“If you can’t govern your party…”
By Mark Bahnisch Over the weekend, I read Annabel Crabb’s Rise of the Ruddbot. It’s fascinating to take a trip back to a time when a Liberal leadership team of Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop seemed fanciful. Just as much [...]
Upload your election leaflets!
The other day I wrote a post asking people to describe election leaflets they’re receiving. These are important indicators of what’s going on, because they distil the messages the campaigns want to send to voters, and they’re often tweaked to [...]
2010 Election Open Thread #1
This is the first in a series of Election Open Threads. Please keep the general election talk on these Election Open Threads and keep the other posts focussed on the topic.
Open election leaflet and propaganda thread
I noted in my last post that television (particularly commercial tv) is the single most influential source of information for voters during election campaigns. Direct communication by political parties is also important, tending to trump the febrile discourse of the [...]
Christmas Silly Partay Season! Open thread
Aside from the LP drinks across the length and breadth of the eastern seaboard (well, that may be a slight exaggeration…) summer is here, work is supposedly winding down (though I haven’t noticed) and it’s time to … party! It [...]




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