rachelwithers.bsky.social
Freelance writer with an unfortunate penchant for Australian politics. clippings.me/rachelwithers/
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Ooooooooh this is a contender
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I've already gone and made it the title of this week's column 😂
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New favourite contender
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PS: Subscribe to Crikey to read my new column, Well Hung, tracking minor parties and indies ahead of the 2025 election
www.crikey.com.au/topic/well-h...
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Yes, as is Helen Haines (Indi), Michelle Milthorpe (Farrer), Jeremy Miller (Lyne), Jessie Price (Bean), Jenny Rolfe (Riverina), and Susie Holt (Groom)!
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Just thoughts I am having while looking into the Regional Voices Fund, and the *many* regional Climate 200-backed campaigns
regionalvoicesfund.com.au
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"Orange you glad indies are making it slightly less likely the LNP can reach a majority?"
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Grateful to have RRR fan Peter Lalor come on Spin and tell @jessielilley.bsky.social, @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I what happened with SEN.
Follow our insta spincycle.rrr for updates - @amyremeikis.bsky.social joining us this Thursday!
Full Lalor interview here: www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/se...
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For what it's worth, I don't think there's a hope in hell of Chaney backing the Coalition (if she survives).
But yes, the same logic should realistically apply to anyone taking Climate 200 money.
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(The new series is a lot like the old series, but with a much funnier name)
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I suppose it's because it has a nominal Labor margin based on 2022 results? And they've applied the swing
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I mean look at this
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Antisemitism is real, which is part of what makes this ridiculous provocation so abhorrent. Boy who cried wolf shit.
Stuff like this should be condemned by those who claim to be concerned about antisemitism, because it's turning the issue into a joke.
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Further details in @alexmckinnon.bsky.social's excellent newsletter
everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/get-out-of...
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Nah looks like we haven't had a show turned into a podcast since then! Today's should be online tmw
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We now have an instagram btw! Get around it!
www.instagram.com/spincycle.rrr/
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Featuring this pitch perfect explanation from @benraue.com as to why none of the minor parties were able to break through in Werribee:
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When independents and minor parties are cannibalising your vote and stamping your feet about it doesn't seem to be working
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At a party in Adelaide last year, Don Farrell recounted a meeting with Holmes à Court [who] had complained that his donation law changes would entrench the two-party system and lock out challengers.
“I mean,” Farrell quipped, “that’s the fucking point!”
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...