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He's right. Don't worry about all the technical scaling and moderating and aligning and crap that you can't change. Now that school is over, the way to make sure you get your best UAI possible is to do as well as you can in the HSC exams. Forget about all the rest of this stuff.

At election time? No, couldn't be. I'm appalled by your cynicism. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/15/2060274.htm

lololololololol GENIUS. While I know very little about economics, isn't a $39b+ (over a few years) program of tax cuts going to be inflationary? That said, I'm generally in favour of tax reduction. Then again, there are areas where the government should be spending more, so I'll be interested...

Well, thanks for that intelligent and well-considered post. What with the extensive deregulation and opening of the Australian economy conducted by the Hawke/Keating government, which commenced the sustained growth period we're currently enjoying, it's obvious that Labor has never done anything...

Labor's first ad has arrived: New Leadership: Rudd & Labor's positive plan for Australia. Nothing much new in there, just a list of the key policy propositions (education revolution, fair workplace, happy families, sunny beaches, ending blame game - although I was happy that universities got a...

If you defer, you have a guaranteed place in the course you were offered. However, the next year you can apply to other courses as well. So there's no disadvantage in deferring the course you are offered.

+ it was hosted by Quentin "I'm pretty awesome. Look at me!" Dempster.

This format is actually a bit more dynamic than last election's. This time they can question each other and everything, whereas last time it was just the nation's most boring journalists asking them questions turn by turn. But I get the feeling that the parties try to make them as boring as...

Actually, it looks like Labor's recut 'Broken trust on interest rates' here since it aired a couple of months back, so it's presumably going to get another run.

'Go for growth'? That's a slogan? Edit: Hopefully Labor will get its advertising on more than it did last time. I saw exactly two advertisements from them throughout the whole campaign.

Peter Hartcher:

Re: Semester II Chatter Thread! My archaeology essay is crap and I can't find an argument. *sob* I think I might have to take tomorrow off and eat the late penalty, because there's no way this will be even slightly acceptable by tonight.

The ALP is bringing out the 'clever politican' line again. I thought they'd jettisoned that, but I've heard in twice in two days now.

What the hell is with all the banging noises on the ABC video stream? Are their sound people really that incompetent?

Howard announced them at the start of his press conference.

Rudd is on now: http://abc.net.au/streaming/networktv.asx

Adam Carr, commenting at pollbludger.com: Heh. Apparently Rudd's press conference is scheduled for 2.15.

The National Conference isn't really a very significant body any more, though. Actual policy decisions are made at caucus, cabinet and national executive level. Conference just sets broad policy goals, which the actual leaders then feel free to ignore.

I love how on the ABC news website they have a breaking news strap saying 'Australia will go to the polls on November 24' directly above the headline 'PM announces November 24 poll'. Redundancy much?

Yeah, I agree. It wasn't really a very engaging opener. You get the sense that they don't, when it comes down to it, really know how to attack Rudd. Seemed to be quite a lot on unemployment, though. Maybe that will be the second-tier scare campaign, after OMG OMG OMG OMG THE UNIONS ARE...