What is the place of social media in Government?
Is there one?
The use of individual-centric mediums can serve a purpose for Government Departments and similar formal institutions (I.e. the Police); but it is a more complex exercise than your average business.
Why use social media? Continue reading
What I have learned after 6 months of work?
(I still feel like the little girl in the above picture, for one!)
Since 1971, there have been 17 Leadership spills – 12 have been successful (I.e. the leader of the party changed), 5 were unsuccessful; between both major parties – the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
When it comes to spilled milk, there is no use crying over it; but this article will discuss the ‘watermark’ which spill motions have left on Australian Politics.
Spill Motion;
In Australian politics, a leadership spill is a declaration that the leadership of a Parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. A spill may involve all leadership positions (Leader and Deputy Leader in both houses), or just the Leader.
Leadership spills have happened more times than I first thought. However there have been 7 in the last 7 years (since 2008), which leaves 10 ‘spills’ in 26 years before that (1971-2007). Off those figures, you could deduce that spills have gone from being every 2.6 years, to being (on average) every year.
So spills are not a recent phenomenon.
I observed some repeat offenders:
“The (Abbott) government’s narrative is that they haven’t been able to do anything… There’s a negative story attached to the government. They must somehow shift the momentum. The mould will be set if they don’t do something soon and they will have a really, really hard time — and most likely will lose the next election.”
Source: ‘Tony Abbott’s knightmare could be fatal if his government fails to change tack‘
“Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.”
― Karl Lagerfeld
I swore off ALL online shopping this year; so as I languish with withdrawals (I was seriously addicted!) and actually save a decent amount of money — I bequeath to you, dear reader Tangible’s 7 tips for online thrifting, and my favourite online thrift stores. Enjoy!
A very moving cover.
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Next Charlie Hebdo cover unveiled – CBS News.
“The cover has an Arabic man – possibly Mohammed or some other prophet – holding up a “Je suis Charlie” sign. A single tear is falling from his eye. Above the man is the caption “Tout est Pardonne” – all is forgiven….
After the world wide show of support, Charlie Hebdo was set to publish 1 million issues on Wed, instead of its regular run of 60,000 copies.
On Monday night, CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer reported the Charlie Hebdo run would be 3 million.”
So I was thinking, as I so often do; I thought about Prime Minister Abbott, after my last entry about Prime Ministerial interviews – what will his legacy be?
I (over?) simplified John and Julia’s tenures into a series of bullet points as below:
We’ve had two former Prime Ministers do newsworthy interviews in late September, within the same week.
I would have thought the media would have spread them (a week?) apart for maximum impact, but the media seem to love a good adversarial matching – Liberal vs Labour – at any opportunity.
As Frocktober (and a very busy October) draws to a close, I am reflective.
This October was a challenging month – I house-sat multiple times, had two sitting weeks at work, organised a birthday party. Continue reading
I watched Disney’s award-winning movie “Frozen” for the first time very recently with my Mum. She was loaned a colleague’s daughter’s precious, sole DVD copy of the animated hit movie. I knew a little about it, the well-known “Let It Go” song, and there was a blonde girl called Elsa in a blue sparkly dress; I knew nothing of the storyline.
I was a bit perplexed with bits of what I viewed over the next 100 minutes…
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