Chris Earl is a Bendigo-based rural and regional affairs consultant and was a member of the Liberal Party’s Victorian Division administrative committee for five years. A former regional newspaper editor, he been a media adviser to former Howard Government minister Fran Bailey and Senator Michael Ronaldson.
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| UpdatedMalcolm Fraser should be remembered as a conviction politician who returned Australia to stability after the Whitlam chaos. His strong hand of leadership served the nation well.
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It's a very sad day for upholding the democratic process when social and lifestyle considerations are placed above the importance of voting.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections
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Questions about the integrity of Australia's electoral system have surfaced more than once - we need identification checks and electronic rolls to restore trust.
Topics: elections, federal-elections, government-and-politics
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| UpdatedThe call to ban political donations could be seen as knee-jerk and populist. The focus and hard work should instead be applied to improving process and accountability.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, political-parties
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| UpdatedThe avoidance of competition the AFL now increasingly embraces is but the latest attack on a fast-fading culture of producing winners in industry, music and sport.
Topics: community-and-society, sport, sports-organisations, competitions
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| UpdatedIf there was an admirable cause being advocated at the March in March protests, it was lost in a sea of bitterness, hatred and hypocrisy.
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| UpdatedElections should involve applying scrutiny on your opponents, something that is made difficult when you are legally prevented from naming them in your campaign material.
Topics: clive-palmer, states-and-territories