"Bruce Elder" is a journalist, writer and commentator. He is a full-time journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald specialising in travel and popular culture. His other areas of expertise include film, television, and popular music. He has written extensively around Australia and has a passion for Australian history. He was also the director of Walkabout in 2007, the Fairfax organisation's detailed travel internet site.

Elder's radio experience began in the 1970s when he became ABC's 2JJ London Correspondent. He is heard around the country on Friday nights on Tony Delroy's Nightlife (radio program)/Nightlife program. Elder is the Australasian editor of Australian Trivial Pursuit. He has also written over 60 books for 16 publishers including contributions to the Macquarie Dictionary, atlases, communication text books and travel guides. His 2003 book, Remember When: Reflections on a Changing Australia, looked at the way Australia has changed over the past 50 years.

In 1988 Elder won acclaim for his book Blood on the Wattle which was praised as 'arguably the best book ever written about Aboriginal Australians/Aborigines by a white writer'. It was listed as one of the ten most influential Australian works of non-fiction in the twentieth century in an extensive poll conducted by the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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It was a tremendous way of communicating with the greatest number of people. It was the very first thing that I did as a candidate in the House of Delegates campaign. And we continually added to it.

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I'm not going to run any TV ads. I hadn't even considered it - because of the cost.

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We've seen such terrific growth in property values that it's very hard for a person starting out to get a home - and I feel that home ownership is probably the single most important thing in keeping a family together. If you look at economic stability for a family, and being part of a community, home ownership is the number one thing that we should address.

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This town means a lot to me. It's been good to my family and it's been good to me. We worked hard last year. We came in second. It's nice to feel a victory.

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It is a great way of communicating at low cost. Web sites level the playing field for a challenger like myself - and they also the opportunity for people to be able to give feedback.

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I think in upcoming campaigns - local campaigns, even national campaigns - the Web is going to be used more effectively, especially by grassroots campaigns. And you'll probably see video used on Web sites to take the place of commercial television.

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If we can get more of this town pedestrian-friendly, we are going to cut down on some of this traffic and gridlock we are all going to be facing in upcoming years.

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