Welcome, Thursday 09 September 2010
 
Audio highlights and multimedia highlights from the 2007 Australian Federal Election Campaign.

John Howard

"I think it's a very old outdated idea to bring back an industrial relations system that would return a monopoly of the bargaining process in our workplaces to the trade union movement..."

Kevin Rudd

"Mr Howard, when you were treasurer of Australia, you produced five budgets, four of them were deficits. Let's have some honesty on the table here. Let's get the record straight..."

Audio, Video and News Highlights from the Campaign

Bluff Campaign over, now comes My Election 2007

 

The Phoney Election has now passed and we head into My Election 2007.

Take a listen back to some of the issues we have covered over the past few months.

 

  Phoney Election 2007

 

 

My Election 2007 - The Week That Was

 

Week One of My Election 2007 saw the Liberal Party jump early on day one to focus attention on fiscal policy, but the week also saw the launch of the advertising campaigns, from the down home folksy to a scare about union representation in the Labor Party. And there was a rare embarrassing slip by the Prime Minister on Channel Nine.

 

My Election 2007 - Week One

 

 

My Election 2007 - The Week That Was

 

Week two of My Election 2007 saw the Great Debate between the two leaders of the Liberal and Labor Parties and much discussion about the 'Worm'. The people meter gave the debate to Kevin Rudd but it also brought into contention the idea of networks being able to broadcast the debates as they see fit, free and Democratic. The CPI figures were also released in week two and they were not great indicators for the Coalition in regard to keeping interest rates low.

 

My Election 2007 - Week Two

 

 

My Election 2007 - The Week That Was

 

Week three of My Election 2007 was a week that saw Peter Garrett's gaff, Tony Abbott's absence, and a prickly question on cactus to a Treasurer.

 

My Election 2007 - Week Three

 

 

My Election 2007 - The Week That Was

 

Apart from a horse race, our attention was turned toward the rise in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia. We were told ‘sorry’ by the Prime Minister but he didn’t make an apology, and the semantics of the wording was covered beautifully by Neil Mitchell.

 

My Election 2007 - Week Four

 

 

My Election 2007 - The Week That Was

 

Week Five of My Election 2007 saw the launch of each party’s campaign with much rhetoric and gusto. John Howard promised almost $10 billion for the country, Kevin Rudd changed tack and promised only a quarter of that amount. Hear each major party’s plans.

 

My Election 2007 - Week Five