Trying to do a Latham
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 Tactics 12 comments
Latham and Rudd may have not needed to consult their party, Abbott didn’t dare consult his.
Rudd: the anti-politics campaigner – 2010 edition
Monday, 8 March 2010 Tactics 5 comments
Rudd and Gillard are campaigning against an arm of government. However, it is worth noting that they are also campaigning against the parties running them, including their own.
Stoop low
Monday, 1 March 2010 Tactics 6 comments
If the normal rules of the game applied, Rudd’s confessional moment on Insiders would have been a foolish move.
A step on from Beattie
Friday, 26 February 2010 Tactics 8 comments
On several levels, the Garrett episode has brought together both what is distinct about this Labor government, but also its weaknesses.
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.
Barnaby’s game
Friday, 12 February 2010 Political figures, Tactics 7 comments
Joyce’s act is to portray himself as a rube who, through some stroke of luck, has popped up in the sophisticated Finance portfolio, but being the honest and simple guy he is, still can’t help saying what he really thinks.
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.
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.
Self absorbed, and deluded
Monday, 14 December 2009 Political figures, Tactics 10 comments
This is all about making the Liberals feel good, not the government feel bad.
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.
