First Published on The Punch 10/8/2010 Goldfish have a neat survival mechanism to prevent them ever getting bored – by the time they have swum around the bowl they have forgotten the […] Read more
Originally published on The Punch 3/08/2010 Our Prime Minister has joined the bandwagon complaining that this is a focus group- driven election – but isn¹t this the way of the Wiki? After […] Read more
First Published on The Punch 27/07/2010 If you are a political junkie like me, chances are you found Sunday night’s debate a little like watching a nil-nil draw without even the climax […] Read more
The election media landscape has changed forever, the revolution will not be televised. Gone are the days of one-way election communications, the traditional print and television campaigns of the major parties may […] Read more
First Published on The Punch 29th June 2010 The Australian public’s reaction to last week’s execution of their Prime Minister came in two courses. The first: “Don’t break the eggs!” The second: […] Read more
7pm hungry. I, like many other ‘Gen Y-can’t-I-do-everything-on-my-iPhone?’, first heard about the political events of last week while browsing my iphone for twitter, news feeds and facebook status updates, in front of […] Read more
First Published on Crikey Thursday 24th June Essential Reports polls taken over the last 2 years show how Kevin Rudd’s approval ratings have declined since he almost unprecedented figures he achieved following […] Read more
When it comes to research, online polling has an image problem. Federal Labor minister Craig Emerson was at it again this morning, saying the Essential Report was not a representative sample. Part […] Read more