Your vote is powerful

November 24, 2010 in Campaigns, Elections
Tags: accountability, ALP, climate change, democracy, environmental sustainability, Greens, John Brumby, Liberals, political parties, politics, public education, public healthcare, public transport, state government, Ted Baillieu, Victoria, Victorian Greens, voters

The promises we hear from Brumby and Baillieu are always the same yet we see little, if no, action. I’ve published posts about the Victorian election on my blog and on theangle.org. There has been a complete lack of detail from Labor and the Liberal-Nationals coalition. We have also seen the major parties going negative [...]

Twitter chats for elections?

November 15, 2010 in Campaigns, Elections, Thoughts
Tags: blogging, blogs, cyber activism, FaceBook, online activism, online campaigning, political parties, political technology, politics, poltech, social media, social networking, Twitter

The Victorian elections are the second lot of elections this year.  Both elections have seen a significant increase in the use of Twitter as a means of ‘communicating’ with voters.  There is a strange narrow-sightedness in this approach.  Although for many people that are into their politics or are political tragics, Twitter is a perfect [...]

The Extreme Major Parties

November 10, 2010 in Elections, Rants & Raves
Tags: accountability, ALP, ballot box, democracy, Greens, John Brumby, Labor Party, political parties, politics, public policy, state government, Ted Baillieu, transparency, Victoria, Victorian Greens, Victorian Liberals, voters

The Victorian election is still a blip in the minds of voters but we’re already seeing being bombarded by the empty vessels of the old parties bleating about the threat of the Greens. From the business lobby groups to the internal factional war lords of the Liberals and ALP, everyone is decrying the risk of [...]