The role of the internet in campaigning
Following Barack Obama's win in 2008, the dominant meme in election campaigning around the western world has been the importance of online campaigning and...
Early South African returns
Polls have closed now in South Africa. I'll be at work soon and won't be able to keep up with the vote-counting, but some...
Tasmanian upper house 2009
Three of Tasmania's fifteen Legislative Council electorate go to the polls on Saturday. Tasmania's Legislative Council members serve six year terms, with their terms...
South Africa votes
South Africa's voters are now going to the polls in their fourth post-apartheid election. I've previously blogged about the campaign, and will just post...
Moyes goes it alone
Every left-winger's favourite religious right politician, Gordon Moyes MLC, looks set to finally break his ties with Fred Nile's Christian Democratic Party, with Nile...
Zuma headed for landslide
South Africa heads to the polls on Wednesday for their fourth post-apartheid election, and it seems clear that Jacob Zuma will lead the African...
An alcopops-fueled election?
The federal government announced earlier this week that they will bring back legislation for a 70% tax increase on pre-mixed alcoholic drinks. The legislation...
The new wiki
I have now installed a complete wiki as part of the Tally Room. You can access it at www.tallyroom.com.au/wiki, and I plan to start...
Greens kick off Senate preselection
In the last few days, the Greens in Australia's two largest states have closed nominations for their Senate preselections. In both NSW and Victoria,...
Website update
I haven't yet managed to install the proper Wiki for this site. I started it over the long weekend but hopefully I can get...