Election
Fast track for Labor?
Imagine a train trip from Brisbane to Melbourne taking just a few hours. Sitting down and reading the paper and......
Election 2010: Policy by polls and focus groups
Market and research techniques such as focus groups seem to be a growing trend in both parties. The Labor Party......
Abbott’s plan to win the grey vote with employer subsidies to hire senior Australians
Today the Coalition announced plans to attempt to tackle the problem of unemployment for those over 50 by subsidising employers......
Election 2010: Why negative TV ads still work in election campaigns
The major parties are trying out do each other at the moment on who’s best placed to run the country,......
Election 2010: Youtube and smear campaigns
One of the growth areas in this year’s campaign has been in satirical Youtube videos, designed to attack or mock......
Election 2010: Politicians failing at social media
Malcolm Turnbull is acing it, followed closely by Kevin Rudd. Julie Gillard and Tony Abbott are failing. At Twitter that......
Coalition to cut funding to developing countries
The Coalition have announced that if elected they will cut aid that’s been ear marked to help developing countries deal......
Are regional Australian’s and regional issues being left out of this election?
Are the election issues avoiding or neglecting regional and remote Australia? And how do the people who live in regional......
Week Two of Election Campaign Wrap Up
Election 2010: Yes we are well and truly on the way in this seemingly amazing race to the election polls......
Election 2010: Young People demand action on climate change
Climate Change has fallen in the list of priorities for the major parties but young people are demanding action. The......