Ready to go on @NoFibs Election13 citizen journo seat reports

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 […]

Deakin, Labor’s second most marginal seat: @SuDharmapala reports

View Larger Map Deakin Seat Profile By Su Dharmapala 25 July 2013 The Melbourne seat of Deakin could hardly have been an enclave of progressive voters considering its namesake was one of the founding fathers of the first Liberal Party. And looking at the voting history of the electorate confirms this. It has been held primarily […]