Preface

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements A project of this scale and comprehensiveness is necessarily a team effort. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the Humanities Division of the University of Otago have, again, provided sponsorship for the post-election Workshop—the important first step in the writing and discussion processes. The Workshop, held at University House, the Australian National University (ANU) in January 2008, was also supported by the School of Social Science, in the ANU's Arts Faculty, and the Political Science Program, in the ANU's Research School of the Social Sciences. The editor is also grateful to the Advisory group, comprising political scientists from across Australia including Dean Jaensch (Flinders University), Carol Johnson (University of Adelaide), James Jupp (ANU), Elaine Thompson (Macquarie & UNSW), John Warhurst (ANU) and Dennis Woodward (Monash University); the group assisted with the refereeing process. In the four previous volumes of this post-election study series, John Warhurst has been a co-editor and we have alternated the chief editor's role. His decision to retire from the ANU left a gap which the Advisory team is partially filling. Sonya Welykyj, also from the ANU, provided valuable administrative support to the editor. The editor is especially grateful to Richard Nile at Murdoch University for facilitating the publication of the Academy Workshop papers in two special issues of his new journal; and to Catherine Raw and her excellent production team at Taylor and Francis for their efficiency in dealing with such a large number of submissions. The editor is also grateful to the University of Otago, via its research cluster funding for supporting this venture; more recently, Deakin University has provided a congenial environment for the final stage. Notes 1. ‘Special issue: Kevin 07 – The 2007 Australian Election Part I’, Australian Cultural History, 2009, vol 27, no 2. 2. Marian Simms, ‘Preface’, Australian Cultural History, 2009, vol 27, no 2, p 79. 3. Carol Johnson, ‘The ideological contest’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 7–14. 4. ibid. 5. John Wanna, ‘Business and unions’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 15–22. 6. Marian Simms, ‘The leaders and the press’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 23–30. 7. John Warhurst, ‘Religion’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 31–7. 8. Kevin Rudd, ‘Faith in Politics’, The Monthly, 22–30 October 2006. 9. Geoffrey Craig, ‘The leaders and the mass media’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 39–46. 10. ibid., p 45. 11. Peter Chen and Lucas Walsh, ‘The e-election campaign’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 47–54. 12. ibid. 13. Haydon Manning and Robert Phiddian, ‘Political cartoons’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 55–67. 14. ibid. 15. Murray Goot, ‘Underdogs, bandwagons or incumbency? Party support at the beginning and end of Australian election campaigns, 1983–2007’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 69–79. 16. Nick Economou, ‘Victoria’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 81–6. 17. Narelle Miragliotta and Campbell Sharman, ‘Western Australia’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 87–93. 18. ibid. 19. Tony McCall, ‘Tasmania’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 95–102. 20. Dean Jaensch, ‘Northern Territory’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 103–6. 21. Malcolm Mackerras, ‘Australian Capital Territory’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 107–12. 22. Dennis Woodward and Jennifer Curtin, ‘Rural and regional Australia’, Australian Cultural History, 2010, vol 28, no 1, pp 113–19. 23. ibid.