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The Federal Budget Explained In Three Minutes

I had every intention of watching the Treasurer’s 2013-14 Budget Speech, but I have to admit that took a nap when I got in last night and missed all of it. Thankfully, there’s this little helper that Labor has made in the vein of our favourite science explainers to lay out what the new Budget means for Australia.

7 May 2013

Online

How Fast Is The NBN Vs. Coalition Broadband? This Site Might Help

This coming election is going to focus heavily on telecommunications policy and who has the best national high-speed broadband strategy, but how do we decide which one is going to be best if we haven’t used them? Meet James Brotchie. He’s built something that might be of use for those looking to make a comparison: a website that gives you a visual representation of the differences between the Coalition and Labor Party strategies.

12 April 2013

Gadgets

Tony Abbott Wants Australia To Have A Billion-Dollar Drone Program, But Why?

If I had $1 for every time Tony Abbott had said “stop the boats” in the last four years, I’d probably have enough cash to fund his latest proposal: he wants to buy seven UAV drones to scour the Australian coastline for illegal boat arrivals at a cost of $1.5 billion.

13 February 2013

Online

Julian Assange Preps For Australian Senate Race

Getting yourself on the docket for an election is tough no matter where you are. I’d say it would be tougher for a political refugee like Julian Assange, though. Assange recently flagged his intention to run for the Federal Senate, and now despite the adversity, Assange is on his way to the race.

10 November 2012

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The Effect Of Education In The US Election

These are — according to Fox Business data — the best and worst educated states in the United States of America, ordered by percentage of residents 25 or older with at least a bachelor’s degree in 2011. It also shows how those states voted. Can you see any pattern?

7 November 2012

Gadgets

How Mitt Romney’s Plane Gets Stripped Of Mitt Romney Now That He Lost

We all know that Air Force One transports the President around but what about the presidential candidate? Well for Mitt Romney, he used an aeroplane from a small aeroplane company in Michigan who will get it back now and have to “de-Romneyise” it: strip the logos, change the seats and clean it up.

Online

Barack Obama Just Probably Tweeted The Most Popular Tweet Of All Time

After the networks gave the presidential victory to President Barack Obama, his Twitter account sent out a few tweets talking about the victory. One of those tweets has been retweeted so much in the past hour that it’s very probably the most popular tweet of all time.

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How To Stream The 2012 Presidential Election Coverage Online From Anywhere

I do love election day. Especially one that is going to be tracked, charted, measured and argued about all day. Here’s how you can watch coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.

5 November 2012

Online

Sandy-Soaked New Jerseyans Will Be Able To Vote By Email

Rather than let a hurricane disenfranchise thousands of displaced New Jersey residents following Hurricane Sandy, Governor Chris Christie has given a green-light for voting by email or fax. Are the security concerns? Sure. But if you’re going to pilot an e-voting program, at least it’s in a situation that has no other choice, and that isn’t really in contention anyway.

23 October 2012

Online

Here’s What The Internet Thinks About Barack Obama And Mitt Romney

If you want to know the internet’s temperature on Obama and Romney in the race to become the next President, just check out this snazzy 2012 Election Mood Meter tool. It smartly calculates and analyses real-time tweets to figure out which direction each candidate is trending.

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