It’s the luck of the draw, goes the old saying, but incumbent MP Tim Wilson and Labor candidate Martyn Abbott, the draw has not been lucky at all. The Age is taking an in-depth look at Goldstein this federal election campaign. goldsteinvotes auspol
was delighted to draw number one because that will give her the best spot to pick up donkey votes. “Every vote counts,” she says.
But with an election looming, the clubs were hoping to avoid politics, and politicians. None were invited, initially. The first email that went out to members about the lunch made no mention of candidates attending. But this year there’s a special buzz about the guest speaker, Afghanistan veteran, Sergeant Braedan Heverin.
But could the club just invite Wilson and not the other candidates? It was soon agreed that prominent independent Zoe Daniel would also be welcome. Daniel confirmed she would be attending with her father, former Essendon player Peter Daniel, who is visiting from Tasmania.So a third email was sent, which included the aspiring cross-bencher.
The mailout also includes a web address, www.notindependent.com that claims to “expose” independents as left wing fakes with puppet strings leading to Labor. “Partisan. Extreme. Dishonest,” the site shouts, also implying links to GetUp, Extinction Rebellion, and so on., says it is a “scare tactic” to discourage support for Daniel. But he’s not buying the message.
For Abbott, the point is rather moot. Labor HQ is not paying anything for his campaign so there’s not a lot of cash to splash on brochures. What happens then is a little unclear. What we do know is that the major political parties both use such tactics to harvest personal details to target voters with information favouring their candidate and with how-to-vote cards. The parties then send the postal vote applications to the AEC.
As for Zoe Daniel, the Independent has opted for a branded flyer with advice to voters about applying online with the AEC for a postal vote or collecting an application from her office. She said her campaign has avoided sending postal vote applications to respect the privacy of voters.ALP candidate Martyn Abbott says he won’t be distributing leaflets with postal vote applications because he does not have the resources to do so.
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