-
Recent Posts
Piping Shrike on Twitter
Follow @Piping_ShrikeCategories
- International relations (40)
- Key posts (49)
- Media analysis (68)
- Political figures (81)
- State and federal politics (36)
- State of the parties (155)
- Tactics (176)
- The Australian state (33)
Recent Comments
- dedalus on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- Riccardo on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- An Indestructible Union (Part 5) | Godfrey's Blog of Claims on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- dedalus on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- Riccardo on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- dedalus on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- Riccardo on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- The Piping Shrike on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- F on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
- KEVIN-ONE-SEVEN on Democracy v. Party ‘democracy’
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
Rudd’s new political class – an update
Thursday, 28 February 2008 Media analysis Comments Off
There seems to be a very confused reaction developing to Rudd’s 2020 Summit in Canberra.
-
Key Posts of the Summer
How do you change racial provisions in the Constitution when the entire infrastructure of land rights is based on it? - Caught in a racial trap Gillard is left with neither a factional system that could deliver an acceptable result, or the authority to over-ride them. - Paving the way for Rudd The financial crisis has locked together a political crisis with an economic one, exposing political classes with neither the ability to inspire confidence nor mobilise support for austerity. - What a hollowing out looks likeEssay and Book reviews
In reality under this complaint about the media lurks a political argument that is highly revealing about the mindset of the political class today. Sideshow by Lindsay Tanner Here is someone working for the ABC, from a Labor background as Hawke’s press secretary, who has written about the rise and fall of a Labor Prime Minister with all the distortions and omissions worthy of the most disingenuous right wing hack. The Party Thieves by Barrie Cassidy The most bizarre defence of the two party system comes over what for Megalogenis is the most personal – immigration. Trivial Pursuit by George Megalogenis Can Australian politics be that insubstantial? Confessions of a Faceless Man by Paul HowesTags
2004 Election 2007 Election 2010 election 2020 Summit Abbott Advertising ALP Anti-politics Asylum seekers Budget Climate change Costello Economy Environment Federation Garrett Gillard Greens Haneef Hockey Howard Immigration Independents Industrial relations Iraq war Joyce Keating Latham Liberals Media National Party Nelson NSW NT intervention Polls Queensland Race Rudd Senate Swan Turnbull US alliance Utegate WA War on TerrorCalendar
Recommended links
Contact
Meta
