AEC expands phone vote for COVID-infected The electoral commission has expanded telephone voting to tens of thousands of people in isolation with COVID-19, amid disenfranchisement fears. AAP · May 19, 2022
Election rules to change to ensure all Australians with COVID-19 can vote All Australians with COVID-19 will be able to vote under rule changes requested by the Australian electoral commissioner. ABC News · May 19, 2022
Morning mail: election legal challenge, coal emissions fall, NDIS participants stuck in hospital Friday: Teal independent plans legal action after AEC says some Covid-positive people ‘may not be able to vote’. Plus: the moments that lit up the campaign The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022
Monique Ryan to lodge legal challenge after AEC anomaly prevents thousands of Covid-positive Australians voting Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn’t register for postal ballot ‘may not be able to vote’ in Saturday’s federal election The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022
State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia. The Conversation · May 16, 2022
Labor retains large Newspoll lead but Albanese's ratings fall; special poll gives Labor clear House majority A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one). The Conversation · May 13, 2022
Dog bandannas and digital ads: how effective is the teal independents’ campaign strategy? Each week we ask experts to break down political advertisements: who are the candidates trying to reach, and are they succeeding? The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2022
We Ranked Aussie Politician TikTok Accounts From Bad To Shithouse So You Don’t Have To The wholesome, the cursed and the cringe. Pedestrian.tv · May 11, 2022
Party leaders battle over wage rises Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have traded barbs over wage growth and cost of living pressures in their third leaders' debate. AAP · May 10, 2022
What happens if there is a hung parliament: how would independents approach talks and what is non-negotiable? Read the full responses from independent candidates and crossbench MPs surveyed The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022
‘Josh Frydenberg for PM’: stories in Chinese circulating on WeChat are positively gushing over the treasurer Praise for the ‘prince of tennis’ and ‘super scholar’ is targeting the Kooyong community whose votes will be critical on election day The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2022
If female 'teal' independents can shift power in politics, imagine what's possible beyond the election Dozens of independent candidates in this election are demonstrating that women are not passive actors but forces of change in our democracy, writes Yasmin Poole. ABC News · May 7, 2022
Australian Electoral Commission investigating fake signs suggesting independents are Greens The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating a series of doctored posters that have appeared overnight incorrectly showing the names and faces of "teal" independent candidates with the Greens logo. ABC News · May 6, 2022
Josh Frydenberg pleads with unhappy Liberal voters to stick by him as pressure in Kooyong grows As he faces off against a popular independent, the treasurer is pleading with unhappy Liberal voters to keep him as their local member The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022
The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022 Path to victory: the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election Labor needs to gain seven seats to form majority government while the Coalition must offset any losses with gains elsewhere
The Conversation · May 5, 2022 Grattan on Friday: 'Gotcha' questions are ugly journalism but hazards for leaders The public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese on Thursday unable to recite the six points of his policy on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
ABC News · May 4, 2022 Morrison shrugs off 'buffoons' sledge from NSW anti-corruption watchdog commissioner Scott Morrison shrugs off a frank character assessment from one of the commissioners of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, who labelled critics of his organisation as "buffoons".
ABC News · May 3, 2022 Monique Ryan distances herself from brother's criticism of Kooyong election opponent Josh Frydenberg Kooyong candidate Monique Ryan's family is again in the spotlight, after her brother made a series of posts critical of her opponent, including labelling Treasurer Josh Frydenberg "poisonous".
The Conversation · May 3, 2022 Facebook, YouTube, games & Grindr: what we know about online ads in the federal election We’re halfway through the federal election campaign, and by now you’ve probably seen a significant amount of political advertising – much of it online.
The Conversation · May 3, 2022 Why teal independents are seeking Liberal voters and spooking Liberal MPs One of the Morrison government’s biggest challenges in this election campaign is the rise of the “teals”, a group of 22 independents who have received funding from Climate 200.
ABC News · May 2, 2022 Monique Ryan says family should be left out of Kooyong battle after mother-in-law anecdote Kooyong independent Monique Ryan is accusing Josh Frydenberg of misquoting her mother-in-law, but the Treasurer says he remembers the interaction "word-for-word".
ABC News · May 1, 2022 Josh Frydenberg hits out at independents at official Kooyong campaign launch Josh Frydenberg officially launches his campaign to retain the seat of Kooyong, claiming the election of independents would lead to chaos and a hung parliament.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2022 Factcheck: is it fair to label candidates challenging Liberal moderates ‘fake independents’? Many of the candidates vying for Liberal heartland seats share policy ideas and funding sources. But does that mean they aren’t truly independent?
The Conversation · Apr 26, 2022 Labor retains clear Newspoll lead and large Ipsos lead as record number of candidates nominate This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 20-23 from a sample of 1,538, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last week. Primary votes were 37% Labor (up one), 36% Coalition (up one), 11% Greens (down one), 4% UAP (steady), 3% One Nation (down one) and 9% for all Others (steady).
The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2022 Payne says China military base in Solomons would be a ‘red line’ – as it happened This blog is now closed