The Greens are on track to underperform compared with the 2010 election. In which case, getting your competitor to differentiate you isn’t such a bad strategy.
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SARAH HANSON-YOUNG
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Sentia Media index: Armstrong tops state pollie peloton
Moving up the Sentia Media political index this week were state politicians Campbell Newman and Jay Weatherill, while Lance Armstrong nearly doubled Julia Gillard’s coverage figures thanks to his Oprah confessional.
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Greens crack-up in Sydney as SHY backs rival candidate
Was Sarah Hanson-Young backing a rival candidate to the Greens for the upcoming Sydney by election race? She says she was just supporting a friend but party hacks aren’t happy.
READ MOREGruen: scripted questions are nothing new in Canberra
Is it any wonder that people sometimes make what they end up conceding are “errors of judgment” in an environment such as this, asks Nicholas Gruen?
READ MOREAllan Asher: the bell tolls for thee
Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher will have the blow torch applied to his belly this week over revelations that he scripted questions for Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, writes Matthew Knott.
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Don’t waste your first time
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young warns young people about losing their political virginities: don’t waste your first time and make sure you practise safe polling.
READ MORESarah Hanson-Young: When will Kev and Tony end this human rights violation?
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott needs to stop reigning in their parties so tightly and let individual pollies stand up make a conscience vote on gay marriage, writes Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
READ MORESarah Hanson-Young: ‘Rudd, how does it feel to look in the mirror and see Howard?’
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young blasts the outdated Christmas Island detention centre, the insulting language pollies use for refugees and the fact that John Howard’s ghost still haunts immigration.
READ MOREBernard Keane’s bits and bobs
Liberal Party of Tas plus Exclusive Brethren. Anna Bligh on accountability and Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young on comfort women.
READ MOREDavid Jones unhappy with ad agency?
From a Crikey tipster today: Well-sourced rumour is that David Jones are mightily displeased that their advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi dumped them in it by making pre-teen girls in its ads look sexy.
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Baby on board: the kind of stunt the Greens crave
Claims that federal politics is “one of the least family-friendly occupations in the country” are simply absurd nonsense, writes Former Liberal Party Senator Noel Crichton-Browne.
READ MOREBaby in the chamber: the ugly anti-family face of parliament
Our Parliamentary standards are still stuck in a Victorian era of old white male legislators, writes Bernard Keane.
READ MOREAnti-family attitudes are embedded in our parliament
Do we want mothers of young children (and hopefully fathers with child care responsibilities) to be MPs or not? asks Senator Sue Boyce.
READ MOREStay at home, Senator, and raise your children
I don’t think that the primary care-givers of children should be parliamentarians, writes Helen Razer.
READ MOREGetting to know the Senate
Maiden speeches from our new Senators…
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