The Liberal Party has been caught out apparently breaching Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) rules on political advertising, writes Julie Posetti.
Australian Electoral Commission
Tips and rumours
Ivan Dean the pro-pulp mill mayor of Launceston lost his chains last night in the municipal elections to Albert van Zetten. It’s highly significant—Van Zetten had been an alderman who voted against the pulp mill. He also knows it’s a hot issue. As head of the Launceston City Mission, Van Zetten copped threats from one promiment […]
Rolls close, young voters still under represented
The AEC has published the total numbers on the electoral roll for the upcoming election. The good news is that the national electoral roll, as a proportion of the number of Australians eligible to vote, is about the same as it was as of the close-of-rolls in 2004, write Simon Jackman and Peter Brent.
The secret life of your postal vote
Since the election date was announced, both the Labor and Liberal parties have done mass mail-outs of postal vote application forms in key seats. You’ve probably received one. But what you might not know is what happens next, writes Jehane Sharah
Mysteries of Democracy – The Recyclable Cardboard Polling Booth
We still don’t understand how they know…
The AFP investigates political advertising
The Australian Electoral Commission has referred an anti-Labor and Green pamphlet being distributed in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney to the Federal Police for investigation, writes Margaret Simons.
Poll Bludger: Disenfranchising the young and the restless
It’s unlikely to make a huge amount of difference, but it is nonetheless pleasing to note that the government has suffered a hiccup in its bid to purge the electoral roll of undesirables, writes William Bowe.
Pauline Hanson: the Kylie Mole of xenophobia
Ok the gig is up. It’s time for the comedian playing Pauline Hanson to step forward from behind the mask and accept the plaudits she (he?) deserves.
AEC fumbles Exclusive Brethren probe
This week, a story in the Adelaide local press sheds light on the role of the Exclusive Brethren in the lead-up to the last federal election, and includes information that the AEC had apparently not found, or not considered relevant.
