Tag: elections
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Advance’s Week 1 YouTube Assault – Civil society campaigning in the 2025 Federal Election
As mentioned last week, I’m following various civil society / third sector campaigns during the 2025 Australian Federal election campaign, part of some research with Ariadne Vromen. One of the places we’re tracking activity is one YouTube. In 2024, YouTube claimed over 20 million users in Australia, was the second highest social media app used…
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Community Campaigning can Trump Populism [article]
Originally Published by ABC Religion and Ethics, 26 May 2022. “This was not your typical election outcome. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is forming government with the lowest primary vote in history. The moderate men of the Liberal Party were wiped out in urban areas by moderate liberal women. Populists Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson…
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The NSW Premiers we didn’t vote for
The leadership spill in NSW last week which ended up with Kristina Keneally replacing Nathan Rees has brought up a problem that I have with Australia’s political system: someone can become the leader of a government without being voted for by the people. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin