http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/leave-sydney-alone/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/leave-sydney-alone/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269294 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/leave-sydney-alone/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-year-in-elections-the-10-polls-that-mattered-in-2011/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-year-in-elections-the-10-polls-that-mattered-in-2011/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:22 +0000 Charles Richardson http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266674 Crikey counts down the 10 elections that mattered in 2011.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-year-in-elections-the-10-polls-that-mattered-in-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/25/burma-elections-sham-dictatorship-international http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/25/burma-elections-sham-dictatorship-international#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:48:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=181190 Waihnin Pwint Thon writes, the poll will neither be fair or free.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/25/burma-elections-sham-dictatorship-international/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/state-elections-down-for-the-count/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/state-elections-down-for-the-count/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:34:22 +0000 William Bowe http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124981 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/state-elections-down-for-the-count/feed/ 19 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/electioncentral/2010/03/19/election-eve-editorials/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/electioncentral/2010/03/19/election-eve-editorials/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:59:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124515 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/electioncentral/2010/03/19/election-eve-editorials/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/02/13/altona-by-election-live/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/02/13/altona-by-election-live/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:25:38 +0000 William Bowe http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116435 The Poll Bludger's liveblog]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/02/13/altona-by-election-live/feed/ 0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:02:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113358 against the Democrats when health care reform seems so obviously in their own interests? Political scientist David Runciman explains.]]> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/28/when-big-polling-leads-match-election-results/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/28/when-big-polling-leads-match-election-results/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:35:20 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112685 Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/01/28/when-big-polling-leads-match-election-results/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/26/elections-matter-%E2%80%93-just-ask-the-tamils/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/26/elections-matter-%E2%80%93-just-ask-the-tamils/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:00:11 +0000 Charles Richardson http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112057 Charles Richardson.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/01/26/elections-matter-%E2%80%93-just-ask-the-tamils/feed/ 0 http://inside.org.au/the-year%E2%80%99s-elections-a-form-guide/ http://inside.org.au/the-year%E2%80%99s-elections-a-form-guide/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:17:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111218 Peter Brent rounds up the different battles and gives his tips for election winners.]]> http://inside.org.au/the-year%E2%80%99s-elections-a-form-guide/feed/ 0 http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_chl=157a3251a697e23eab5b3766efed94162aedc245&rf=bm http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_chl=157a3251a697e23eab5b3766efed94162aedc245&rf=bm#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:27:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106822 The Economist takes a look at what will be important in politics next year. Elections in the US, Britain and Brazil, and a range of political anniversaries look set to dominate global agenda. ]]> http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_chl=157a3251a697e23eab5b3766efed94162aedc245&rf=bm/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/letter-from-namibia-a-first-for-the-born-free-generation/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/letter-from-namibia-a-first-for-the-born-free-generation/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:28:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103624 Robert Johnson from Windhoek.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/letter-from-namibia-a-first-for-the-born-free-generation/feed/ 0 http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/12/possible-election-dates.html#more http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/12/possible-election-dates.html#more#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:31:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=102777 Antony Green outlines the possible dates for the next Federal Election under three different scenarios: a normal House and half-Senate election, a separate House of Representatives election, or a a double dissolution.]]> http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/12/possible-election-dates.html#more/feed/ 0 http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/politics-and-clan-warfare-in-the-philippines/ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/politics-and-clan-warfare-in-the-philippines/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:39 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100436 have been found shot and beheaded in the southern Philippines. But murder and clan warfare are just par for the course in Filipino elections, explains Robert Mackey.]]> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/politics-and-clan-warfare-in-the-philippines/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Malcolm MacKerras http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/ Malcolm MacKerras has been trying to persuade New Zealand’s politicians to replace their Mixed Member Proportional electoral system with a better one.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/feed/ 4 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110304333.html?hpid=topnews http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110304333.html?hpid=topnews#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:33:31 +0000 Charlie Happell http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97363 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110304333.html?hpid=topnews/feed/ 0 http://www.rferl.org/content/Abdullahs_Withdrawal_Creates_Uncertainty_But_Also_Opportunities/1866339.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Abdullahs_Withdrawal_Creates_Uncertainty_But_Also_Opportunities/1866339.html#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:25:58 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96521 Abubakar Siddique: if the election is run with only Karzai, and few Afghanis bother to vote, his mandate will be so weak, co-operation with his political opponents will be vital to keep peace in the country. ]]> http://www.rferl.org/content/Abdullahs_Withdrawal_Creates_Uncertainty_But_Also_Opportunities/1866339.html/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/01/abdullah-withdrawal-afghanistan-election-clinton http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/01/abdullah-withdrawal-afghanistan-election-clinton#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:13:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96514 Simon Tisdall: the UN, Washington, democracy -- and most of all, the people of Afghanistan.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/01/abdullah-withdrawal-afghanistan-election-clinton/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/05/polls-new-pendulum/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/05/polls-new-pendulum/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:00:45 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=91091 Possum Comitatus looks at how the new electoral redistributions have changed Australia's political pendulum. Which Coalition members should start sweating?]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/10/05/polls-new-pendulum/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/30/election-simulation-under-new-boundaries/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/30/election-simulation-under-new-boundaries/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:50:36 +0000 Possum Comitatus http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90139 Possum Comitatus. Start panicking, Malcolm.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/09/30/election-simulation-under-new-boundaries/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/ Malcolm MacKerras predicts the double dissolution will be effected in July 2010, causing a general election for all members of both houses to take place on August 21, 2010. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/feed/ 6 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/feed/ 11 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/6244605/Was-Gordon-Browns-speech-at-the-Labour-Party-conference-the-last-gasp-of-a-charlatan.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/6244605/Was-Gordon-Browns-speech-at-the-Labour-Party-conference-the-last-gasp-of-a-charlatan.html#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:36:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89853 Simon Heffer. It was the act of a desperate man.]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/6244605/Was-Gordon-Browns-speech-at-the-Labour-Party-conference-the-last-gasp-of-a-charlatan.html/feed/ 0 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-promises-of-more-of-the-same-wont-do-1795179.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-promises-of-more-of-the-same-wont-do-1795179.html#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:18:40 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89848 John Rentoul.]]> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-promises-of-more-of-the-same-wont-do-1795179.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Charles Richardson http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/feed/ 0