Saturday, November 24, 2007

ELECTION 2007 : part one

01. INTRO

The 2007 Australian Federal Election campaign had its share of ups and down. Hours before the election, find out where we stand...



02. TOP TEN

It's been a campaign of ups and downs, twists and turns. Emma Race takes us through the highlights, the lowlights, and the thoroughly humiliating... lights.



03. MY FIRST ELECTION

What do you do if you've just reached voting age, but are too disenfranchised to care about who to vote for? You listen to Adam Knox.



04. COMPARATIVE BIOGRAPHIES

John Howard is applying for his fifth term as PM. Should he get it? Is Kevin Rudd better? More importantly: is he smarter than a fifth termer?

ELECTION 2007 : part two

05. HOW OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS WORKS

How does our election process actually work? You may think it's incredibly boring -- and you'd be right. So we explain it using pretty pictures.



06. IT'S ALWAYS BELLWETHER

What is a bellwether seat? The answer may interest you. It may also bore you, we don't want to rule that out. But watch anyway.



07. HOW TO BE A POLITICIAN

Let's say you want to be a politician. Once you're done saying that, you're going to need to know what to expect and how to act. Shannon gives you a complete rundown of everything you need to know.



08. EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POLITICS (BUT WERE TOO BORED TO ASK)

There are so many confusing terms associated with elections. In an effort to make them more confusing, we accidentally explain most of them.

ELECTION 2007 : part three

09. INTERVIEW

Laura Chipp is the daughter of Democrats founder Don Chipp, and is also running in the seat of Isaacs. More importantly, she's 22 and cute, which is why we pursued an interview with her.



10. HOW TO VOTE

There's nothing look a good instructional video. And this is nothing like a good instructional video. Nonetheless, Shannon and Lee give you a complete run down on everything you may need to know before voting.



11. PREDICTIONS

We wrap up our Election 2007 coverage with our predictions of what will happen on the big day.