When for Mayo or Lyne?

July 31, 2008 in Campaigns, Federal Election, Rants & Raves, elections
Tags: AEC, Alexander Downer, ALP, Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Greens, by-elections, electoral commissions, electoral enrolment, electoral system, federal government, Liberals, Lyne, Mark Vaile, Mayo, Nationals, New South Wales, Northern Territory, political parties, politics, Victoria, voter enrolment drive, voter rolls, voters, voting, Western Australia

It’s been an absolute eternity in the world of politics since Alexander Downer officially resigned and the Australian Electoral Commission is yet to announce a date for the by-election. There had been some early conjecture about the cost of the by-elections to voters from the ALP, in a bid to win some cheap points, which has been repudiated by the AEC since. The AEC declared that the cost of running the by-elections wouldn’t matter if they were held at the same time or not.

Australian Politics TV

July 31, 2008 in Rants & Raves
Tags: apparachiks, Australia, Australian Politics TV, federal government, local government, netroots, political parties, politics, state government, TV, videos, wonks

When I first started this side project about 9 months ago I never imagined the kind of support it’s been receiving in such a short period of time. From being a Blogger site to now being it’s own domain things have taken off.
There’s an ever growing amount of Australian political videos being produced and uploaded. [...]