Campaign

Analysis
Campaign, Debates, Economy

Your 10 point guide to detecting spin

June 20, 2013

Voters are in for a wild ride with the facts as politicians and their advisors ramp up their rhetoric and spin ahead of the federal election.
Neville Norman

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Political participation, Preferences

Great lengths for a Senate vote

July 10, 2013

Some Senate ballot papers are going to be so large this year electoral officials have ordered magnifying glasses to help voters. Really.
Wes Mountain.

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott

The Leadersboard

September 13, 2013

An easy infographic that tells you where Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd campaigned, and what they did.
Election Watch team

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Welfare

FactCheck Q&A: do women under 50 make up just 2% of people on $100,000 a year

August 22, 2013

Was Joe Hockey right when he claimed that only 2% of Australians under 50 earning $100,000 are women? 
Chris Lloyd

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign

A view from the outside

September 6, 2013

Explaining the Australian election to an international audience.
Nicholas Reece

 
Australia 2013
Campaign Ads
Campaign

BJP targets inflation

April 1, 2014

A waiter serves up a meal, and an unhappy diner dishes out on the rising cost of living. 'Enough now - we shall deal with it ourselves.'

India 2014
Analysis
Campaign, Results

The Verdict: Diaspora gather for countdown

May 16, 2014

India's Melbourne-based intelligentsia gathered at the Australia India Institute today to watch the live feed of the count and dissect the Narendra Modi landslide.

India 2014
Campaign Ads
Liberal Party, Campaign, Political advertising

'Who's going to pay?' - Libs target ALP spending

October 22, 2014

Enlisting a retro cash-register 'ker-ching" and old-school supermarket spruiking, the Liberals target hip-pocket nervousness about Labor pledges and spending.

Victoria 2014
Election Rewind
Campaign

Election campaigning isn't what it used to be

July 10, 2013

Since the 1970s, political media stunts and stage management have become the norm. 
Michael Gawenda

Australia 2013
Election Rewind
Campaign, Labor, Liberal, Political advertising

It's time to discuss slogans

July 15, 2013

The much maligned art of sloganeering has long been central to Australian politics.
Sally Young

Australia 2013
Analysis
Broadband, Campaign

News Corp Australia vs the NBN – is it really all about Foxtel?

August 8, 2013

Is Rupert Murdoch opposing Labor's re-election because of the NBN? 
Emma Dawson

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Labor, Liberal, Polls

Poll Watch: Week 3

August 27, 2013

It's been a busy and complex week of polling, with data at the national, state and individual-seat level. Here we try to disentangle them.
Dr Denis Muller

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Liberal

Train wreck or genius?

September 6, 2013

Is this campaign video with bite, or has it jumped the shark? Take the poll.
Election Watch team

Australia 2013
Campaign Ads
Campaign

Congress pitch for youth vote

April 1, 2014

'We are the young - why should our attitude be old?' INC's pitch to the massive youth constituency.' (With English translation.)

 

India 2014
Analysis
Campaign, Results

The Verdict: How the Modi "Wave" became a tsunami

May 16, 2014

The writing was long on the wall for a BJP win and a Congress rout. But the scale of it has left Modi supporters and detractors alike reeling. Was it a victory for policy, or strategy? Mosiqi Acharya investigates. 

India 2014

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