Why Queenslanders should vote for the Democrats in the Senate
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I just read a couple of really interesting pieces on the Senate competition in this election, which (as it should be) has been receiving much more attention than in some of Australia's elections from recent history.
Over at Larvatus Prodeo Anna Winter has argued that if you're in WA your vote is best spent on the Labor Party in the WA Senate race1. That probably makes sense for WA voters, but I will argue strongly that for Queenslanders, a vote for the Democrats 2 (Andrew Bartlett and Sharon Neill) is easily the best way to help ensure the Senate both ... more
Mish Mash
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So with the Australian Federal Election coming up, the "new media" seems to be going a little wild. I thought I'd post a bit of a roundup of a few of the political websites I'm keeping an eye on.
Election Portals
Over the past couple of weeks there seem to be a bunch of sites calling themselves election portals or something similar. Overall, the election portal type sites I've seen covering the Aussie election have disappointed. Admittedly they're all quite new, and maybe they'll get better as content gets added, and I hope they do.
The most recent one I've ... more
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