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Politics

Federal Election 2010

Welcome to the Mamamia Election coverage, spin-free and easy to understand.

From 2 minute cheat-sheets on hot -button issues, to opinion, analysis, commentary and most importantly, a platform for you to get involved in the discussion.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

UPDATED: Julia Gillard is our new Prime Minister

govt Soooo. Where were you when you heard the news? Or are you sitting in front of your computer hearing it now? Me, I was in Melbourne shopping centre (Chadstone,... [read more]

Election 2010: ARE WE THERE YET? And do you care?

Are we there yet? I was so into the election. For most of this year I've been interested and I sort of peaked on election night. I cared A LOT. And so did you. We nearly crashed... [read more]

UPDATED: Australia is hung over. All you need to know, post-election.

indep Well, that was quite an election night, wasn't it? We nearly melted the server with a huge spike in traffic coming to read and share and vent. I was at an election... [read more]

CONSTANTLY UPDATING : It’s election night! Pass the wine…..

CONSTANTLY UPDATING : It’s election night! Pass the wine….. Wherever you are tonight, it's going to be an exciting one and it's very hard to avoid all those cliches: nail-biting finish, too close to call, down to the... [read more]

A final word before the election

abbott thumb Julie Cowdroy writesIt’s nearly here! Some have posted their votes already, some are still deciding, some have known for a while. But election day is... [read more]

The Greens: read this 2min cheat sheet before you vote.

greens If you, like many, are feeling exasperated with the two major parties, you might be thinking of voting Green. But do you know what they stand for? All of it? Perhaps... [read more]

Behind the Scenes of my Julia interview

jgage This story started months ago, back when Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister. I’d always intended to interview the leaders of both major parties for Mamamia before the... [read more]

Julia Gillard: unplugged

jgmf On Friday I interviewed Julia Gillard for Mamamia and Fairfax newspapers. I was also meant to be interviewing Tony Abbott but he declined. Here, I've publish a full... [read more]

GUEST POST: The day I lobbied my local member.

julie Julie Cowdroy, our expert in politics has written of her experience of lobbying her local member.  He didn't show up though.  Perhaps that is because he's the... [read more]

UPDATED: Family First? You NEED to know what they stand for.

wendy francis tweet There are some people who have views that are so repugnant to me that I shake my head in disbelief that they even have a platform from which to sprout them.... [read more]