The curse of anti-politics returns
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 State of the parties 7 comments
What we are seeing here is the second stage of the problem of undermining of the Australian political class, that began with the exhaustion of the domestic program twenty years ago, and has now extended to the international sphere.
No going back
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 State of the parties 14 comments
It will be a confusing year as the media mixes up the decay of the old for its revival, as it waits for the old comfortable parameters of the past to return.
Best of Australian politics 2009
Tuesday, 29 December 2009 Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties 21 comments
That’s it for 2009.
No more Copenhagen to hide behind – an update
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 Media analysis, State of the parties 1 comment
The media are caught up in it, so it is no surprise they see a sunrise where there is a sunset.
The not-so-glorious sunset of the old order
Monday, 7 December 2009 State of the parties 9 comments
In losing his leadership, Turnbull has achieved what he couldn’t while he had it, the removal of open climate change scepticism from the Coalition.
No choice
Tuesday, 1 December 2009 State of the parties 16 comments
For the last decade, the Australian right has been living a lie.
Dead party walking
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 State of the parties 5 comments
It is all very well having a nice abstract discussion about ‘values’ and hiding behind a bogus scientific argument, but when it becomes necessary to put a face on it, like Andrews or Abbott, then the electoral poison that is being talked about becomes clear.
Crunch time – again
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 State of the parties 4 comments
This is an establishment party fighting for its political existence but with nothing but a bogus scientific debate and the most anti-establishment segment of society to base it on.
The siren call of anti-politics
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 Political figures, State and federal politics, State of the parties 5 comments
Joyce’s position reflects the stance of those who don’t have much to bargain with and would prefer to voice their detachment from something they have no stake in.
Howard/Nelson/Turnbull is not the problem
Monday, 12 October 2009 State of the parties 4 comments
At no time has the party ever had its leadership calculations so openly determined by their complete loss of confidence in their ability to recover government in the foreseeable future.
