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Bunting, pickets and harpoons – electioneering Sydney style
As electioneering reaches a fever pitch ahead of Saturday’s polling day, I thought it might be instructive to look back on how electioneering was done back at the first state elections. Listen to the whole conversation with Lisa and Tess on 2SER here The... read more
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The very first state election in Sydney in 1843 involved poetry, harpoons & blubber spades. All in all, the democracy sausage is a distinct improvement!
With Saturday’s state election looming, today on 2ser FM Breakfast, Lisa Murray & Tess looked at how electioneering happened at early elections in Sydney. If you missed it, you can still catch up on the Dictionary blog.
Bunting, pickets and harpoons – electioneering Sydney style
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