There is one thing you must do if you want to exercise your democratic right – and that’s enrol to vote. It can be confusing, so Below the Line’s Emma Buckley Lennox had a chat to Thomas Harper from the Victorian Electoral commission about the whole voting thing.
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Catching a train, tram or bus may be the most boring part of your day – and for many it’s also the most frustrating. Public transport being late, crowded or just not showing up is something Melbournians have had to deal with for years. Late last year the provider of trams and trains changed and it was meant to help fix the problems – but so far Metro hasn’t met most of its own performance targets.
Emma Buckley Lennox reports on what the parties are proposing to do about it.
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The result of the election for the two major parties still hangs in the balance. What's clearer, though, is a huge swing to the Greens - the Greenslide!
New Greens' MP for Melbourne, Adam Bandt, was quick to throw his support behind the Labor Party to help them keep government. But what changes are we going to see on the big issues like asylum seekers, climate change and gay marraige?
Beau Donelly reports.
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Julia Gillard doesn't believe in God. Unlike Howard, Rudd and Abbott, she's distanced herself from religion altogether.
Do you care whether or not our PM believes in God? Will it lose her votes on August 21?
Panorama's Nick Toscano talks to a young aetheist, a priest-in-training and Marion Maddox, author of 'God under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australia'.
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The leader of the Australian Sex Party is Fiona Patten, and she joined The Naughty Rude Show this week to talk about her party's policies and campaign in this year's Federal Election. Tune in to James, Matt and Eloise chatting with Fiona here on the podcast.
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Ryan - a delightful Queensland electorate stretching from the suburbs of Brisbane, across national parks and rivers, uniting rich celebrities and dirty hippies.
It's also very marginal, and the Liberal Party will be fighting against their own defector, Michael Johnson to hold it.
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