Candidate Canvass
This is an exercise in bringing candidates to the people.
The idea is that a standard set of questions are asked of local candidates, with the answers posted here along with a brief biography. This gives a glimpse of the people voters must choose between come the 21st of August.
This exercise cannot succeed without your help however, we need you to help ask the questions whether through email, Twitter, Facebook, in person, or any other media. The easiest way would be to copy and paste or provide a link to this post – please post any candidates you contact in the comments section so we can keep track. The more candidates we can get involved, the better. So we hope you will join in.
These are the questions suggested, and there are no length requirements for answers:
How long have you lived in your electorate?
What would be the single most pressing issue in your electorate/state?
What would you hope to achieve for your electorate in the coming term?
What would you hope to contribute to Australia as a parliamentarian?
Do you believe in anthropogenic climate change and should we act on it?
What is your position on asylum seekers?
Do you think filtering the Internet is a viable way of protecting the vulnerable online?
What is your view on cabinet confidentiality?
Do you support gay marriage?
What do you feel has been your greatest achievement in life (family not included)?
To get the ball rolling, we’ve started by contacting the candidates for the electorate of Greenway (given one of the candidates is a contributing author):
Paul Taylor
Michelle Rowland
Jaymes Diaz
Contacts have not yet been found for:
Allan Green
Tony Pettit
If you have contact details for these candidates, or others, please email them to us at notionfactory @ gmail.com.au
July 28, 2010 at 10:05 AM
So Far, ive contacted:
Fiona Scott
Louise Markus
John Alexander
Peter Cooper
Venus Priest
David Gazard
Gordon Weiss
Alexander Dore
Charles Camenzuli
Juliet Arkwright
Ill be contacting greens/labor/sex party candidates shortly….
July 28, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Also contacted:
Cunningham:
Sharon Bird
George Takacs
Jess Moore
Philip Clifford
Bennelong:
Maxine McKew
John Alexander
Lindsay Peters
Macarthur:
Nick Bleasdale
Russell Matheson
Jessica Di Blasio
July 29, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Happy to answer the questions, do you send an email ?
July 30, 2010 at 12:32 AM
Email sent. We look forward to your answers!
July 30, 2010 at 4:12 PM
More contacted:
Solomon:
Damian Hale
Natasha Griggs
Curtin:
Julie Bishop
George Crisp
New Contact:
Throsby:
Juliet Arkwright
Stephen Jones
Peter Moran
Alan Hay
Adelaide:
Gemma Weedall
Luke Westley
Suzanne Patricia Neal
Marie Nicholls
Kate Ellis
Christopher Steele
Ruth Beach
Aston:
Rachel Hanna
Rupert Evans
Alan Tudge
Salore Craig
Ballarat:
Belinda Coates
Mark Banwell
Catherine King
Banks:
Paul Spight
Daryl Melham
Ron Delezio
Barker:
Simone McDonnell
Patrick Secker
Steven Davies
Barton:
Robert McClelland
Simone Francis
John La Mela
Bass:
Steve Titmus
Geoff Lyons
Sancia Geraldine Colgrave
Adrian Watts
August 15, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Even more contacted:
Batman:
George Souris
Alexandra Kaur Bhathal
Martin John Ferguson
Con Sarazen
Bendigo:
Steve Gibbons
Kymberlie Dimozantos
Craig Hunter
Berowra:
Toni Wright-Turner
Michael Stove
EVANS, Steve
GALLAGHER, Mick
Blair:
Neil Leslie Zabel
Shayne Kenneth Neumann
Brad King
Patricia May Petersen
Joshua Olyslagers
Blaxland:
Malikeh Michels
David Daniel Ball
Jason Clare
Mark Majewski
CHARAF, Abdul
Bonner:
Darryl Charles Rosin
Kerry Rea
Carolyn Maree Ferrando
Utz Wellner
Boothby:
Annabel Digance
Ray McGhee
Andrew Southcott
Avi Chapman
Bowman:
Andrew Laming
David Keogh
WINDOLF, Karina
KENT, John Aaron
Braddon:
Garry William Carpenter
Scott Jordan
Sid Sidebottom
Bradfield:
Susie Gemmell
Paul Fletcher
GALLARD, Sarah
Brand:
Dawn Jecks
Donna Gordin
Gary Gray
Brisbane:
Andrew Bartlett
Ewan Saunders
Arch Bevis
Mark A White
Teresa Gambaro
Bruce:
Mike Kabos
Alan Griffin
ZIBELL, Stefan
Calare:
Paul Blanch
Karen Romano
Jeremy Buckingham
John Cobb
Macgregor Ross
Calwell:
Lenka Thompson
Maria Vamvakinou
Wayne Tseng
Canberra:
Sue Ellerman
Gai Brodtmann
Canning:
Alannah MacTiernan
Don Randall
Darren Vernede
Ian Tuffnell
Capricornia:
Paul Bambrick
Sandra Corneloup
Kirsten Livermore
Michelle Landry
North Sydney:
Joe Hockey
Leta Webb
Daniel Pearce
Andrew Robjohns
Lilley:
Andrew Herschell
Wayne Swan
Andrew Martin Jeremijenko
Rod McGarvie
Lalor:
Paul Sheehan
Brian William Shaw
Sheridan Ingram
Julia Gillard
Van Rudd
Joanne Clarke
Warringah:
Alexander Jacob Gutman
Matthew Drake-Brockman
Hugh Zochling
Tony Abbott
Kenneth Cooke
Griffith:
Hamish Chitts
Jesse Alexander Webb
Emma-Kate Rose
Jan Pukallus
Kevin Rudd
August 15, 2010 at 11:54 PM