Right to Life:
Yesterday RiotACT contacted Right to Life offering to run their ad in the Canberra Times for free in order to inform our readers as to which candidates have been judged to have the best anti-abortion credentials.
We still await a reply from them. However we found a copy of the ad in the pub last night so I can inform you that the Right to Life endorsed candidates are:
- James Sizer (CAP)
Steve Doszpot (Liberal)
Jane Tullis (CAP)
Andrea Tokaji (Liberal)
Richard Mulcahy (Canberra Party)
Tony Farrell (Independent)
Frank Pangallo (Pangallo Independents)
Phil Thompson (Pangallo Independents)
Make of that what you will.
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Polling:
The Canberra Times has polling showing Zed’s popularity has slid with the big Z preferred as Chief Minister by 36% (down 4) compared to Stanhope on 43% (up one).
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It’s nearly over:
The ABC has a quick recap of the leader’s radio debate and some handy hints for voting.
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Liberals:
A lot of you have the hump with Zed’s phone bank message to you last night. Listening to Zed on 666 this morning he thinks it’s great and the complainers need to harden up.
Reports from the field indicate Zed is now SMS spamming in a weird attempt to make friends. The spam directs voters to the somewhat misleadingly named http://www.canberravotes.mobi/. (Thanks to Skidbladnir for the tip)
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Labor:
Katy Gallagher reckons there are missing millions in the Liberal health budget.
Simon Corbell is concerned that the Liberals appear to be promising to slash anti-terror resources.
Andrew Barr is lamenting the future of education should the public be foolish enough to vote Liberal.
Jon Stanhope is promising to “encourage” Fibre-to-Home broadband in new developments.
Katy Gallagher thinks micro-credit for ACT women is a good idea. Ten micro credit loans a year… wow.
The Canberra Times is very impressed by the leaderly way Jon Stanhope addressed the Press Club yesterday.
Jon Stanhope says he will realise the long cherished dream of turning Canberra into “the solar capital of Australia”.
The following snippet ran in Crikey today:
- “In a rare move, Federal MP Bob McMullan has personally intervened in the ACT election, writing to Ginninderra residents to ask them to give their first preference to Chris Bourke. Bourke, a dentist and successful small businessman from an indigenous background, is the sort of real-world candidate desperately needed by Labor, which is becoming so in-bred it’s in danger of developing a Hapsburg chin. But because he is factionally non-aligned, he faces an uphill task against hacks like Adina Cirson, whose background consists only of union and ministerial staffing work, but who have the resources of the factions behind them to generate publicity and exploit the resources of government. McMullan is also non-aligned, as is Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.”
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Motorists Party:
One Nation on Wheels has promised the Canberra Times that they’ll be “taking a hard line” on Laura Norder with compulsory prison sentences for everything down to assault and any conviction for illict drug use.
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Greens:
Shane Rattenbury has been complaining to the ABC that every party’s pretending to be green.
Shane’s also told the ABC that he’s still open to forming Government with the Liberals if they put the right package on the table.
The Green hive mind has issued a statement promising a brave new world if only we voters get behind them.
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CAP:
James Sizer reckons CAP’s the alternative.
Owen Saddler has sent in some pictures of what he alleges are a sign thief, as well as what he claims is this election’s smallest flyer.
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Field Notes:
Darren Churchill says:
- As the elected member for GINNINDERRA I will:
- balance economic policy with social and environmental considerations. Good economic management is about getting the balance right. It’s a “triple bottom line;”
- bring a “balance of responsibility” to the Assembly
- vote with my conscience on all issues;
- act to implement neighbourhood consultation groups;
- maintain the traditional Democrats principle of supporting legislation that is fair and equitable and seek to amend and make fairer that which is not (sensible negotiation);
- support social spending programmes for affordable housing and quality public transport
- ensure that whichever party forms the government, they are held accountable for their actions;
- support industries that create jobs and are kind to the environment,
- encourage sensible use and management of urban water;
- encourage and support environmentally sustainable practices in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
- Keep the Bastards Honest!
Darren Churchill
President, ACT Democrats
Candidate for Ginninderra
www.act.democrats.org.au
darrenchurchill.wordpress.com
darren.churchill@act.democrats.org.au
0412 196 473
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