Labor - Canberra's best team for the future...

They’ve been set up on the verge at the beginning of the parkway in the mornings for the past couple of days, I forget the name of the labor candidate (it’s the one we haven’t heard from as an MLA for Brindabella for the past 4 years). Not sure how causing distractions in a 100kph zone in peak hour is good for anyone’s future, but then someone might accidently swerve and hit them as they stand beside the road waving.

But then the lady complaining in the CT letters today about how the libs sent her campaign material addressed to her can’t be much brighter, gee I wonder how her name and address was added to the electoral roll.

whistle said :

Maybe Stanjoke should declare the remaining half of the ACT as a nature reserve -it is after all a concrete jungle. Do urban ferals count as wildlife?

only on saturday night…

Maybe Stanjoke should declare the remaining half of the ACT as a nature reserve -it is after all a concrete jungle. Do urban ferals count as wildlife?

For a Government that is loved by the people and has achieved so much for Canberra, it is surprising that ACT Labor has to spend so much on advertising, you would think that with all the good work they would be a shoe in, just chuck the odd advert into the chronicle and bingo, back in for another 4 years.

I am perturbed by Labor’s hospital ad. The nurse (most probably an ALP Member) spruiking up Labor in what looks like a hospital ward.

If it is indeed a Canberra hospital this is a blatant case of politicising the public hospital system.

There is a feeling of desperation in ALP advertising this time around.

Primal said :

Overheard said :

but how’s Andrew Barr’s form with the multiple signs with none of the ALP livery, just a green border.

Spotted a trio of these on Melrose Drive yesterday – the Labor logo was there but in black & white and very small. Isn’t his profile a bit too high to get away with pretending he’s not ALP?

it could just be to make his signs more noticble when driven past……simplest explanations probably the right one

Overheard said :

but how’s Andrew Barr’s form with the multiple signs with none of the ALP livery, just a green border.

Spotted a trio of these on Melrose Drive yesterday – the Labor logo was there but in black & white and very small. Isn’t his profile a bit too high to get away with pretending he’s not ALP?

verbalkint said :

so… the ad claims that Labor did something that Labor actually did…

Reminds me of a union (or members thereof) who decided to claim the kudos for an enterprise bargaining outcome at a certain organisation when the union had mounted a torrid ‘Hell, No’ campaign throughout until management said, ‘Fine, no deal, no pay rise, no backdating, no chance of anything for another x months’.

Have you ever heard several thousand people back-pedal in unison?! It sounds like the soundtrack LP of the Tour de France played on 33 1/3, with an accompanying intake of breath that voids a two city block radius of oxygen. And airborne insects.

I’d only just rejoined that industry after some time in the non-unionised wilderness of three-piece suit and laptop consulting, and was just on the cusp of signing back on to the union in my readopted field when they did this piece of rank stupidity.

Five years or so later I finally realised the union (that one, plus the movement, plus the people) are bigger than the decisions of a few individuals, PR types and marketers and advertisers. It took me a song to wake up to myself: http://jackmancor.com/music.html — Spanner In The Works. I think I’ve waxed lyrical about Jack here before. Top bloke. Great music.

There may or may not be a parallel in there. I’ve forgotten what we started talking about. $5 pizzas, refugees or indicator use or something. I’ve got a beauty about indicators and other road matters, but it/they’ll keep.

I also vaguely remember such a pledge (mainly because it was met with many a sarcastic response here).

Thumper, I believe Stanhope has said that he would stick round for the whole 4 year term, though I don’t have any sources to back up my vague recollection.