I’m applying for work today with the Australian Electoral Commission. This upcoming election being the first time I’m eligible to vote, I’ve started to become very interested in politics and Australia’s electoral system, so I thought it would be a great idea to see what sort of temporary election work I could find so I can get my hands dirty, so to speak.
This doesn’t effect my new job with 1WAY FM of course – I’m only applying for temporary work on the weekend of the election (as you can imagine, the AEC has a need for thousands of people to manage and operate polling booths and participate in the count).
Naturally, political neutrality is a requirement of working for the AEC. So while I am entitled to my own opinions, I can’t express them publicly. So starting from now, I won’t be posting any more here about Australian politics – unless I can think of something neutral to say – until at least after the election has finished. Of course I don’t know yet whether I will be offered temporary work, but I certainly don’t want to jeopardise my chances of it.
So for now, you won’t be hearing much out of me about Australian politics (of course, if you know me personally, I’ll always be happy to talk about it non-publicly). Oh, and if you don’t know yet who you should vote for, NEWS.com.au yesterday released a fantastic little application to help you decide.
Unfortunate. I was quite looking forward to more anti-Rudd spiels
Ah well.. I can always give them to you by e-mail