25 Nov, 2007
What a weekend! After much debate, hoo-hah, media build-up and national obsession with the two leading players, the votes have been collected and counted. And the winner of this weekend’s national vote is… Natalie Gauci!!!
Aside from Australian Idol, however, there was another vote this weekend, and this one finished with a far more devastating whitewash. Kevin Rudd and the Australian Labor Party obliterated the John Howard and the Liberal Party of Australia. Nowhere was the defeat more evident than in the seat of Bennelong where, for one of the few times in history, a standing prime minister lost his seat.
John Howard missed out on retaining his long-standing seat of Bennelong to popular Labor upstart and former current affairs personality Maxine McKew. Unbelievably, this seat has never gone to Labor in the past, having been held by Liberal Sir John Cramer from its foundation in 1949 to 1974, when John Howard gained control of the seat. It was one of the safest Liberal seats in the country until the tide of poularity started to turn against Howard’s government.
So as we say goodbyeto Idol’s runner-up, Matt Corby, we also bid farewell to one of the longest and most illustrious political careers in this country’s history. With the benefit of time, John Howard will no doubt be remembered amongst the Liberal greats, but for now Australia seems to have had enough of his broken promises and controversial actions and inactions concerning defense, industrial relations, the environment and education.
Farewell Johnnie. We’ll miss those eyebrows.
13 Sep, 2007
We here at Ozelection love the Chaser. In fact we’d like to marry the Chaser and boundless Chaser children running amok all over the world. Quite simply they are the best at what they do and if you can’t appreciate their humor, you have to appreciate the fact that they will pull no punches and tell it like it is (or at least how they see it). Freedom of speech is something that is bantered about so much these days and these boys are a voice for many of us here in the land of OZ.
Don’t agree? Maybe you’d like to see them burnt at the steak or alternatively taken off air (whichever floats your boat). It seems as though you aren’t alone after their incredible APEC stunt that only those hiding under the farthest rock in the farthest land have not heard about.
Hit the jump for the controversial *oohhhh aaahhh* video and take part in our poll. ‘Chaser be Damned or Chaser be Good’
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13 Sep, 2007
As much as we like to fancy ourselves as political satirists and brilliant writers, the fact is …we’re not. We’ve meandered around the vast intertubes long enough to know that the funniest people are you…the general public and that’s why we’re throwing open our virtual doors for those who wish to contribute to the site. You might have the jump on a breaking story, have an utterly brilliant idea for an article, have some mad photoshop skillz you wish to show off, the list is endless…even though it ends right here….. anyway case in point…. we need your help.
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13 Sep, 2007
Well here we are….finally! Ready and raring to provide a safe haven to those who have more than just 2 funny bones in their body to air their opinions on our current ‘leaders’ and potential leaders in this the 2007 Federal Election Campaign.
What this site will be: Funny
What this site won’t be: Banal
So check in regularly or grab the RSS feed and don’t be afraid to drop us a line and give some advise on what do to because honestly, we haven’t a clue.
