Colour is a vital part of branding - commercial and political. A way to be instantly recognised,but it can also be used to trick voters.
They say at every federal election there’s usually a surprise. Some wonder if this time it could be North Sydney.
Independent MP Zali Steggall has set up an online reporting tool for disinformation in the upcoming federal election and vowed to reintroduce her “stop the lies” bill if she is returned to Parliament.
The clock is ticking down towards a federal intervention in the NSW division this week to get candidates in the field.
Damien Hodgkinson,who once harboured his own political ambitions,is now at the centre of a donations furore.
An Australian Electoral Commission audit forced the party to reveal a payment almost two years after the last election.
The financial controller who did not reveal a $100,000 donation to independent MP Zali Steggall also failed to disclose a payment from Alex Turnbull to a former Liberal.
Climate campaigner Simon Holmes à Court says he won’t push his political views on independent candidates if federal election ends up in a hung parliament.
A body called Climate 200 is trying to match the big parties in political campaign fundraising. It is a new model which remains to be proven.
Victorian independent Helen Haines will reveal every donor who contributes more than $1000 to her campaign,as fellow Independent Zali Steggall fights accusations about her donors.
When the Herald took to the streets of Warringah to interview voters about the scandal some felt Steggall’s image had been sullied but most supported her.