The Politician’s Guide to Democracy: Part One (Five things Democracy IS NOT) #ItsTime
Are you a Politician who can’t get his own way? Have you put forward perfectly reasonable policies to the people of your country – only […]
Articles by Kate M
Federal Election Tracker: Quick P.S.
I know I wrote yesterday that I was packing up my ‘election night’ tracking desk, having already called the outcome. However curiosity as to how the remaining ‘hot seats’ […]
Federal Election Tracker 2016: I’m calling it
Final Update on 8 July at 8:30am I’m calling it folks. I’m packing up my election ‘night’ desk for another three years. While there are […]
Balance of Power: Federal Election 2016 – Day Five
Update at 9:00 am, 7 July 2016 (with mini-update at 6:30 pm below) At 9:00 am on 7 July, in my increasingly ill-named ‘Election night’ tracker – […]
Balance of Power Tracker: 2016 Federal Election Results Update
Update at 7:00 pm, 6 July 2016 At 7:00 pm on 6 July, since my update at 8am this morning, there’s been a lot more counting of postal votes […]
Balance of Power Meter: 2016 Federal Election Night Tracker
Update at 8:00 am, 3 July 2016 At 8:00 am on 3 July, there are around nine Decider seats that are too close to call. As […]
The disillusioned voter’s guide to making a difference with your vote
You wouldn’t know there was an election coming where I live. There’s no posters on poles, no pollies hanging around on the streets, no letterbox […]
Was Brexit really democracy in action? (#ItsTime)
Over thirty-three millions Brits exercised their democratic right to have a say in whether Britain should remain in the EU or leave last Thursday. But did […]
The ‘other’ House: A strategic guide to making your vote really count. (For left-leaning voters’ eyes only.)
You don’t hear much about the election for the ‘other House’ in our Federal Parliament – the Senate. There’s no polls predicting who will win. […]
What if our politicians had to tell the truth? (#ItsTime)
Imagine a world where our politicians suffered real consequences when they mislead the public with a lie. A world where politicians had to work together like […]
It’s Election Christmas!!!! Enjoy it while you can…
Election Christmas comes but once every three years. And this year, thanks to some naughty little Senate Elves who wouldn’t do what Santa Turnbull wanted, […]
Australia’s Economic Growth Index hits a record low
Amidst the noise of politicians talking about their plans for economic growth this week, the announcement that Australia’s Leading Economic Index has hit an all time […]
The LNP’s latest strategy: Make it Somebody Else’s Problem
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison were out in force today, continuing to ridicule Labor’s plan for a Royal Commission into the Banking […]
The LNP: Keep your voters close. Keep your Big Donors closer.
As the campaign for a Australia’s Federal election on July 2nd kicked off in earnest this week, we’ve been hearing two key messages from the LNP: Message […]
Poor little rich companies: No money for tax. Plenty for political donations.
While the government scrambles to look for ways to increase revenue and cut spending, one group of sacred cows who seem largely unperturbed by these ongoing discussions […]