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Articles and News about Election Campaign

Bullet6An incredible election

Like you we are excited and relieved to see the end of John Howard's government.

In a very polarised election, where votes for the major parties increased at the expense of other parties, The Greens vote increased.
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Bullet6A Look Back at John Howard
Jonathan Schwarz
MotherJones.com / 11/24/07

Today Australian Prime Minister John Howard was Bullet4ousted by the Labor Party, which easily took back control of Parliament from Howard's party. The defeat was so severe Howard may even lose his own seat.
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Bullet6Democrats will be honoured - Greens
Sunday 25 November 2007

The Australian Democrats will always hold an honoured role in the nation's political history, Greens leader Bob Brown said today.
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On her bike … Kerry Nettle on her way to work. Photo: Peter Rae
On her bike … Kerry Nettle on her way to work. Photo: Peter Rae
Bullet6Greens senator sticks to what she believes in
Wendy Frew Environment Reporter
SMH, November 23, 2007

IT WAS 1998 and Peter Garrett, anti-nuclear crusader and rock singer, was performing at a uranium mining blockade inside Kakadu National Park.

Kerry Nettle, a young Sydney woman fresh out of university, was one of the volunteers behind the scenes, handling media queries and spruiking Garrett's role in the campaign.
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Prime Minister John Howard chats with seniors. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Prime Minister John Howard chats with seniors. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Bullet6Grey vote turns Green as the elderly shun handouts
Mark Metherell
SMH, November 21, 2007

THE BILLIONS of dollars in pledges showered on older Australians have failed to sway their vote and left them feeling embarrassed, says the leader of Australia's biggest seniors group.

"Their kids and grandkids say to them, 'Oh you oldies have got another handout'," says Everald Compton, chairman of the National Seniors Association.
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Pillar wars ... anti-Howard and
Pillar wars ... anti-Howard and "Vote Green" signs jostle for space on King Sreet, Newtown, which divides Grayndler and Sydney. Photo Peter Morris
Bullet6How green grows my neighbourhood
Wendy Frew
SMH, November 7, 2007

ANTHONY ALBANESE is an ace at tennis. The Opposition spokesman for water and member for Grayndler in Sydney's inner west is a regular at the Marrickville Hardcourt Tennis Club, a club where community roots run deep.

The Saturday afternoon competition is made up of married couples, their children and even their grandchildren - families who have lived in the inner west for generations. In between sets, there's time for a beer, a smoke and a flutter on the pokies. The conversation is of local news, weddings and babies.
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Bullet6Greens preferences to change government and win back the Senate
Media Release: 04.11.07

The Greens in NSW will recommend a preference to the Labor Party in 48 of 49 seats in NSW and have put the Coalition last in their Senate preferences as a clear statement of intent to change the government and remove Coalition control of the Senate.
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All for one … Allison, Brown and Lundy.
All for one … Allison, Brown and Lundy.
Bullet6Trio gang up to beat Senate majority
Kerry-Anne Walsh Political Correspondent
SMH, October 28, 2007

KEVIN RUDD's Labor Party is ganging up with the Greens and Democrats to launch a unique assault on the Coalition's Senate majority.

For the first time in Australia, the three Opposition parties have united in a TV ad begging voters to "save our Senate" and "vote for balance".
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Bullet6Greens launch national election campaign:
Sunday, 28th October, 2007

'The real opposition' in a climate change election.

Commitment to end Senate 'dictatorship' of Howard government

Greens Leader Bob Brown has launched the party's national campaign in Melbourne this morning, beating the other parties out of the blocks, and committing to a responsible return to balance-of-power in the Senate.
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Issues now mainstream ... (from left) Susan Jarnason, Sue Mahony and Kerry Nettle from the Greens.<br>Photo: Jacky Ghossein
Issues now mainstream ... (from left) Susan Jarnason, Sue Mahony and Kerry Nettle from the Greens.
Photo: Jacky Ghossein
Bullet6Polls take on a green hue
Kerry-Anne Walsh and Michelle Singer
September 16, 2007

THE GREENS have emerged as the main threat to Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull's future, with polling tracking the party's primary vote in his seat of Wentworth at a massive 20 per cent.

