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Helen Razer

Helen Razer is pushing 40. She is deliberately barren but, perhaps, a little too lexically productive. Yes, she needs a good sub-editor.

Razer: Finding humour in election 2.0

14/11/2007 12:00:00 AM 3

This weekend past, I determined to hunt for neo-con humour, Liberal High-Jinks and general coalition contretemps. Deductive and inductive reason tells us there must be some amusing conservatives, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Memo pollies - Don't forget the meme

31/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 1

Unlike sagging politicians, the internet rarely sleeps. And even when John, flushed from his walk, has hung up his truss and untied his Nikes, netizens are busying themselves with the work of election 07, writes Helen Razer.

Kevin07 ups the ante in election 2.0

29/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0

A week, as we're dependably notified, is a long time in campaign politics. In the realm of Election 2.0, a week is at least as long again, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Generation YouTube embraces politics 2.0

25/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 2

Social media continues its unexpected emergence as, um, oh alright: Something Quite Central to the Culture.You know: people are actually arguing about politics. And they're not all frankly stupid, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Beware the Facebook faux-pas

24/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0

I've actually begun to wonder if it's circumspect or proper for a Pollie to have a presence on Facebook, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Meanwhile on MyFace...

19/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0

Oh, he’s posted something new. Banging on about the Worm again. Helen Razer studies the geek campaign.

People trust blogs over NY Times -- say what?

17/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0

If, by cruel dint of fate, you work within the peppy ambit of a marketing department, you’ve heard all about it. Web 2.0 will Change the World. But, when the chairman of the ACCC starts spruiking web 2.0’s conversational culture, I suppose one has to pay a bit more attention, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Candidates -- and voters -- on song

16/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0

Eloquence, rather like wealth, is progressively distributed to the coffers of the few. And, if you don’t believe me, hard evidence of democratised stupidity can be seen on YouTube, writes Helen Razer.

Razer: Rudd's half-ars-d web presence is good strategy

15/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 1

On Facebook, MySpace and his own Kevin 07 site (which is rather more web 1.5 than web 2.0) Kevin Rudd offers the name of his family cat (Jasper) but is yet to become fluent in internet cant, writes Helen Razer.


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Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth

9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:

So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.