What a farce looks like
Saturday, 28 January 2012 The Australian state 13 comments
All we needed was a Canberra farce and we have all we need to know.
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.
What a political crisis looks like – 2011 edition
Tuesday, 30 August 2011 Key posts, State of the parties 9 comments
This Parliament has an in-built disconnect with the electorate that is no more likely to be resolved at the next election as it was at the last.
The Liberals start to normalise – an update
Monday, 30 May 2011 State of the parties 12 comments
If Turnbull had read what was happening to Abbott, he would have kept his head low.
Illegitimate – Budget edition
Saturday, 14 May 2011 State of the parties 9 comments
Unlike Labor’s previous bouts of economic rationalism, say, as under Hawke and Keating, this time business aren’t especially asking for it.
Gillard’s problem – Part I
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 State of the parties 15 comments
This is why the real issue is not that Gillard didn’t mean it when she said there wouldn’t be a carbon tax, but that she doesn’t mean it now when she says there will.
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.
The Liberals start to normalise
Thursday, 17 February 2011 State of the parties 7 comments
Poor Julie Bishop. Always the proxy, never the bride.
