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Vic election 2006

Newspoll and the Greens

By Paul Norton on April 17, 2007

The Newspoll in this morning’s Australian shows the Greens polling 6 per cent of the primary vote, down from 7.2 per cent in the 2004 election. Newspolls this year have consistently had the Greens vote fluctuating around the 5 per [...]

Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Australian Greens, Federal election 2007, NSW Election 2007, Qld election 2006, Vic election 2006 | 33 Responses

Until we have clean coal…

By Paul Norton on March 20, 2007

In Australia’s climate change debate, the major sticking point between the Labor Party on one hand, and the Greens and environmental non-government organisations on the other, is over the role that “clean coal” technology can play in reducing greenhouse gas [...]

Posted in Climate change, Energy, Environment, Federal Elections, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Australian Greens, Coalition, Federal election 2007, NSW Election 2007, Vic election 2006 | 58 Responses

Cosying up to police unions…

By Robert Merkel on February 21, 2007

Well, our collective pre-Victorian election idle speculation on what had been offered to Paul Mullett’s police union has now been answered fully. AM got the scoop, and the full document and extensive analysis are at The Age. Tim Dunlop notes [...]

Posted in Elections, Ethics, Industrial Relations, Law, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged politics&govt, Vic election 2006 | Leave a response

Shadow summit

By Mark Bahnisch on February 5, 2007

Richard Farmer has an interesting argument to make in today’s Crikey about Rudd’s climate summit: There is a danger for Labor Leader Kevin Rudd that his gimmick of having what he is calling a climate change summit will end up [...]

Posted in Climate change, Federal Elections, Government, Policy, Politics, State/Territory Elections, Water | Tagged Federal election 2007, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley, Labor, NSW Election 2007, politics&govt, Qld election 2006, Vic election 2006 | Leave a response

The Greens Flop Their Way to Power in Victoria

By Paul Norton on December 14, 2006

The morning after polling day in the Victorian State election, Jason Koutsoukis in the Sunday Age offered this sage analysis of the Green’s performance in the election: But there was one big loser in the federal arena last night and [...]

Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Australian Greens, Bob Brown, Federal election 2007, Vic election 2006 | Leave a response

Worst. Electoral. System. Evah!

By Mark Bahnisch on December 12, 2006

The Poll Bludger reports that the DLP have won two seats in the Victorian Upper House. Santamaria’s ghost garnered 1.97% of the statewide primary. Family First got 3.86% and didn’t win a seat. The Greens, with 10.6%, won two seats [...]

Posted in Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged andrew bartlett, Australian Greens, Family First, Vic election 2006 | Leave a response

“like press releases at ten paces”, apparently

By tigtog on November 4, 2006

It seems like my preferred option of going for a twilight bicycle ride was considerably more interesting than the televised leaders’ debate for the Victorian election. The general consensus was something between a “dull nil-all draw”, in the words of [...]

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Flutey has a scoop

By tigtog on November 2, 2006

Flutey has a nice little scoop coming out of the Victorian election. Head on over there for a look. Will the Victorian media outlets run with this?

Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Vic election 2006 | Leave a response

Ted Baillieu encourages speeding

By tigtog on November 2, 2006

In the midst of an election, Victorian Liberal leader Ted Baillieu had this to say about speed limits in that State. I’m not suggesting that people should exceed the speed limit, far from it,” Mr Baillieu said. “In reality, the [...]

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Message received at Labor state HQ

By tigtog on November 2, 2006

According to The Age, a preference deal between Labor and the Greens, excluding Fundies First, is “more than likely”. Looking back on the whole episode, I suspect whomever leaked the original story to The Age is feeling rather pleased with [...]

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Where are the Women?

By Guest Poster on October 31, 2006

The Age and the Herald Scum are calling today the official start to the Victorian Election Campaign. On the other side of the world however news is reaching us in London of Natasha Stott Despoja’s resignation from politics. Concerned that [...]

Posted in Culture, Feminism, Music, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Australian Greens, gender & equality, music matters, Sociology, Vic election 2006 | 20 Responses

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