Category Archives: Communication

Sexism and false equivalences

June 17, 2013 · by · in Communication, Labor, Values, Voters / voting

So I guess it’s my turn to pen a reply to Kath. Earlier today she wrote a piece here on AusVotes whose central thesis was that ‘I don’t believe that women are more the victim than men, or that the sexism is better or worse than other varieties of insults.’ Sorry Kath, but this is […]

Scary Internet and an apathetic public

June 7, 2013 · by · in Communication, Voters / voting

Internet things are complicated. Hard to follow. Advocates of all things computing tend to speak in a language all of their own, replete with acronyms and neologisms. And, through no fault of the tech industry or its aficionados, it may be doing serious damage to Australian – and global – privacy and security. To begin […]

Independent Citizen Journalism and September – Is It Possible?

May 31, 2013 · by · in Communication, Electorates, Social media

We are now 4 months away from an election many of us dread – not necessarily because of the possibility of an Abbott Government, but more because this may well be the dumbest, most intelligence insulting election in living memory. Even more so than 2004, where the entire campaign seemed to be about Mark Latham’s […]

AusVotes 2013 partners Guardian Australia

May 28, 2013 · by · in Communication, Media, Social media

Yesterday saw the long-awaited launch of Guardian Australia, the local offshoot of the longstanding progressive UK newspaper, The Guardian. The Guardian is independent in the truest sense: it sources its funds from a trust  established in 1936 to “safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of the Guardian”. Australian entrepreneur and past supporter of the […]

Listen to AusVotes 2013 writers through the magic of the internet

May 26, 2013 · by · in Communication, Social media

Ever wanted to put voices to the names of AusVotes 2013 writers? Here’s your chance. We were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with James Purser, who produces and presents the podcast Purser Explores the World. It was great to talk with James about how the AusVotes 2013  group blog started and why we think […]

Are we left with the right centre?

May 22, 2013 · by · in Communication, Labor, Liberal, Media, Social media, Values, Voters / voting

The other day, on the AusVotes2013 Facebook page, we received a concisely-worded piece of feedback. Apparently, AusVotes has become, in its brief lifetime, a hive of Coalition Groupthink™. Never mind the piece I wrote the other day suggesting that I couldn’t conceive of a rational argument for voting for the coalition, or lambasting Joe Hockey […]

How Values influence Policy

May 17, 2013 · by · in Budget / economy, Communication, Labor, Liberal, Policies, Values, Voters / voting

This word ‘values’ flys around the politicians and media players; but like many English words it seems to have many meanings. This is not in the slippery or weasel-wordish way, it is just a word that most people seem to feel they understand, and are entitled to use in any old way that they mean […]

Media Pantomime, Pugilistic rhetoric, and the Permanent suspension of disbelief.

May 10, 2013 · by · in Communication

I reckon the last couple of weeks would put a crick in the neck of the toughest political pundit. Bernard Keane must be a porcupied mass of acupuncture needles and the Darlinghurst Turkish Baths must be bubbling with anticipated relief. It is tough when there is actually content in the policy arena while dealing with […]

Budget smudget

May 2, 2013 · by · in Budget / economy, Communication, Media, Policies

Can we get over the budget? Please? The entire political class of Australia appears to be able to consider nothing else. It has long been worth a modest chuckle that once a year, the Treasurer gets a solid hour in prime time to deliver the budget, after lobbyists and journalists are locked in a room […]

Thank you to AusVotes 2013′s writers and readers

May 1, 2013 · by · in Communication, Social media, Voters / voting

Wow. Four months ago, AusVotes 2013 didn’t even exist and yet today it’s been honoured with an award in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s 2013 Best Australian Blogs competition. Colour me gobsmacked…. Most of this recognition is due to the blog’s writers: an eclectic bunch of ne’er-do-wells if ever you’ve seen them. We have teachers, lawyers, […]

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