Have you seen ElectionWIRE? Vibewire is sending teams of young reporters and media makers across Australia out to cover the federal election from a new perspective — a youth perspective! But the Portal team want you to get a slice of the action too. Whether you’re a budding political journalist, commentator or Australia’s next satirical master, the Portal Election Feed is a space where you can share your take on the federal election.

Democracy gives you a voice, but if you’re not on the electoral roll when the election is called, you may not have the chance to use it!

Google has just launched a set of resources to help you navigate the federal election campaign. #electionWIRE went to the launch and weighed up what the pollies had to say about online politicking

There have been plenty of debates this election season but the best is still to come. Next week, Vibewire Youth Inc is offering Julia Gillard an alternative forum in which to discuss the big issues. Vibewire is hosting our own leadership debate between not one, but four Julia Gillards.

I once heard someone liken the issue of climate change to that of smoking 30 years ago. The vast majority of evidence demonstrated that smoking caused cancer, but there was some evidence (mostly from research funded by tobacco companies) that this was not the case. This is analogous to the current debate over climate change. The vast majority of research shows that human activity, specifically the emission of greenhouse gases, causes climate change; there are a few theories and some evidence (mostly from research funded by major polluters) that this is not the case. The question that we must now ask ourselves is, do we act now on the evidence that we have, or do we wait, and potentially give the world cancer?