For the Australian Election. From the Australian Labor Party.
Really tiny writing and hard to see if you are looking up the poll. They were spotted in Talbot Street and near Custom Quay in prime backpacker territory – the Irish Labour Party have been helping their sisters and brothers out it seems. (h/t to Alexia for the pics!)
I assume they will be taken down quickly?
The Australian Electoral Commission website is an excellent resource for the psephologists amongst you.
In case you are wondering ballots are still being counted including those cast in Ireland, voting in Australia is compulsory and Broadband is a huge issue in the negotiations to form a minority government.
My weekend spent resting was also spent watching Election coverage on ABC and Sky News Australia (not as good as ABC, no change there then.) The Australian Green Party spent the weekend looking happy with themselves. The nation has their own version of Jackie Healy Rae – no comb-over or flat cap but rural and looking for wonderful things to be done for his area in exchange for his vote. And they have a 20 year old conservative elected who really reminded me of Wicklow’s finest – Simon Harris.
Similarities to Ireland don’t end with a leader who shafted the predecessor either. My partner’s brother lives in the constituency of the Aussie parliament’s speaker who holds a very safe seat and who’s daddy was also speaker…
Very interesting coverage tho’ on ABC, which will ‘demystify’ their politics a bit on this side of the planet.
Did you not see this?
http://www.irishecho.com.au/2010/08/17/irish-people-canvass-in-dublin-for-alp/4757
By the way – any thoughts on Point 5 – I heard it described as racist
Interesting that advancing equality is not one of the 10 pledges on Julia Gillard’s list, but then this is the woman who opposes marriage equality on the grounds of respecting Australia’s “christian heritage”, despite being an avowed atheist and “living in sin” to boot! It’s also odd to say the least that the main centre-left party in the country opposes equal marriage when polls show that at least 60% of Aussies favour it. The ALP must be the most conservative Labour party in the western world and they deserved to lose this election. Progressive minded voters clearly turned to the Greens instead who now hold the balance of power in the Senate and will also hopefully be involved in whatever new government is put together.
At least someone in Dublin noticed the posters we put up
Great blog!