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My election

21 July, 2016 - Rosanne Bersten The electorate campaign manager Name: Jo Maguire-Rosier Role: Campaign manager for Higgins (unpaid to start with, then paid) Ag...

Corflute Creativity

18 July, 2016 - Lenore Keough At the end of any election campaign, we are always faced with the dilemma of what to do with the election signs, or corflutes. If ...

Political characters we love to hate

18 July, 2016 - Nathan Hart Reality TV programs dominate our screens (and ratings) these days. With the commercial networks feeding our desire for controversy, ...

We Can Shut Down Greyhound Racing

18 July, 2016 - Dr Mehreen Faruqi On 7 July, the NSW government announced it would ban greyhound racing from 2017. This was a huge win for the Greens and the ma...

Beyond the two party system

23 June, 2016 - Elections are about making choices. The choices we make reflect our values and aspirations. For those who choose for their precious places to be...

Lynn's page

22 June, 2016 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC One of my recent highlights was meeting Professor Gillian Triggs, Australia Human Rights Commission president at the inaug...

Rachel Siewert's page

22 June, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert It has been great campaigning hard in WA and spending time with volunteers and talking to constituents about the issues t...

Scott's Page

22 June, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam Never before have I seen such an energised campaign, with so many volunteers doorknocking and phone banking and spreading t...

Likes, comments and shares: How Social Media is part of everyday campaigning

20 June, 2016 - Viv Glance & Claire Bowen VIV: Before this campaign, likes, shares and comments were all I thought there was to Social Media (SM). That was befo...

Much more than an election machine

20 June, 2016 - Rob Delves An important aspect of our commitment to doing politics differently is for our members and supporters to be the very opposite of what...

Aboriginal communities are still threatened with closure

19 June, 2016 - Sarah George In late 2014, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett made the shocking announcement that 150 remote Aboriginal communities would ...

Sylvie Ellsmore is turning Sydney green

19 June, 2016 - Mark Riboldi Greens candidate for Sydney Sylvie Ellsmore was recently described by Rupert Murdoch's Sydney imprint The Daily Telegraph as “a blu...