In light of the David Campbell gay sex saga, former Democrats leader and now Greens candidate Andrew Bartlett explains the lynch-mob mentality that the media has on politicians’ private lives.
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Bartlett: Will Tassie and SA both have hung parliaments?
It’s just two weeks before the Tassie and SA state elections, and while it’s been a strong possibility that no single party will win outright in Tasmania, it now may also happen in South Australia. But they’d be very different hung parliaments, writes Andrew Bartlett.
Antony Green on the battle for Brisbane: the Bartlett effect
Brisbane will be a key contest in the 2010 Federal election. Former Democrats senator Andrew Bartlett’s running for the Greens, former MP Teresa Gambaro will stand for the Libs, while Arch Bevis will defend his seat of 20 years. How will it play out? asks Antony Green.
Bartlett: Why I’m running as a Greens candidate
Former Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett is standing as a Greens candidate in the seat of Brisbane at the next federal election. Why is he diving back into politics? Well, climate change and affordable housing, for a start.
