Lifting the veil of a hung Parliament
Thursday, 24 November 2011 Tactics 10 comments
Rather than holding the government back, the hung Parliament has forced it to adopt the reforming agenda of the independents that at the last election, it made clear it didn’t intend to have.
Burying the Workchoices bogeyman
Tuesday, 1 November 2011 Tactics 5 comments
While Fair Work Australia had allowed for the weak state of the union movement, it did not allow for what would happen when an employer would take advantage of a weak government.
It’s about authority, not the policies
Sunday, 16 October 2011 Tactics 18 comments
The government mistake in still thinking it’s all about policy on asylum seekers, rather than its own authority, is why it cocked up so badly on Thursday.
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?
Nothing to say
Thursday, 16 December 2010 Tactics 7 comments
That neither of the major parties have anything to say is implicit in Gillard’s call for a bipartisan committee to look into the issue.
Independents feed off the weak – an update
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 Tactics 15 comments
If it was really about stability they could have forced another election where the odds would have been that the finely split balance of the current Parliament would not have been repeated.
Becalmed, and adrift
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 State of the parties, Tactics 20 comments
Take your pick on the past you prefer.
Self-absorbed and deluded – an update
Friday, 6 August 2010 Tactics 35 comments
At least referring back to Howard gives Abbott an appearance of stability that he otherwise doesn’t have. The return of Rudd has exactly the opposite effect for Labor.
How Labor made Abbott electable
Saturday, 31 July 2010 Key posts, Political figures, Tactics 50 comments
How did this man become electable?
