Saturday 17 November 2007

Peoples front in full swing on the NSW North Coast during 2007 federal election campaign

All in all the Nationals candidates on the NSW North Coast did not have a good week.
 
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile joined Nationals candidate for Page, Chris Gulaptis, at a press conference yesterday and spent most of his time defending WorkChoices and that Regional Partnerships Program rort.
 
Chris Gulaptis faced consecutive negative newspaper adverts by his old partner in Clarence Valley property development, and now may have to explain why it is that this former partner's statement about when this partnership ended doesn't appear to match what Gulaptis previously told the NSW Pecuniary Interest Tribunal.
 
Nationals candidate for Richmond Sue Page has just found out that the latest The Northern Star survey shows it is likely that she will be trounced on election day.
 
While both these candidates and retiring Nationals Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ian Causley, have been embarrassed by one of Causley's cousins abandoning the Nationals and coming out very publicly against WorkChoices in the national media.
 
The Sydney Morning Herald on WorkChoices and grassroot movement:
The Northern Star on latest Richmond opinion poll:
The Daily Examiner on Vaile and Gulaptis press conference:
The Daily Examiner on that Baker advertisement:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

check these out!

Michelle Grattan has Howard ranked as more or less dead
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/bmichelle-grattanb/2007/11/17/1194767024656.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

this is supported by the latest polling - both across the 18 key national marginals and the mortgage belt
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/bmichelle-grattanb/2007/11/17/1194767024656.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

and for that added bit of awesome, Julia Gillard's written a lovely little getf$%#ed to the COALition.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/six-sleeps-until-a-new-dawn/2007/11/17/1194767024670.html

Dreading anything less than a Howard-sacking!!

Anonymous said...

Great links, Xavier.
Enjoyed Julia's piece and also her answer to Barry Cassidy's hissy fit on the ABC TV's "Insiders".