Here at Something For Cate, we’re getting ready for the announcement of the ballots, and preparing some new features for this site.
Long term readers of this site and its predecessor may recall just how much amusement we’ve derived over the years from the frequency with which minor parties call for High Speed Rail projects. Starting from this election, you’ll see the notation (Drink!) after the first occurrence of this call in each party’s review. Clicking on it will take you through to an updated list of who’s calling for High Speed Rail, and some resources regarding it.
On the less whimsical side, you’ll now be able to click through the names of Lower House electorates at the top of each post, and that will take you through to a list of parties we’ve reviewed who are running in that electorate. It won’t be complete – we don’t have the time or resources to cover every single candidate in every single electorate – but it will hopefully make finding out what your Lower House candidates stand for a little easier.
We’ll also be tracking which parties and candidates are announcing policies to do things that are already actually the way things are. It’s a lazy tactic, and too often a scare-mongering one or a self-aggrandising one, and we don’t care for it. You’ll find that list in our menus, and we’ll be updating it as we go along.
Finally, given the circumstances of this election, and how recent changes of long-held positions in the United States of America are affecting both geo-politics and the global economy, we’re likely to take a dim view of any party or candidate who does not address this in their statements or policies. We’re not asking for a completely thought out solution to the issue – however, since minority government, or at least a strong cross-bench, is a real possibility this election, we are looking for an awareness and an acknowledgment of its importance.
Hi,
Housework.
The Comment link on the high speed rail post doesn’t work. Error 404
Labor is written as Labour in the last para of the High Speed Rail post.
I love your work
Thank you for all you do
Sandy
That’s odd, when I look at the page, I don’t see a comments link at all.
And I blame the ALP for the typo, it wouldn’t happen if they’d just use the right spelling 🙂
Thank you
Thanks for providing this. Really appreciate your time and knowledge
Well, it is election time again. Big ticks for both the humour & thought that goes into this blog. Enough to make me read about politics amidst the news-break I have been having. 🙂
Ah, Benjamin, great to have you with us again 🙂
Can we have one for NSW please?
We’re not planning to cover NSW at this time, but there will be a considerable amount of overlap given how many parties run in multiple states, and you will probably find we wind covering around 75% or so of the NSW ballot. In previous years, there’s often been someone else doing similar reviews for other states, although alas, NSW does not appear to have such a thing this time around. If we find them, we will be linking to them!