BOUNDARIES: AEC proves itself capable of multi-tasking

As if Victorian political hacks didn’t have enough going on, the AEC has proved itself adept at multi-tasking by making some big changes in electoral boundaries. We look at who’s up and who’s down as a result of the changes.

BUGS: NSW Liberals fear Labor entrapment and recordings on race

NSW Liberal insiders tell VEXNEWS they fear sneaky Labor apparatchiks are recording interactions with Liberal candidates and campaign workers while encouraging them to agree with anti-Muslim sentiments in order to create political scandal.

MOVING FORWARD ON A TIGHTROPE: Libs don’t need to win 17 seats to win election, it’s more like 7

Those in the Press Gallery who say Tony Abbott needs to win 17 seats to become Prime Minister haven’t looked as closely as they should have. In fact a very small 1.5% swing back to the Coalition, and a mere seven currently Labor held seats, could well be enough to put him and his brood in The Lodge.

ON TARGET: Excellent campaign ad hits the spot

The para-military wing of the Victorian Labor Left that operates from a secretive and highly creative bunker at ALP Head Office has a proud history of service to their country in the form of the Army Reserve and many also…

RESPEK: Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger praises patriotic push against Kevin Rudd

While the Libs are trash-talking the process of changing federal Labor leaders, the truth is that it was a brilliantly-executed, unusually cost-free change made by suddenly united Labor moderates in Canberra. Former Victorian Liberal President and right-wing faction leader himself, Michael Kroger, agrees.

POLITICAL PERFORMANCE: The good, the bad and the funny

Three videos obtained by the VEXNEWS Investigations Unit grabbed our attention today.

Last night’s QandA show was great for those who want to see the future of the Greens political party.

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young appeared and initially argued that voters…

NEW SOUTH AILS: Cactus government pricking itself to death has lessons for all

NSW Labor’s serious problems can be traced back to the day it gave one union boss the right to veto government decisions. A brilliant must-read book explores what went on in the state that produces the best and the ugliest of Australian politics. As we contemplate chaos and catastrophe, naturally our mind also turns to Club Fed.

SURROUNDED: Senior Liberal official caught up in Colombo crisis *UPDATED

The federal Liberal party deputy director James McGrath has been in Sri Lanka campaigning for opposition leader General Sarath Fonseka. Government troops have surrounded the hotel where the General’s campaign team is staying and friends back home are gravely worried. He has spoken with VEXNEWS indicating that not only is he alive and well but he’s in no mood to be intimidated by a government throwing its weight around.

THE PARTY’S OVER: Faulkner’s bid to make public pay for every political ad ailing

A scheme to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to political parties to bail them out of a donation drought appears to be in serious trouble. VEXNEWS celebrates the New Year by claiming more than our fair share of the credit.

ALL-CLEAR: Australia one of least corrupt countries in the world

Transparency International has found that Australia is one of the least corrupt countries in Earth. Would someone tell Fairfax journalists and the ABC?