The Gruen Greens ad goes more than viral
A lot of people reading here have probably seen the Greens ad from the “Pitch” section of Gruen Nation last night:
The Time Warp ad
I quite like this one. According to the opposition, though, it’s a “smear campaign”. Anyone else seen any good ads recently?
Bob Katter
As attention turns to the possibility of a very finely balanced election result, and thus to the possibility of neither major party getting over the magic 75 seats in the House of Representatives, the views of Independent MPs come into [...]
GetUp!’s new ad
GetUp! is appealing for donations to show this ad on tv:
Julia Gillard fights back against Downer and the Liberal chattering classes
[Thanks to Lefty E in comments for the link to the Prime Minister going on the front foot at a press conference in Perth this afternoon.]
Political advertising roundtable
Jason Wilson has an excellent post over at Restless Capital on the history of political advertising, and a classification of the various types of ads. In case you need a reminder that some political ads have always been terrible, I [...]
The Wong/Hunt climate change debate
You can watch the interchange between Penny Wong and Greg Hunt on the 7.30 Report last night on climate change policy here. I didn’t find it very edifying.
The Tony Abbott Iron Ladies hit the campaign trail
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen so far this election. Anyone else spotted anything in the election satire stakes worthy of sharing?
Julia Gillard's first press conference as Labor Leader
Elsewhere: Peter Brent: Julia Gillard gave a charming press conference, therefore she’ll defeat Abbott! This seems to be the view. Hey, let’s all think in the present. Elsewhere: Annabel Crabb at The Drum. Elsewhere: Barrie Cassidy at The Drum. NB: [...]
Julia Gillard is Prime Minister, Wayne Swan DPM
We have a new Prime Minister, folks, and Julia Gillard will be Australia’s first female PM. Kevin Rudd didn’t stand for the leadership. Wayne Swan is Deputy Prime Minister, and both were elected unopposed. Previous coverage at LP here. Elsewhere: [...]
CFMEU on the anti-RSPT campaign: "It's going to ruin us!"
The CFMEU’s YouTube ad [via tigtog at Hoyden]:




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