Wake up. Roll over. Realise this could be the last morning before Tony Abbott becomes PM

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 […]

Griffith’s bit players: @janbowqld reports

By No Fibs Griffith reporter Jan Bowman, 31 August, 2013 There are eleven candidates standing for election to the House of Representatives in the Queensland division of Griffith, and the polls are getting tight. Many will be watching Griffith because Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is, of course, the sitting member, with the LNP’s Dr Bill […]

PUP face in Higgins: @gemoo4 interview

By Georgie Moore  @gemoo4 26 August 2013 I talk personal and party politics with the Palmer United Party candidate for Higgins Phillip Dall. How did you get into politics? Well I have seen the ad that Clive Palmer was running [early June] about the Palmer Party saying that you do not need to have political experience. […]

The billionaire’s nephew – @stephaniedale22 interviews Forde candidate Blair Brewster

By Stephanie Dale 22 August 2013 Blair Brewster is two men – he is the shiny ‘businessman you can trust’, staring out from his campaign posters in yellow tie and well cut suit; and he is the bloke in the black t-shirt who met me for coffee in Upper Coomera, up the road from his […]

Turnbull bats away leadership question and talks up coalition team at Wentworth candidates forum

    By David Davis  August 15, 2013 With three minutes to go, all candidates except one were seated on the stage in the Paddington RSL in Sydney’s east. With one minute remaining, Malcolm Turnbull arrived and took his seat. A kind of hush fell over the room. The line-up at the Wentworth Federal Election […]

Offering an election-night party with hot models seemed a good strategy for Corangamite, says PUP candidate

By Michelle Primmer August 15, 2013 Buddy Rojek arrived in Corangamite with quite a splash. The novice politician, running for the Palmer United Party, made front-page news in the Geelong Advertiser on August 13 after he put out a flyer seeking volunteers to hand out how-to-vote cards and promising a “rocking” election-night party featuring hot […]

Forde hosts Beattie: @StephanieDale22 reports

View Larger Map Forde Seat Profile By Stephanie Dale @stephaniedale22 12 August 2013 For most south-east Queenslanders, the Division of Forde can be summed up in two white words on a green signpost: Beenleigh and Logan, exits off the MI between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. To a zillion daily commuters and travelers heading north and […]

PUP’s Tangney candidate Wayne Driver: @GuinevereHall interview

By Guinevere Hall 7 August 2013 I met with the genial Wayne Driver on a wet and windy day at a cafe in Canning Vale. He was excited to be interviewed; as a minor party candidate in a safe seat he doesn’t get attention from mainstream media. He came across as a genuine, down-to earth […]

Griffith Candidate Forum: @JanBowQLD reports

By Jan Bowman 6 August 2013 So this is what it feels like to live in the electorate of the sitting prime minister of Australia. We are just two days into the election campaign and Kevin Rudd has finally got the debate he has so long wanted – but with his LNP opponent in Griffith, […]

Punter @YaThinkN’s contrarian take on Clive Palmer’s latest gig

by Noely Neat April 26, 2013 Editor’s note: Noely lives on the Sunshine Coast, safe Liberal country, where Peter Slipper and Mal Bough may fight for Fisher, and Clive Palmer may take on the successor to Alex Somylay in Fairfax. Us Queenslanders know how shake up federal politics big time, and I’d love blow-by-blow accounts […]