ACT Question Time: Joy Burch enjoys her moment in the sun
Totally ignoring Treasurer Katy Gallagher on this fine winter Thursday, the Canberra Liberals today took to Joy Burch with a meat axe.
Totally ignoring Treasurer Katy Gallagher on this fine winter Thursday, the Canberra Liberals today took to Joy Burch with a meat axe.
Who are the suits sitting in the chamber and what have they done with my beloved Opposition?
While the Feds hang in limbo with no Government formed three days after an election, the local Government in our nation's capital is going full steam ahead.
Having left the baffling chaos of the tally room I'd been hoping to get a sense of clarity from the parties. What had just happened? What will happen? Who is leading our country?
It's 8.22pm and the Tally room is a crazy busy, fluro lit, noisy pointing clapping chaos with politicians and cameras and AEC tech heads running and writing and filming and screaming and drinking beer from plastic cups. The journalists look freaked out, stressed and speedy filing and snapping and typing while the crowds are glued to giant TV screens, occasionally checking back over their shoulders at the ancient green board.
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Canberra Culture The increasing use of personal profiling for politicians has led to something of a spiritual split down ACT candidate lines for the Federal election.