a picturesque city nestled in the Tamar Valley. The city is bisected by the Tamar River along which lies a residential […]
Greens charge in Batman: @BumpyF reports
July 23, 2013
View Larger Map Batman Seat Profile By Bumpy Favell 23 July 2013 I’ll write about my electorate of Batman, which covers a 66 sq km chunk of Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The Batman electorate is named after John Batman, a white grazier and businessman who was behind possibly the one and only treaty ever signed in […]
The Greens face in Higgins: @gemoo4 interview
July 22, 2013
By Georgie Moore 22 July 2013 In Conversation with The Greens’ candidate for Higgins James Harrison This is the second of a series of Q&As, where I talk personal and party politics with the candidates for the Higgins electorate. Next, I will speak with Liberal incumbent Kelly O’Dwyer. Georgie: James, how long have you been involved […]
Representative of Bennelong: @awelder comment
July 22, 2013
By Andrew Elder 22 July 2013 The federal electorate of Bennelong is used to a representative with real clout, someone of national significance rather than someone who means well and is content to do their best. Labor’s endorsement of Jason Yat-Sen Li as their candidate for the electorate is in line with that record. Too […]
The battle joined in Bennelong: @preciouspress reports
July 21, 2013
By Jack Sumner (@preciouspress) 21 July 2013 My July 1 report Will there be a Battle for Bennelong asked whether the Rudd redux might cause Sam Dastyari and NSW Labor to re-categorise Bennelong as a winnable seat, allocate funds accordingly and insert a candidate with the wherewithal to win. On July 19 the answer came […]
Veteran citizen journo @takvera reports radical Wills
July 21, 2013
View Larger Map Seat Profile for Wills By John Englart 21 July 2013 The Federal seat of Wills is generally considered a safe Labor seat, but history shows it has elements of radicalism and electoral unrest which in the past have upset it’s pure Australian Labor Party pedigree. The long term trend shows the Labor […]
Welcome to Tangney country: @GuinevereHall reports from WA
July 19, 2013
View Larger Map Seat Profile By Guinevere Hall 19 July 2013 The federal seat of Tangney was named after Dame Dorothy Tangney, the first woman elected to the Australian Senate. She was a Labor member of parliament committed to an agenda of social reform, which included extending federal powers over social services and instituting Commonwealth assistance […]
