For some in the Greens, the $1.68 million donation meant success at the 2010 federal election, but I wonder if it was worth it considering the ongoing criticism the party is now receiving, writes Dr Noman Thompson, director of the Greens NSW Democracy4Sale project.
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Danby tells Rhiannon to reject Stalin ahead of her maiden speech
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has hit back at Labor MP Michael Danby’s rehashing of allegations surrounding her communist past as she prepares to deliver her maiden speech to parliament this afternoon.
The Twitter debate: as confused and nonsensical as NSW politics
“Twitter flattens democratic debate,” NSW Premier Kristina Keneally declared in kicking off the world’s first political debate on Twitter. She probably meant ‘flatters’, though the typo slip turned out to be Freudian.
The Libs and the Scientologists — the film they’re happy for you to see
NSW Liberal Party members are hosting Scientology propaganda screenings in Parliament House, but insist it is the same invitation they would extend to any “community group”.
McGurk’s body takes on political smell
Last weekend in Balmain we had a whole new scandal to discuss — Michael McGurk and any links to the ALP. Although the standover man and his cohorts are not locals, the aftershocks from his shooting quickly spread.
