GetUp has tried everything to maximise the number of people enrolled to vote in this election from enrolment drives to SMS reminders. But there’s one thing we never thought of — wood chopping, sheep shearing and sheep dog trials, writes Ed Coper.
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Who does Dr Phelps really represent?
The right-wing extremists are not just in the NSW Liberal Party, they have made it to the centre. And the revelations yesterday of Federal minister Gary Nairn’s chief of staff, Peter Phelps, heckling a Labor candidate at a public meeting, have brought that further out into the open.
A few million reasons why the Libs like the look of Eden Monaro
There are a few million reasons why the Liberal Party might be doing better in Eden Monaro than a study of the national polls would suggest. Prime Minister John Howard used this southern New South Wales seat in his latest party room pep talk to claim that all was not yet lost.
And now for next Tuesday’s Newspoll
Hope springs eternal in the politician’s breast but a little bit of encouragement from the pollsters can help foster the sentiment. Prime Minister John Howard knows that so he made sure he had a good news polling story to tell in this morning’s party room meeting.
Crikey readers say “pork me” please!
Why stop at the Mersey hospital PM? We asked Crikey readers to suggest other pork barrel possibilities.
