Posts tagged “the nationals

GetUp new f*@%ing video

Posted on 18 June 2008

Ah user-generated culture has made it easier than ever to poke a large, pointy object into the ribs of government. And the ribs of corporates, NGOs, celebrities, TV shows, movies and even hopeless internet nobodies for that matter. GetUp have posted their latest; a take on the Federal government’s proposed national FuelWatch program. Now, I have been staying pretty much out of this debate myself, given I don’t drive, don’t have a learners permit and have no intention of ever getting one. I don’t really have too much to say about fuel prices. Still, humour has a funny way of drawing you in. And social network platforms have a funny way of spreading that. So here is my 2c/litre:  Both sides of the Australian political majors…

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The Australian Spice Girls Party?

Posted on 10 March 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…

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election day 15 :: more preference pollaber

Posted on 29 October 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

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