http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/1136/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/05/18/mammon-votes-for-abbott <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>How universal suffrage entrenches vested interests, and what to do about it — by <a href="http://grputland.com/" rel="nofollow">Gavin R. Putland</a>.</strong></p> <p>Does Tony Abbott expect to win votes by promising to give away Australia's mineral resources more cheaply than Kevin Rudd? No, he expects to win material support from the mining industry, which in turn will help him to win the election on other issues, with the result that the mining industry gets the policy it wants.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/mining">mining</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/energy">energy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/rspt">RSPT</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/resources">resources</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/economic-rent">economic rent</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/universal-suffrage">universal suffrage</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/rational-ignorance">rational ignorance</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/convened-sample-suffrage">convened-sample suffrage</a></div></div></div> Tue, 18 May 2010 06:57:28 +0000 grputland 1179 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal