Tag Archives: politics
Mate, People Can See You
I’m often loathed to see random people on Twitter be given a publicity beyond their own followers – especially when their tweets make them seem to be little more than a party hack or fringe lunatic. But for some reason … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, politics, social, technology
Hope. Reward. Opportunity. Feelings. Nonsense. Mathematics. Words.
The problem with living in one of the safer ALP seats in the country is that we tend not to get too much electoral propaganda through the letterbox during the campaign. The ALP don’t really bother because they know they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged election, government, Newcastle, politics
The Canberra Derp Gallery
Journalists working out of our nation’s capital do understand that when their type words into their publication’s CMSs and press “upload” that the rest of us can see what they wrote, right? Because, if I were getting paid a nice … Continue reading
Independent Nonsense
I think I made a terrible mistake today. I started reading Independent Australia. I’d first heard of them through Twitter. I think a few people had said some things vaguely positive about them, but I can’t remember exactly what. Today, … Continue reading
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The Next Eight Months
The Federal Government today announced a new policy that it plans to take to the election later this year. In announcing the plan, the Minister responsible for the relevant portfolio said that it was going to be of much benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged attempted humour, election, media, politics