Daily Media Wrap: One day more. Another day, another destiny, this never-ending road to… Canberra. One more dawn until we know whether a first-term government has been knocked off.
August, 2010
Election Tracker: Day 33
In their final mad dash for the finish line, Julia Gillard visited a dam in Queanbeyan, made a parental leave announcement in Canberra and quaffed a beer during happy hour.
Keane’s Talking Points: Gillard could do with a few more hand grenades
The polls continue to be utterly unhelpful in picking a winner tomorrow.
Crikey Says: Campaign Crikey morning edition: Day 34
“If you want someone to run a marathon, you want Tony Abbott. If you want someone to run the country, that’s me.”
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Election 2010 through the lens of an iPhone
It’s a gallery of election 2010 - taken through the lens of an iPhone.
The trojan horse of election advertising
Aside from Gillard’s hair and Abbott’s ears this election is likely to be remembered as one in which vested interests such as unions and mining billionaires attempted to sway influence by unleashing a trojan horse of political advertising, writes Terry Sweetman.
MacCallum: It’s about the broadband, stupid
Buried beneath the mirrored policies, limp leadership and so-what? stump speeches, one issue has actually provided a legitimate point of difference between the two parties: the awoken beast of broadband, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Shanahan: Both leaders have served their parties well
It may not have been the most riveting election campaign in history but it was nevertheless a war of political attrition during which both leaders defied expectations and served their transformative parties commendably, writes Dennis Shanahan.
Breaking the fast: Ramadan in Cairo
Scott Bridges experiences sunset in Cairo during Ramadan, when residents spill onto the street to get their first bite to eat and drink after a long hot day in the holy month fast.
Eltham: It’s apples and oranges this Saturday
Don’t believe the ‘both parties are the same!’ hype. Ben Eltham explains the clear policy differences between Labor and the Liberals this election.
When will Australia catch on to China’s clean energy drive?
The truth is that Labor’s and the Coalition’s climate change policies are already falling behind China and other major emitter., write Erwin Jackson and Will McGoldrick from The Climate Institute.
The tide turns back towards Labor on marine parks
Despite the common assumption that the Liberals are poorer on environmental issues than Labor, a close examination of marine protection during the Howard years compared with the last term of Labor shows the Howard government ahead, writes Dr Margi Prideaux.
Rudd and the battle for Melbourne: ‘I’m more progressive than you are’
As the battle for federal seat of Melbourne goes down to the wire, Greens candidate Adam Bandt has questioned Cath Bowtell’s progressive credentials in a last ditch effort to woo traditional Labor voters.
Political snippets: An endorsement by Rose Tattoo still smells as sweet
The final television third party endorsement of the campaign shows the Liberal Party really is a very broad church.
Who won the news cycle? Labor to cheer for the Broncos and the Cats
On the thesis that there is an improved vote for an incumbent when a fancied team is winning games, Labor will be cheering for the Broncos and the Cats.
The rise and rise of the independents
While the odds are heavily against it (and getting longer), pundits love to talk up the chance of a hung parliament, in which independents would hold the balance of power in the House of Reps.
Election ad roundup: positive pays — and the Greens confuse
Voters appear to be uninspired by political ads, except when the parties go positive, Roy Morgan has found.
Northern Qld politics no place for wusses, sheilas
Politics in central Queensland mining town of Mackay isn’t a game for wusses. Or women for that matter.
Bennelong: tired McKew fighting the polls
Yesterday was a pretty bad day for the Labor MP for Bennelong, Maxine McKew. Two new polls published in the major Sydney newspapers predict she will lose her seat on Saturday.
Looking for vision and leadership on mental health reform
A national mental health strategy must be appropriately funded and implemented — ensuring that everyone who needs help will get treatment and support as early as possible, writes Barbara Hocking, executive director of SANE Australia.
Robb and Hockey go the lazy route on savings
Instead of ripping into middle-class welfare and pork-barrelling, the Opposition are conjuring savings from fiddling Commonwealth accounts and attacking the Public Service.
NBN CEO: I have to tell it as I see it, without fear or favour
Here I am, the CEO of the company charged with building the NBN, which as we all know has become rather a hot political issue. So, I was left with the question, what to do?
Well hung: Rob Oakeshott on stable government and the private approach
Crikey is profiling the independents who could hold the balance of power in their hands. Yesterday we spoke to Queensland maverick Bob Katter. Today we bring you Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott.
Bartos: explaining the obscure changes in the mix of Coalition spending
Most of the Coalition spending and savings announced yesterday are self-explanatory, but there are some relatively obscure changes, writes Stephen Bartos, director of LECG and public sector governance expert.
Fake Fielding: I could Latham in the aisles just like Mark on the telly
Mark Latham used a be a politician but was now on the TV being a journalist and recommending that people vote for the Blank Party, and I am a politician, so maybe I could go on the TV, writes Fake Stephen Fielding.
