http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/andrew-newman/ Andrew Newman is an artist who sometimes writes. He has exhibited his work in Sydney, Berlin and Tokyo. He has studied experimental media under German filmmaker Karl Kels at the Universität der Künste, Berlin and journalism and communication under investigative journalist Wendy Bacon and media theorist Philip Bell at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics at the University of New South Wales. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/voting-aint-easy-when-youre-a-russian-spy/ Like many young Australians, I move house a lot. Since Kevin07, I have been located at four different addresses within four different electorates. So when Julia Gillard dressed up in pure white to call an election, I went online and started to update my details with the AEC. So did my girlfriend. A couple of clicks and a signature and soon I was done. My girlfriend had a little more trouble. It seems she had disappeared from the electoral roll. Immediately I became suspicious. I castigated her for insulting our democratic privilege and never voting. I had already spent most of the weekend sulking because she refused to join me at the polls in August to hand out ‘how to vote’ cards. ‘You obviously don’t care about how much money we get given after you have a baby because the Government has pulled RU486 from the shelves,’ I said, slipping from my soap box as I wagged my finger at her. ‘I vote,’ she shrieked. ‘I voted for Kevin, I even voted at the Council elections’. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Andrew Newman) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/voting-aint-easy-when-youre-a-russian-spy/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/voting-aint-easy-when-youre-a-russian-spy/#item3612 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:40:50 +0000 Andrew Newman | Author bios | The Punch