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.

Burnt out cultural warriors meet burnt out faction bosses

Tuesday, 23 November 2010   State of the parties   6 comments 

If Howes is annoyed at what one anonymous member of the public is saying about Joe Tripodi, he’s going to be horrified at what all those thousands of nameless NSW voters will do next March.

The climate change moment has passed

Friday, 19 November 2010   State of the parties   14 comments 

No doubt there are still those idealistic youth willing to jump to action fired up by the commitment to, er, save the Australian economy from the devastating consequences of climate change.

The last thing they need are ideas – ALP edition

Wednesday, 10 November 2010   State of the parties   18 comments 

If Rudd was so powerful, how could he have been summarily dismissed within barely a blink of an eye?

The reform pantomime

Thursday, 4 November 2010   State of the parties   21 comments 

There was a time when reform didn’t used to be such a fashionable word.