Posts tagged “politics

The Australian Spice Girls Party?

Posted on March 10th, 2008

I know you’re probably wondering what the discography of mid-90s power-pop princess group The Spice Girls has to do with Australian politics. Well here’s the story from A to Z, listen carefully: It looks like election day losers The Liberals might do a 2 Become 1 merger with The Nationals if a band of federal MPs get their way. With their creaming at the polls and John Howard out faster than Geri Halliwell, The Libs are still struggling with how to get back up to number 1. And boy has there been a media flurry as the prospect made it into print. The press heard Brendan Nelson Holler and it hit Headlines. You see, The Nationals are still a Wannabe opposition to the increasing…

election day 15 :: more preference pollaber

Posted on October 29th, 2007

mark vaile, leader of the nationals, is demanding disclosure by labor of the details of their prefrence deal with the greens. seems like can’t-stand-others-having-secrets attitude to me. they’ll announce it when they want. but i do take his point that “…Rudd should now come clean on any policy changes he has promised to the Greens.” steve fielding wasn’t as nice about it. i really wish that the general voting population had a clearer idea of what these types of preference deals actually mean. it can get quite complicated. not sure what’s going on? read my election speil

election day 15 :: coalition climate chaos gets nasty

Posted on October 29th, 2007

according to labor fowl play is afoot. 100 labor climate change posters “disappeared” from the seat of wentworth (enivronment minster malcolm turnbull’s seat) and labor’s pointing the finger at turnbull. i can’t decide which is more petty: stealing the posters in the first place or then getting pissy and kicking up a stink when it’s happened. not sure what’s going on? read my election speil