Day 30 cont

Not to be outdone by the Liberals, in #Brunswick #Labor and the #Greens take signs to a new level:

“With election day looming, campaigning has kicked into overdrive in Davies Street in #Brunswick, home to the sole pre-polling booth in the #WillsElectorate.

Volunteers from every party were out in force last week, distributing how-to-vote cards and slapping up signs at the voting-queue entrance.

But on Monday, as the clock ticked down to election day on Saturday, the parties took it to the next level, particularly Labor members.

They plastered 162 #corflutes (I counted), double stacked, on the fence around the voting centre, and inside where #voters queue.”

#AusPol <https://archive.md/IspsW> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html> (paywall)

Day 30 cont

The Liberals have a candidate problem continued:

“A legal stoush is brewing over the arms race of #corflutes and #signage proliferating at a pre-polling centre on High Street in #Kew, with the #LiberalParty now threatening to take #BoroondaraCouncil to court.”

The number of corflutes? 50. The candidate? Amelia Hamer.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Coalition / #Lawyers / #AmeliaHamer / #Kooyong <https://archive.md/IspsW> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html> (paywall)

Day 18 cont

April 13 “The rightwing #advocacy group #Advance has acknowledged it is paying for election materials attacking the #Greens to be used by third-party groups during the election campaign.

“Advance is working with hundreds of volunteers from dozens of community groups to defeat Greens candidates and we make no apology,” a spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said Advance did not fund groups directly but “we absolutely pay for anti-Greens campaign material to be at the disposal of volunteers”.

“This includes 2m #flyers and thousands of #TShirts and #corflutes. Again, we make *no apologies*.” — #MatthewSheahan

Is this also the work of Advance?

#AusPol / #extremism / #influence / #propaganda / #LNP / #Liberals / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/13/rightwing-lobby-group-advance-says-it-makes-no-apology-for-support-given-to-anti-greens-groups>

@luciedigitalni @brainsmatter
On my suburban walk yesterday there many more Jessie Price (Independent) corflutes than anyone else's - by a factor of 5 (at least). I've never seen that happen before in Bean.
#Independents #Bean #Canberra #Australia #Corflutes #Election