There is no cycle
Monday, 26 March 2012 State and federal politics, State of the parties 22 comments
There are no issues implications because the Queensland election didn’t really have any, it was more about the entire model of government.
What IR debate?
Monday, 7 November 2011 State of the parties 22 comments
Others in the media, however, are starting to look beyong the phoney IR debate and pick up the embarrassment the reality is causing the Liberals.
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.
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.
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.
The Year of the Walking Dead
Thursday, 23 December 2010 Key posts, State of the parties 6 comments
What caught this blogger out was that the Labor factions still had some life in them. But now that they are back in charge, it is reassuring to see that they do not after all.
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.
Labor’s technocrat moment has passed
Monday, 29 November 2010 State and federal politics 21 comments
‘Revival’ is too strong a word, but the Victorian Liberals did achieve at least a partial solution to a very important problem.
Softball
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 State of the parties 13 comments
There is an intriguing little experiment underway at the moment in Australian politics, far more interesting than the quagmire currently dressed up as a new paradigm.
