For all the hacks out there, here’s a timeline of all Australian election dates between 2012 and 2015 (via the Parliamentary Library)

Former Australian Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke belts out a rousing rendition of ‘Solidarity Forever’ at the Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress dinner.

This reminds me of those cheap and terrible NSW Young Labor posters from when I was at university. The one that comes to mind was an anti-Howard one which was a play on that “Priceless” Mastercard ad.

Then again, the people who ran NSW Young Labor when I was in university now run the NSW Branch of the ALP so it really shouldn’t be a surprise.

Is Australia A High Taxing Country?

nearlyeverythingisbetter:

So a few of you may have seen in the Sydney Morning Herald that I’m running for Labor preselection to be the candidate for Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney.

Cassandra Wilkinson, one of the candidates for Labor preselection for Sydney Lord Mayor, writes about why she is running. The other six declared candidates are listed here.

Labor will be running a community preselection which means 50% of the vote will be determined by members of the public. It means if you are on the electoral roll and live in the City of Sydney, you’ll get to have a say in who is the candidate, like in a primary.

While I’m a member of an opposing faction, it’s great to see her outlining her vision for the City of Sydney. I hope that other candidates do something similar soon

Found an old joke poster I made for student elections years ago