Compulsion
Monday, 21 January 2013 State of the parties 12 comments
Wait till you see what is coming to Canberra this year.
The problem of the “political cycle”
Sunday, 8 April 2012 Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties 30 comments
Politics is becoming more cyclical, but only because the nature of politics is changing from what it was in the 20th century.
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.
Gillard: prisoner of the two-party system
Monday, 31 January 2011 Political figures, State of the parties 19 comments
Australian politics in 2011 centres around one question: can Gillard shrug off the backers that put her into power?
The slow death of the state(s)
Friday, 5 March 2010 State and federal politics, Tactics, The Australian state 11 comments
Even before the 2007 election, Rudd was using health as a basis for his anti-political agenda.
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.
It’s the Coalition that’s on a suicide mission, not Turnbull
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 Media analysis 8 comments
Unless Turnbull actually wants to lead the Liberals for the sake of it, which is unlikely, his threat over the Liberals adopting a negotiating position on the ETS is not a death wish but simply a matter of fact if the Coalition is to have any hope of getting a reasonable result at the next election.
Realignment
Monday, 24 August 2009 State of the parties 5 comments
In effect, politics has turned upside down. Instead of sections of society looking to get political representation we have political parties looking for someone to represent.
Dead centre
Monday, 23 March 2009 State of the parties 9 comments
The fact is that, leaving aside metaphysical claptrap, any objective assessment would have concluded that this was an election that Labor should never have looked like losing.
What a crisis looks like
Monday, 9 March 2009 Key posts, State of the parties 4 comments
The period of domestic initiatives is now over and the global dimension to this crisis is now becoming unavoidable.
