Australian Election 2007 on the Internet: Commercials

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GetUp's brilliant send-up of official climate change advertising

They've raised $200,000 in a matter of days to run the ad throughout Australia during the AFL grand final. More here - clever!

Posted at 08:33 AM in Climate Change, Commercials, Television | Permalink | Comments (0)

Are you enrolled to vote?

ALP efforts on TV to get young people registered. Voting rolls will, for the first time, immediately close as soon as an election date is announced.

Posted at 10:54 PM in Commercials, Labor | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

ALP's anti-nuclear ad showing in Queensland

It's hard to imagine anywhere in Australia having a nuclear power station after Howard had to agree with his deputy Mark Vaile that local plebiscites would be held in areas where a reactor was proposed.

Labor is keeping the issue hot up north:

Posted at 07:19 PM in Commercials, Labor | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Climate change ad. from Australian coal union CFMEU

Remember, the new terminology is 'clean coal', not 'coal'. Just like it's 'gaming', not 'gambling'. And if that's coal dust on their faces, it doesn't look very clean!

Posted at 07:52 AM in Climate Change, Commercials, Unions | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Liberals get in early on interest rates and debt

Interesting voice-over being used - a 'tired mother'. It's the first video on the new LiberalParty07 channel.

Posted at 11:50 PM in Commercials, Liberals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Climate change: the PM's announcement and Labor's response

John Howard's announcement was posted on the PM's website and an official YouTube channel: JohnHoward2007. Howard's first few seconds look like someone's just told him: smile!