Can't help but feel there's a Mitchell Pearce joke gone begging here...

You’re a deadset legend Amy. Your work and strength of character are inspiring. Thanks for continually turning up!

If anyone is looking to mark off a bunch of squares in quick succession, there's a bloke spouting off in the LEAN FB discussion group who will give you A1, B2, C2, C3, and a whole lot of E5...

Okay, but my memories of being told that putting Plibersek in charge of the environment portfolio was a sign that they were taking it seriously are still pretty fresh…

So, who’s holding the levers for 2? Assuming it’s not quite as simple as passing a motion at my local branch!

An attack on the PBS would be enough to turn half the conservative voters in Australia into Maoist insurgents.

On the basis that evidence, that particular battle is already lost 🙃🤣

I think every AEC official should get to vote for their favourite (kind of like the Archibald packing room prize), with the winner reproduced at A3 scale, framed, and presented to the incoming PM by the governor general upon forming government.

It was the most concerning part, only a handful of informal votes, and all really low effort stuff. Our elections might be fine, but a key pillar of our democracy had vanished!

I was a scrutineer for the first time at the state election and it left me enormous faith in our elections (although the promised dicks drawn on ballots never materialised). Seems like more people should do a shift and learn how it works.

Makes sense, more like a set of guiding principles then. I really like the focus on the unified story and plotlines.

Apologies if this is a silly question, but have these lessons been properly captured (or has someone considered doing a PhD on it)?

A great yarn, and just what I needed to read today 🙏

🤯 good grief, not giggling at that would have cost me all my self-control!

Absolutely! Very keen to learn about it out of general interest, and because I’d like to know what is actually useful when it comes to political participation