Federal election 2007

Fran’s our man

The Poll Bludger - July 2, 2008 - 6:04pm

The Age reports that the Federal Court has ruled on Labor’s appeal against its 12-vote defeat in the Victorian seat of

Issues and the 2007 election

Larvatus Prodeo - June 23, 2008 - 10:27pm

I’ve often said that the best source for public opinion research around is the Australian Election Study. Some preliminary data has been released [link to pdf] by researchers Ian McAllister and Juliet Clark, presented in graphical form. The purpose of the paper is to enable assessments of changes in public opinion over time, with some of the questions forming a time series going back to 1969. Read more »

Bolt 25/11: "Howard's Grace"

Bolt Watch - November 26, 2007 - 11:22am

Andrew Bolt gets started on the eulogising of our ex-Prime Minister, before the Liberals realise the completely miserable position in which he's left them, before they realise how badly he's gutted the party and poisoned the well - before it's too late. Read more »

Marketised celebrity politics, Australian style

Larvatus Prodeo - June 24, 2008 - 11:32am

You could be forgiven for thinking that politics in this country is a combination of astroturf and the pursuit of financial advantage, if you draw a few dots connecting stories that have had a lot of play in the media over the last couple of days. Read more »

Bolt 28/11: "Will he keep listening?"

Bolt Watch - November 28, 2007 - 8:04am

Shorter Andrew Bolt: the crushing defeat of the conservative party on Saturday does not mean Australians disagree with me. It does not mean anything should change. I am still right! THE ELECTION RESULT MEANS NOTHING! Read more »

His words says no, but his embedded advertising says yes

Bolt Watch - November 22, 2007 - 7:48am

Talk about incongruent:

Interesting use of campaign dollars by the ALP, though, since I can't imagine many of Bolt's readers are in the "swinging voter" camp.