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By Kim on September 13, 2008
A week after Western Australians went to the vote, and the counting and manoeuvring continues. The Poll Bludger has all the details on the latest results and a poll on which way the Nationals should jump. I’ve got a feeling [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Labor, Nationals, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2008
With all the attention on the role of Brendon Grylls and the Nationals as the kingmakers in the WA election result, the improvement in the Greens’ vote has slipped under the radar somewhat. Counting subsequent to election night has seen [...]
Posted in Activism, Federal Elections, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Anthony Albanese, Australian Greens, Bob Brown, Brendon Grylls, comparative electoral systems, comparative politics, electoral systems, GetUp!, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labour movement, Lib Dems, Lindsay Tanner, MMP, Nationals, New Zealand, nick xenophon, proportional representation, Steve Fielding, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Blair, trade union movement, WA election 2008, WA election results |
By Anna Winter on September 9, 2008
Accy raises an interesting concept. Whichever party the Nats decide to deal with, they likely won’t enter into coalition. They’d guarantee supply, but otherwise keep their options open. And given the Nats’ likely control of both houses, it would possible [...]
Posted in Government, Levity, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Brendon Grylls, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, WA Parliament |
By Anna Winter on September 8, 2008
Saturday’s election result in WA means the possibility of the political commentator’s dream: the hung parliament. Labor has suffered a massive swing, and now it’s probably going to come down to who can convince the Nationals to make a deal. [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Colin Barnett, Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 8, 2008
I was very interested to watch interviews with both Alan Carpenter and Brendon Grylls on the 7 30 Report tonight. The punditariat – and Kerry O’Brien – seem to have no awareness of the specific history of the WA Nationals [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Labor, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, Western Australia |
By crankynick on September 7, 2008
This was the worst campaign I have ever seen run by the ALP. Ever. This was an election where all of the ALP’s problems over the last 6-8 years came home to roost. There was no central theme. The campaign [...]
Posted in Government, Polls, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Colin Barnett, Labor, Liberal Party, Troy Buswell, WA election 2008, WA election campaign, WA election results, WA election results analysis, Western Australia |
By Guest Poster on September 6, 2008
MB: William’s been having problems with his database crashing, so he’s going to conclude his liveblogging of the WA election poll count here if the problems continue. 10.48pm. I’ll wrap it up here and carry on over at my place, [...]
Posted in Blogging, Notices, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Australian Greens, Colin Barnett, Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, The Poll Bludger, WA election 2008, WA election live blogging, WA election results, William Bowe |
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