Labor's PR machine working overtime to craft Wikipedia entry of new Premier Keneally?

Puzzled by a close similarity in the wording of multiple news reports when it came to the background of new NSW Premier Kristina Kerscher Keneally, it didn't take long to zero in on Wikipedia as a logical source.
With such a polished wiki entry and one so favourable to this politician (the slick photo opposite sort of gave it away right from the start) I began to wonder if the Labor Party had been carefully protecting this page.
Well waddaya know - it was!
Not only is the page now locked against all but established Wikipedia editors, one of those editors actively deleting anything which might remotely cast Ms. Keneally as a very
rightwing politician is none other than Ben Aveling from the
Australian Labor Party.
As was pointed out in the Kristina Keneally discussion tab:
Gosh, you're not the same Ben Aveling who's the ALP Alexandria branch secretary, are you? Gosh, that would be embarrassing, what with you removing stuff that isn't particularly complementary about Mrs Keneally. But i'm sure you're not relation at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.126.39 (talk) 07:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I am the same Ben Aveling. I assume you are referring to this edit? That was a tough call. On the one hand, yes I am an involved party. On the other, the edit I reverted was inappropriate, arguably vandalism, and it had to be reverted by someone. I opted to be bold. Do you think I did wrong? Cheers, Ben Aveling 12:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Aveling and others have edited everything from Keneally's own assessment of her youthful bathing habits, the family friendship with Joe Tripodi, repeated public denials of personal leadership aspirations and details of ministerial planning decisions, in a minor orgy of censorship.
Aveling was anti-Iemma in 2008. Don't know how he felt about Rees but he obviously has a longstanding soft spot for Keneally.
Nothing wrong with having a hobby as well as a day job, but Wikipedia should insist that all of its hosted pages have a conflict of interest disclosure in brackets within the text right after sections submitted by members of political parties or serving politicians.
A dinki di encyclopedia Wikipedia ain't and sadly it's getting blown out by professional spin these days.

Is this your waterfront block? Mapping predicted sea level rise (3)

This is the advertised view from one NSW North Coast vacant building block selling for almost, but not quite, half a million dollars.

Notice the relative 'newness' of the canals and the nice soft, sandy shoreline.

This is exactly the type of land which is considered at risk in the Rudd Government's recent report Climate Change Risks to Australia's Coasts
that contains a 1.1 metre predicted sea level rise as its worse case scenario for New South Wales over the next ninety years.

This is Google Earth mapping of a sea level rise in the same area of only 1 metre.

Caveat emptor.

Time to show your vote to world leaders at U.N. Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 7-18 Dec 2009

It's time to stand up and be counted at Show Your Vote.

A new Australian-inspired website is recording individual and organisation climate change action votes by country, state and post code so that world leaders might understand that ordinary people want action now.

Voting results will be presented in a petition to the UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009.

Take a minute and register your vote.

Northern Rivers Art: an eclectic mix

Midnight by Matthew Farrell

Afternoon Walk
by Susan Simoni

Boobook 2007 by Noel Caldwell

All images can be found at Arts Northern Rivers:Visual Arts Network

Sistas commenting on new political leaders in Australia

''I would rather eat my first born than vote for Abbott . . ."

Right on sista!

Won't Go Back For Any Man
Grafton

Could we have a worse situation than former seminarian Tony Abbott in charge of the Liberal Party in Canberra?
Yes, we can have the far-right misogynist Abbott installed at federal level and the Centre Unity very right-wing and pious Kristina 'I'm so superior' Keneally as the new NSW Premier and puppet fronting the big developers control of the Labor Government.

Kaarin
Byron

Guest Speak is a North Coast Voices segment allowing serious or satirical comment from NSW Northern Rivers residents. Email ncvguestpeak at live dot com dot au to submit comment for consideration.

Bradfield & Higgins by-elections Saturday 5 December 2009: links to virtual tally room and other live cover

By-elections for the seats of Higgins and Bradfield (recently vacated by Liberal Party members Peter Costello and Brendan Nelson) are underway today.

Twenty-two candidates are standing in Bradfield. Including 9 candidates from the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) and an echo from the past with a candidate from the DLP. Full candidate list.

Ten candidates are standing in Higgins from across the political spectrum, but without a candidate from the Fred Nile Group. Full candidate list.

Bradfield polling places
Higgins polling places

Australian Electoral Commission's Virtual Tally Room begins to track primary votes and polling booths after 6pm.

ABC's Election Guide and Antony Green also cover the by-election vote counts tonight.

Twitter on the by-elections:
#higgins
#Bradfield
#byelection

NSW public underwhelmed by Premier Keneally?

From The Daily Telegraph this morning