ACL’s dangerous influence

August 31, 2008 in Rants & Raves
Tags: abortion, ACL, Australia, Australian Christian Lobby, Exclusive Brethren, federal parliament, fundamentalists, Greens, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, lobbying, lobbyists, political parties, politics, religion, state parliament, Victoria, women's rights

Under Howard, groups like the Exclusive Brethren and the Australian Christian Lobby were able to wield a lot of influence. They seemingly had unfettered access to Cabinet Ministers including the Prime Minister. Early in the 2007 federal election campaign, Rudd and Howard put a lot of work into wooing the ‘Christian’ vote; obviously both learning from the likes of Family First and Fielding who have been preaching from the pulpit for some time now.

Live Blog Invite

August 28, 2008 in Rants & Raves, Thoughts, elections
Tags: analysis, ballot box, blog, blogging, by-elections, commentary, electorates, event, live blog, Lyne, Mayo, NSW, political parties, politics, polling day, SA, Web 2.0, Western Australia

Be part of the fun and mayhem that is polling night as I blog about the elections’ results, analysis and commentary from 6:30pm Saturday 6 September.

Political greenwash

August 26, 2008 in Rants & Raves, elections
Tags: ALP, Australian Greens, climate change, ecological biodiversity, environment, greenwash, Liberal Party, local issues, Nationals, political parties, politics, renewable energy, social justice

As most of you would know there is a fair bit of electioneering going on around the country. The Greens have been consistent in presenting sensible policies for addressing environmental and social issues facing people voting in the Mayo and Lyne federal electorates and Western Australia. The Liberals and Nationals have responded awkwardly without the Labor Party contesting either of the federal by-elections. The campaign in Western Australia, despite the national commentators opinion, are proving to be quite interesting.