May 2012 – Political Business

The cost of a vote is $10

An intriguing study from Waikato University finds that distance to polling stations affects likelihood of voting. In fact, each kilometre

Free speech wins out in Arizona – allowing people to wear political slogans T-shirts on election day. It is nonsensical

The irony of the choice between conscience votes or party-whipping, is that neither of the options involve the public. Conscience

Blaming the media for low election turn-out is ignorant of the complexity and capability of voters – for whom a

Complaints about money buying political access are confusing cause and conjunction. The real problem in politics is limited networks, not

You can pay for political access but unless you can pay for votes it will get you nowhere. You see,

Not content with plain packaging for cigarettes, the Government has decided to plain pack the 2012 Budget as well. It’s

Obama’s team overstepped the mark in hijacking official biographies of other US Presidents to make reference to Obama. In one