And in the adjoining seat of Kingsford Smith, Labor's environment spokesman Peter Garrett will be challenged by high-profile athlete Sue Mahony, who will be announced today as the Greens candidate.

The current voting intention in Wentworth - confirmed by Liberal and Labor sources - has the Greens nearly doubling its 2004 primary vote of 11percent.
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E-counting problems plagued Scottish elections
E-counting problems plagued Scottish elections
Bullet6E-vote 'threat' to UK democracy
BBC NEWS

British democracy could be undermined by moves to use electronic voting in elections, warns a report.

The risks involved in swapping paper ballots for touch screens far outweigh any benefits they may have, says the Open Rights Group report.
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Ben pulled 19%
Ben pulled 19%
Bullet6Election Night Results
State Electoral District of HEFFRON
Summary of First Preference Votes Polled for Each Candidate

Electors Enrolled on 5 March 2007: 47,479
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Bullet6How To Vote in Heffron
If you vote 1 for The Greens candidate and they are eliminated during the counting of the vote, then your vote flows on, at full value, to the remaining candidate you have preferenced.

That's not a wasted vote - it's a safe vote with a powerful message!
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Bullet6Enrol to vote
Get on a roll! Greens urge young people to enrol to vote

Greens MP and Upper House candidate Lee Rhiannon has joined Ben Spies-Butcher, candidate for Heffron to urge young people that time is running out to make sure they are on the electoral roll to vote in the upcoming NSW election.
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Large Map of Heffron (526 KB)
Large Map of Heffron (526 KB)
Bullet6Greens Take Up the Challenge of Opposition in Heffron
Ben Spies-Butcher, the Greens candidate for Heffron, vowed to take up the challenge of providing an alternative voice for the residents of Heffron after it was revealed yesterday that Heffron is one of 10 electorates where the Coalition is yet to field a candidate.

"The Greens are determined to challenge the Labor stranglehold in Heffron and to earn the support of residents” said Dr Spies-Butcher.
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Dr Ben Spies-Butcher
Dr Ben Spies-Butcher
Bullet6Greens announce candidate for Heffron
“We are pleased to announce that Dr Ben Spies-Butcher was unanimously endorsed last night as the Greens candidate in the seat of Heffron for the 2007 State Election” said South Sydney Greens convenor Jenny Leong.

Ben is a founding member and Secretary of resident action group REDWatch and an active campaigner for rights based Aboriginal Reconciliation. He is a founding member of the ReconciliACTION Network which organised the 2005 Freedom Ride commemorating the 40th anniversary of the famous civil rights bus ride led by Dr Charles Perkins around NSW. He has a doctorate in economics and currently works in research and teaching roles at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and the Edmund Rice Centre.
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The prospect of twenty seven months of construction noise and dozens of trucks per day on your street would make the most stoic of residents unhappy.  And when your street is one of the quietest and most beautiful tree lined avenues in inner Sydney (pictured), unhappy doesn’t even begin to describe it.  Such was the [...]

At a Council meeting on the 15th of March, the Lord Mayor moved a mayoral minute (delivered to councillors 25 minutes before the meeting), which was supported Clover Moore Party “independents” and the Liberal Councillor, to abandon plans to build a skate park at the Millers Point site underneath a busy freeway (for background information on the site, [...]

I have serious concerns about the tender process that appears to have been designed to place the City’s tennis courts under the management of a single operator. Should the recommendation of council staff be adopted the operator at Ruchcutters Bay tennis courts will be tossed out after 25 years of service to the community. The [...]

Hot on the heels of their destruction of the habitat area at Orphan School Creek with the freshly laid concrete zig zag path, the Clover Moore Party are at it again across the road in Johnstons Canal with more habitat destruction.  The proposal is a bike path that links the shared pathway emerging from Orphan [...]

The Barangaroo Authority conducted a presentation of the design ideas of British architect Richard Rogers at the City Recital Hall on 23rd February. The presentation visuals showed attractive buildings and public spaces that interfaced with the water at the city’s western edge with a light rail service passing down Hickson Rd. One key component of the [...]