Election 2010

Australians go to the polls this weekend, Saturday August the 21st, for a General Election. So, we thought it would be timely to devote a podcast or two to the Election from an Internet perspective.

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MP3 File

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Additional Resources

Campaigning

• Liberal Party bought (but then pulled) Google ads for other candidates’ names
• Advanced Hair Studio's A Head in the Polls is hair-raising.
  

Being Informed

• Google’s Election 2010 portal
  
• Parties vs. Policies Google Docs spreadsheet
  
• On-line election leaflets
  
• Sydney Morning Herald has a “vote-a-matic” quiz to compare parties’ policies
  
• So does a new iPhone app
  

The Election

• Voting below the line on your Senate ballot paper: Below the line, Vote below the line!, ClueyVoter
  
• ABC has iPhone and Android apps for the election
  

Predictions

• Election.ly
  
• Pollytics blog