STOP PRESS: Katter Party candidate backs Sophie Mirabella in Indi By Wayne Jansson August 23, 2013 Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) candidate in Indi, Phil Rourke, caused a storm on Friday when The Border Mail reported he urged voters concerned with local issues to make Liberal incumbent Sophie Mirabella their first choice, even before him. I rang KAP […]
What Abbott’s #PPL is really about: @stephaniedale22 comment
August 21, 2013
By Stephanie Dale @stephaniedale22 21 August 2013 The Coalition’s controversial Paid Parental Leave policy – what’s it really about? Actually, first of all I’m confused about why it’s called ‘parental’ leave, when according to the Liberal Party’s website it applies only to mothers? Oh yes, a second aside, I’ve called it the ‘Coalition’s’ policy, even though technically […]
Forde candidates Q & A: @stephaniedale22 reports
August 20, 2013
By Stephanie Dale @stephaniedale22 20 August 2013 A week ago today, No Fibs put a series of questions to Forde candidates via email. In the interests of fair play, we put the same questions to each one of the contenders for your vote. We did this in order to line up our candidates at the starting line, […]
Labor’s David Feeney expects a lift in Batman from Liberals’ move to preference Greens last
August 18, 2013
August 18, 2013 by Bumpy Favell The day of our interview, David Feeney resigned from his Senate position to run for the House of Representatives in the long held Labor seat of Batman, in the suburban north of Melbourne. Feeney is between offices, so we meet at a big, empty Rydges Hotel café overlooking […]
Corangamite campaign tactics: @scott_c_b reports
August 18, 2013
By Scott Barnes 18 August 2013 A JWS Research automated poll out yesterday shows Corangamite is a likely Labor loss, with the ALP on 46.7% of the two-party vote, a 3.6% swing against it. Grassroots campaigning in Geelong’s struggling outer suburbs is likely to decide the outcome of the seat of Corangamite. Colac Herald journalist Scott Barnes provides an […]
Super-safe Gold Coast Liberal Moncrieff: @TheMarphy reports
August 17, 2013
View Larger Map Moncrieff Seat profile By Paul Whelan I joined the Young Liberal movement with my friend Shane Dumbrell in 1982 fresh out of The Southport School. When I turned 18 a year later I decided to become really active. The next eight years were a roller coaster ride. I was elected Gold Coast Young Liberal Treasurer in 1983 and […]
Can Libs hold Dunkley? @Gus_Barnes reports
August 13, 2013
View Larger Map Dunkley Seat profile By Angus Barnes, 13 August, 2013 The electorate of Dunkley was formed in 1984, and named after Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women. These beginnings align with a common perception of Frankston as a blue-collar city. The left-leaning electorate changed in nature […]
Forde hosts Beattie: @StephanieDale22 reports
August 12, 2013
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 […]
The federation seat of Adelaide: @naichevalier reports
August 12, 2013
View Larger Map Adelaide Seat profile By Anais Chevalier, 11 August, 2013 The seat of Adelaide is one of the original South Australian electorates. Created in 1903, its first MP was a former Premier of SA and one of the driving forces behind federation, Charles Kingston. While often seen as a Labor seat, it has […]
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 […]
