Category Archives: Campaign Diary

Dr Troppo explains political theatre

November 9, 2007 – 2:18 pm

Politics is bad entertainment because there are too many people trying to write the script and all of the actors are trying to play the character who grew up on a farm and went on to save the universe. When everything is going according to plan it’s like watching Star Wars with two badly-cast Luke [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

Unexpected Questions

November 8, 2007 – 12:48 pm

Politicians (whose grubby ranks I have officially joined at this election) have to deal with curly questions from journalists. Most of this takes the form of on-the-spot quizzes about current interest rates, the price of milk and bread and tax thresholds. It’s a bit silly but you come to expect it.
What’s also common is questions [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate, Policy Matters | Comments (4)

Day 21 starts with more lies about my candidacy

November 4, 2007 – 2:12 am

In today’s Sunday Territorian, Scott Stirling (apparently the son of NT Labor MLA Syd Stirling) repeats the false claim that I’m a Dave Tollner stooge. I corrected the ALP’s allegation at the time and I naively thought that would be the end of the matter. Not so, apparently.
I am sick and tired of the ALP [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

Preferences are a pain

November 2, 2007 – 4:10 pm

The most secretive part of campaigning is preference agreements — and in many ways it’s the most commerce-like. Candidates and their managers haggle about who will go where on the ever-popular “how to vote” card.
Now until now I have resisted making a prejudgement about how my how to vote card would look — or whether [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

Women’s Network NT: A report

November 2, 2007 – 2:06 pm

I realise I’ve got things a bit backwards, posting a Day 19 remark and then following up with a Day 18 report. I’m sure you’ll all forgive me.
Last night I was at a candidate forum organised by the Women’s Network NT (in particular Susan Penfold), a networking and social group for NT women. The Forum [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (3)

The Ballot Draw, Day 19.

November 2, 2007 – 1:38 pm

This will be the order on the ballot paper:

Damien Hale (ALP)
Trudy Campbell (CEC)
Jacques Chester (Dead Set Legends Party  LDP)
David Tollner (CLP)
Maurice Foley (Independent)
Debbie Hudson (Greens)

Some of the highlights included Damien Hale being to only candidate not to attend the draw. I guess he felt that sending a couple of hacks was enough.
The other highlight was [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

Ned the Bear interviews Kevin Rudd

November 2, 2007 – 1:13 pm

Ned is drawn by Colin Wicking.

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

Liberty & Democracy: available in 54 places.

October 31, 2007 – 1:25 pm

From the LDP’s main campaign blog comes the news that there are 61 candidates standing for the party this election. That’s 47 House of Reps candidates and 14 Senate candidates.
Fantastic news.

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)

My first YouTube video

October 29, 2007 – 11:22 pm

It’s Day 15 and I felt I should get involved with funky groovy channel 27 this YouTube thingie.

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate, Videos | Comments (0)

A letter to the editor

October 29, 2007 – 12:56 pm

I just sent this to the NT News Letters to the Editor address.
John Moyle of Wagaman writes (Mon 29 Oct) about the election that “the minor parties appear struck silent”. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am running for Solomon as a member of the Liberty & Democracy Party. Every day I talk [...]

By Jacques Chester | Also posted in From the Candidate | Comments (0)