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Australia's election map redrawn
November 14, 2007
Posted by Rob Shilkin and Julian Sonego, Google Australia
Australia's federal election is on 24 November 2007, and the campaign is well and truly in its final stages. Prime Minister Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd are adding
final details to their policies
and making their
final appeal for votes
.
You may recall that we
launched an election site
in September to help Australians stay informed. We've now updated the "Australian 2007 Election"
feature in Google Maps
so that, for all 150 House of Representatives seats, you can click on any candidate's name to see all their Google search results, or their YouTube channel. And with one click, you can now find an incredible array of information from across the Internet -- news stories, videos, personal websites, party websites, blogs, and all the rest -- about all 1,054 candidates for all 150 seats.
We've also added in all polling booth locations based on information from the
Australian Electoral Commission
, so voters can easily find their nearest polling booth on the map, together with opening hours and wheelchair accessibility. Voting in Australia is compulsory, so there's now no excuse not to turn up and have your say next Saturday.
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