By Grant Philpots 24 October, 2013 Margo: The highlight for me of my return to journalism so far has been @NoFibs Twitter-based citizen journo seat reports for the 2013 federal election, and a couple of our contributors want to keep keep reporting on the seat where they live. In this post Grant reflects on his […]
How safe Gellibrand got its first candidates’ forum, thanks to a citizen journo
September 4, 2013
By Grant Philpots September 3, 2013 Gellibrand being the safest ALP seat in Australia, all we voters usually get is some articles in the local paper like this. It’s standard stuff: make a phone call and knock the photos off candidates’ websites. But I had seen a report on nofibs.com.au about a forum in Wentworth, […]
My day on Gellibrand’s campaign trail, by @Dusty_1
August 25, 2013
By Grant Philpots @Dusty_1 25 August 2013 For some time I”ve wanted to get out on the trail with the Gellibrand candidates to experience some colour and movement on the election. I’ve been a booth captain and have handed out campaign material at several elections, but never an observer. There is a $4b major railway […]
Gellibrand, Labor’s safest ALP: @Dusty_1 reports
August 12, 2013
View Larger Map Gellibrand Seat Profile By Grant Philpots @Dusty_1 12 August 2013 Gellibrand is the safest ALP seat in Australia, if another party wants to win it, they would need a swing of about 24 per cent to do so. Gellibrand covers mostly the inner west of Melbourne as well as some suburbs to the […]
Roxon reflections
June 19, 2013
by Nicola Roxon 18 June 2013 Hansard source On indulgence—I intend to start this speech rather than finish it with my personal thanks, because I think they are the easy ones to miss at the end in a rush. All that we as politicians can achieve for the community fundamentally relies on a lot of […]
