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Campaign Ads
Labor, Liberal, Political advertising

Labor's positive pitch to "reintroduce" Rudd

July 7, 2013

Labor has unveiled a positive TV ad to reframe the political debate and counter Coalition attacks. 
Ryan Sheales

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Economy

Playing chicken

July 30, 2013

Joe Hockey and Kevn Rudd play chicken with the pre-election fiscal outlook.
Wes Mountain

Australia 2013
Campaign Ads
Campaign, Political advertising

Watch all interest group ads

August 22, 2013

Watch all the major interest groups' TV campaign ads in one place.

Australia 2013
Analysis
Economy, Finance

Deficit is not a dirty word

September 5, 2013

The economic case for dropping our obsession with budget surpluses.
Professor Guay Lim

Australia 2013
Analysis
Economy, Green, Labor, Liberal, Parliament

Visualising the budget speeches

June 17, 2013

Quickly identify the key themes from Wayne Swan, Tony Abbott and Christine Milne's 2013 budget speeches.
Ryan Sheales

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Climate, Economy

FactCheck: Have power prices gone up 94% under Labor?

July 15, 2013

The Liberals claim power prices have gone up 94% under Labor. Is that true? 
Dylan McConnell

Australia 2013
Election Rewind
Preferences

Uniquely Australian

August 8, 2013

Preferential and compulsory voting are uniquely Australian traditions.
Angus Ferguson

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Polls, Voting

Marginal maths adds up for Abbott

August 28, 2013

Elections are won or lost in marginal seats. This analysis examines the electorates that will decide who reigns supreme on September 7th.
Dr Scott Brenton. 

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, House of Representatives

Post election 'cheat sheet'

September 10, 2013

No surprise - the Coalition won. But here's your one-stop-shop for each House of Representatives seat. Maria Rae

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Kevin Rudd, Labor

Rudd rebuilds

July 2, 2013

Our resident cartoonist explains how Kevin Rudd went about fixing his cabinet
Wes Mountain

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Kevin Rudd, Leadership, Polls

Meet 'New Age' Kevin

July 23, 2013

"I'm Instagraming, I'm Tweeting, I'm eating with Keating..."
Melbourne University
Law Review
 

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign

Election Dissection

August 14, 2013

Join University of Melbourne students as they look at the best and worst campaign ads and discuss the chances of Peter Beattie and the Greens.
The Farrago Team

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Costing, Labor, Liberal

How to shut down the election costings circus

September 2, 2013

Voters deserve an honest appraisal of the party platforms. 
Nicholas Reece

Australia 2013
Analysis
Coalition, minor parties, Policy, Senate, Tony Abbott

Good luck with that one

September 17, 2013

The Coalition might find dealing with the new Senate is like herding cats. Dr Damon Alexander

Australia 2013
Analysis
Coalition, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Leadership, Tony Abbott

Who exactly are Rudd's cabinet members?

July 10, 2013

The 'average' member of cabinet/shadow cabinet is very different to the 'average' Australian.
Sally Young

Australia 2013

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