44/28 Watch: nastiness and incompetence edition
Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: finally a sitting parliament
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: no-surprises, no-excuses, no-information government
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: still 3+ weeks until parliament resumes
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: oops! sorry about those travel expense claims
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: The Governing Begins
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister. Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
44/28 Watch: Week 1
44/28 = Australia’s 44th Parliament and 28th Prime Minister . Share your reactions to the latest news from/about the Abbott government.
Momentum building for a contested Labor leadership election
Anthony Albanese hasn’t yet revealed his hand publicly, but the Fin Review reported this morning that the outgoing Deputy Prime Minister had told leadership aspirant Bill Shorten he planned to run. This is undoubtedly the context for the extraordinary spray […]
What do the micro-parties mean? It’s not just about preferences
Crossposted from Sed Probate Spiritus It’s interesting, and significant, that most commentary on the election of an unlikely band of largely right wing populists to the Senate on Saturday fingers the electoral system as the culprit. On one hand, that’s […]
Abbott’s Horror Movie
A thread set aside for dooming and glooming over various announcements from our government-elect.
Election now?
Kevin Rudd’s changes to the Labor leadership election process (of which more later from me) will be considered, and almost certainly adopted by Caucus today. Today is the last date on which an election can be called for August 24. […]