A quiet bomb goes off
Tuesday, 5 May 2009 International relations, Key posts 13 comments
The coalition is desperately trying to hold on to a more fundamental plank in its policy than China-baiting.
A political morality play
Friday, 10 April 2009 Key posts, Tactics 9 comments
To make a morality play out of this economic crisis it is first necessary to make it a financial one.
What a crisis looks like
Monday, 9 March 2009 Key posts, State of the parties 4 comments
The period of domestic initiatives is now over and the global dimension to this crisis is now becoming unavoidable.
Whitlam takes on the neo-Liberals
Monday, 9 February 2009 Key posts, Tactics 9 comments
However deliberate it was, Rudd has set up a delicious trap.
Review of 2008 – Labor
Wednesday, 24 December 2008 Key posts, State of the parties Comments Off
It was the political assault on the old power bases of the party that was the underlying theme of federal Labor in 2008.
The last thing they need are ideas
Wednesday, 29 October 2008 Key posts, State of the parties Comments Off
Peter Van Onselen is clearly miffed that not only could Julie Bishop not be bothered writing an essay for his collection “Liberals and Power: The Road Ahead”, but neither could the staffer she dumped the job onto …
The Day The Right Died
Monday, 27 October 2008 Key posts, State of the parties Comments Off
The public stoning of Dr Henry in Wednesday’s Senate hearing and George Brandis’s bizarre behaviour on Lateline on Friday shows that the coalition had more in mind than political point-scoring last week.
The pointless search for a narrative
Monday, 11 August 2008 Key posts, Media analysis Comments Off
If there is one thing that distinguishes Rudd, and infuriates the media and clearly annoys the old Labor luminaries, is his refusal to create such a political agenda from thin air.
Environmentalists may cry that Rudd is bowing to political expediency by cutting petrol excise to offset any price impact from an ETS, but actually the politics of this decision aren’t that great.
The rats’ problem with Rudd
Monday, 16 June 2008 Key posts, Media analysis Comments Off
As the media continues to portray the Rudd government as the most popular ever to stumble from crisis to crisis, it is clear that something has happened to the media’s relationship with the government.
