Well it has been a week since the big result, so it is only fair that I make my reaction. For some reason when the results came in, all I could think of was a clip from an episode of Family Ties, where they are remembering I think Mallory’s birth. It is election […]

A commenter gave me a heads up to this post that he/she wrote about the Family First movement from the perspective of a member of the Hawkesbury Church, boasting 10 candidates in NSW electorates.
So in the interests of keeping our eye on all things family first, I recommend it to you.

This federal campaign has certainly been notable for the rampant throwing of money at people who we need to vote for us.
In a lot of ways, many of this election “bidding” seems to pass me by - we don’t have kids, I am not a mother looking to get back into the workforce and so […]

I keep returning to the issue about Family First and their involvement in the election. I read with interest the
Saint’s post on the topic, along with this offering from the daily flute.
On Saturday, the party released this statement:

The party is not a church party or an Assembly of God party, nor is it […]

Stealing some of my best work (but absent the snarky commentary) is this article, including an explanation for some of the ommissions:

Social justice issues such as refugees are not canvassed. “We felt that if we put out what we think is a Christian perspective, we’d alienate half the Christian community,” Mr Stokes said
‘Cause right now […]

In response to the backlash over the Federal Labor Party’s education policy (where about $3billion in federal funding is taken from very rich independent and private schools and reallocated to poorer private schools) I saw this thought provoking article.
It suggests that what is lost in the debate is the fact that many of the private […]

And in case you were struggling to determine how the parties lined up with christian values in their policies and voting, the australian christian lobby has helpfully compiled this table which identifies “christian values” against which the relevant parties should be judged. The entire list of relevant “values” is:

prayers to open parliament each day
affirmation […]

The Family First has received a bit of coverage recently, particularly as the Coalition has entered into preference deals directing preferences to Family First ahead of Meg Lees in South Australia, despite Howard’s endorsement of the way that she operates as an independent. One of the things that has been raised by commentators […]

You are a disgrace Mr Ruddock.

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the Jakarta embassy bombing reinforced the point he was making earlier this month when he cited the attack on school children on Beslan to illustrate that Australia’s interests would be best served under the Howard Government.
Mr Ruddock drew intense criticism in the early stages of the […]

What is with this idea that if we are under threat or in a state of fear we must/should/will vote conservative?