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I posted to gorey.com.au
I’m surprised the ALP is downplaying its prospects in Mount Gambier and didn’t have a serious crack at winning the seat. Labor held the seat from 1958-75 and the town has a large number of working class voters and people on welfare. Rory McEwen’s retirement opened the door for a…
March 17 2010, 9:10pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
Isobel Redmond and Karlene MaywaldSouth Australian Liberal leader Isobel Redmond’s open hostility toward Nationals MP Karlene Maywald has surprised me. Redmond was reported in The Australian saying: “For the last term of the government, she’s been a member of the Labor government. I think it’s disingenuous to then try to…
March 17 2010, 4:38pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
The Sunday Mail has a page 10 story today headlined “Turmoil on the Mount — Newspaper editor quits, reporter accused of poll bias”. It’s mainly about allegations of bias against The Border Watch by the Liberal Party. The story is based on the fact former editor Frank Morello has been…
March 13 2010, 3:32pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I’m surprised that Family First has preferenced the Liberals in every South Australian seat for the March 20 election. It’s no surprise their preferences will go to Liberal ahead of Labor, but I expected them to favor independents in some key seats. I met the Family First candidate for Mount…
March 10 2010, 10:31pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
Senate fails South Australian workers
The threat to jobs and industry in the South East of South Australia caused by dumped Asian tissue products highlights the inadequacy of our bicameral federal system. The Senate was established as a “state’s house” with equal numbers of Senators from each of the six colonies that formed the Commonwealth…
March 9 2010, 4:25pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
The future of several thousand Australian jobs could be at risk if the Federal Government continues with its free trade policy. Many of those jobs are in the South East of South Australia where Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) manufactures tissues and toilet paper at Millicent, near Mount Gambier. KCA is a…
March 8 2010, 5:52pm | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
Australia is heading towards one of the most fundamental changes to our federation since income tax powers were ceded to the Commonwealth. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed he is moving to seize control of hospital funding from the states. It was revealed earlier this week that funding will be…
March 5 2010, 2:03am | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
Political advertising disclosure
The South Australian Labor Party is portraying Liberal leader Isobel Redmond as being soft on crime. The image to the left is a screenshot of the website “Redmond Facts” authorised by M. Brown, 141 Gilles Street, Adelaide SA 5000. That’s ALP state secretary Michael Brown. I have no problem with…
March 5 2010, 1:57am | Comments »
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I posted to theborderwatch.blogspot.com
Political analyst Clement Macintyre, from the University of Adelaide, now believes both the state election outcome and the result in Mount Gambier are too close to call.It's a far cry from the widely held belief just several months ago that pencilled Mount Gambier as a Liberal seat and the state…
February 25 2010, 11:43am | Comments »
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