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It's the style, not the content
The 7:30 Report last night followed the campaigning in the so-called bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro, which is where I grew up. Watching the incumbent Tory campaign against the Labor candidate, I had a…
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Normal programming resumes next week
Stig asks if I have an RSS feed without all the political crap. The election is this Saturday, so by Monday I'll be over it and the realisation that Rudd is almost (but thankfully not quite exactly) t…
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Good Rid-Dance
A party in People's Republic of Newtown is planned for election night to celebrate the (expected) ousting of 11 years of Tory government. There's a MySpace page and in keeping with MySpace tradition,…
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No pork for Grayndler
When you live in a safe Labor seat the porky treats don't seem to flow so fast. The best local Labor ubergruppenfuhrer could muster was insulating the local high school against aircraft noise and clea…
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Predicting the federal election
It's always dangerous picking the winner of an election, but it should be pretty clear to just about everyone now who's going to win. The question remains, by how much. So going out on a limb somewhat…
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EPG at last
Seems that the TV networks in Australia are finally telling us what they'll be playing, something they've refused to do in the past. They've even sued one EPG provider for providing independently-crea…
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Is that a core promise Mr Howard?
Howard is categorically stating that there's no Workchoices sequel in the wings, should they be re-elected. I can't believe the opposition hasn't come out asking if that's a core or non-core promise.…
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Greens in London
Some of the Greens volunteers Voting started last week at the busiest polling place in Australian elections, Australia House situated on The Strand in London. The embassy is open all this week, includ…
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Recruiters just don't get it
Recruiters just don't get this "ethics" thing, do they? With this behaviour, Charterhouse Partnership have joined my recruiter blacklist. Yesterday I got this email from "Principle Consultant" Paul Ro…
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Why vote for minor parties?
The Greens have done a great short video explaining how parliament works, and why voting Green in the upper house is so important, regardless of how you vote in the lower house.
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Hanesy's film wins at Queens Film Festival
Hanesy's film, The Truth About Weapons of Mass Destruction, just won in the Best International Documentary category at the Queens International Film Festival. Congratulations Hanesy!
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A tax and spend election
This election I've spent some time making fun of the tax-dodging gun nuts, but they make an excellent point about Howard's campaign launch yesterday. While promising $4 million a second, the Liberals…
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That's an expensive stamp
One step closer to being home owners. We just paid our stamp duty. It's one hell of a stamp!
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Progressive electro funk?!?!?
Just heard Nicole Foote describing tonight's mix up programme as featuring someone playing progressive electro funk. With a straight face. WTF?!?!?
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Floating utopias
Easily Confused pointed me at this great article (via Danny) about floating libertarian microstates. It's a remarkably common theme amongst the tax-dodging no-such-thing-as-society fear-the-black-UN-h…
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Make blog is gone
I've been reading the Make magazine blog since it launched, but recently I've found myself hitting "mark as read" for it. The problem is one of volume and repetition. I just don't have the time to rea…
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All your blogs are belong to us
Those of you still living in the dark ages and reading my blog on the web page will now be able to see the full list of blogs I read. Yes, it's a lot, but most are pretty low volume. This is using a n…
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I'm such a type nerd
I just downloaded a documentary about a font. And I'm looking forward to watching it.
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A vote for a minor party is not a wasted vote
I was in Stanmore this morning handing out flyers for The Greens and yet again I had to explain our preferential voting system to a number of people. These aren't stupid, uneducated people, just peopl…
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Preferences are out
The Senate group ticket preferencing deals are out. These are the preferences that apply for the majority of voters who vote above-the-line. Some interesting things have popped up -- I'm looking at th…