Rudd, the anti-politics campaigner – Reprise?
Thursday, 29 September 2011 Political figures 7 comments
This is a struggle over the dead soul of the Labor party.
The dead hand of the party rises – an update
Friday, 1 July 2011 Key posts, Political figures, State of the parties 6 comments
This upside-down thinking of social reality is symptomatic of a political party in decline.
The climate change moment has passed – an update
Saturday, 26 February 2011 Political figures, Tactics 9 comments
The media are making this into a major drama, but it may not be, at least in the way they say.
Book review: Paul Howes’s Confessions of a Faceless Man
Monday, 21 February 2011 Political figures, State of the parties, Tactics 21 comments
Can Australian politics be that insubstantial?
Gillard: prisoner of the two-party system
Monday, 31 January 2011 Political figures, State of the parties 19 comments
Australian politics in 2011 centres around one question: can Gillard shrug off the backers that put her into power?
When did John Howard become boring?
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Karl Bitar says that Howard’s agenda has little relevance to the electorate today. He should know.
How Labor made Abbott electable
Saturday, 31 July 2010 Key posts, Political figures, Tactics 50 comments
How did this man become electable?
The making of Ming the Merciless
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 Key posts, Political figures, State of the parties 22 comments
While the faction brokers may have got rid of their number one enemy, things are not back as they were.
Fraser: The right goes all mushy
Thursday, 27 May 2010 Political figures 19 comments
The problem for Fraser is not that the Liberals are moving to the right as such but that there is no real basis for them doing so.
Gillard: media darling (sort of)
Thursday, 13 May 2010 Political figures 17 comments
The media have been talking about Gillard taking over the leadership as though it would sort out Labor’s electoral problems. Of course, there has not been a single poll that backs that view.
