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Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Saving the Murray River .. Alexander Downer ... emissions trading ... Zimbabwe ... Gippsland ... Greenwashing Greenland ...
Crikey - Published 2 days, 20 hours ago
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Ute-man
A lively little debate has started on Larvatus Prodeo about the mythical or real status of a creature known as "ute-man". The debate was started by Canberra press gallery commentator Glenn Milne's observations in The Australian that (and I will use quotes here) the "shock result" of the Nationals' holding the seat of Gippsland in a by-election - which ...
Terry Flew - Published 3 days, 9 hours ago
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"How to misinterpret by-election results"
At Australian Policy Online, Swinburne Politics Professor Brian Costar writes about how the press got the Gippsland by-election (and the state by-election for Kororoit in Victoria) so wrong:
Larvatus Prodeo - Published 3 days, 15 hours ago
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Stimulating energy innovation
Toyota Prius - not as green as it seems, but the forthcoming “plug-in” one might be If there’s a certain bet flowing from last weekend’s Gippsland by-election result, it’s the proposition that any inclusion of petrol in Labor’s emissions trading scheme will be carefully structured to avoid any adverse price impacts at all in the short-medium term (or that [...]
Club Troppo economics - Published 4 days, 6 hours ago
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I am Ute Man, hear me Rrrraawoooaarrrr!!!!
Further to Mark's thread on what swung the Gippsland by-election, I have an alternative theory. It wasn't the journalists - it was Ute Man. Glenn Milne told me so.
Larvatus Prodeo - Published 4 days, 7 hours ago
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$300,000 for Gippsland's first ever synthetic sports pitch
The Baw Baw community will be able to play year-round on a new weather-resistant sports field, thanks to a $300,000 Brumby Government grant that will deliver the Gippsland region’s first ever synthetic pitch, to be used mainly for hockey.
ProjectLink - Published 4 days, 11 hours ago
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Cat, bag, etc.
Well, say what you like about his journalistic ethics and standards, you have to give Andrew Bolt some credit for his truth telling. Who knew that among the coal miners, small business people, pensioners, farmers and working families of Gippsland, the most important swinging voters resident in the seat were ... journalists!
Larvatus Prodeo - Published 4 days, 16 hours ago
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Synergy hopes for gold find
An East Gippsland resources company is hoping a new mineral structure at its Glen Wills mine, near Omeo, contains gold.
ABC News mining - Published 4 days, 17 hours ago
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Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Alexander Downer ... ABC Learning ... Gippsland ... the National Film and Sound Archive ... offensive words and censorship ...
Crikey - Published 4 days, 20 hours ago
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Gippsland by-election post-mortem
Darren Chester, The Nationals: I WANT to stress that although we gathered somewhere around 40 per cent of the vote, we are here to represent all of Gippsland, not just those who voted for me.
Latrobe Valley Express - Published 5 days, 17 hours ago
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Message From Gippsland
New Matilda - Published 5 days, 17 hours ago
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Labor suffers from by-election backlash
LABOR'S poor performance in the Gippsland by-election has been blamed on a lack of interest by voters in the party's message.
Latrobe Valley Express - Published 5 days, 19 hours ago
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Swings, Roundabouts and Pigs' Heads
Saturday’s by-election in Gippsland delivered Labor a sobering 9.3 per cent slump on the primary vote and a two-party swing comparable to that of the September 1973 Parramatta by-election, which rebuffed the Whitlam Government and brought Philip Ruddock to Parliament. read more
New Matilda - Published 5 days, 21 hours ago
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Chester is Gippsland's choice
THE National Party's resounding victory in the Gippsland by-election sends a strong message back to the Labor government not to take Gippsland for granted, according to Gippsland MHR elect Darren Chester.
Gippsland Times - Published 5 days, 23 hours ago
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Canberra Babylon
Laura Tingle discusses the significance of the Gippsland by-election result for the government and the opposition, the release later in the week of the Garnaut report, and the climate change policy challenge for the government as fuel costs continue to soar.
Radio National - Published 6 days, 6 hours ago
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Sent a message to the Labor Government after yesterday's by-election in which ...
