That woozy, sinking feeling

Monday, 2 February 2015   State and federal politics, State of the parties   9 comments 

The Queensland disaster is unsettling because it brings the Liberals closer to a leadership challenge in Canberra they don’t want to have.

The confusions of anti-politics

Tuesday, 15 July 2014   State of the parties   19 comments 

This suggests the central confusion of anti-politics, while posing to be against politics, they are actually politics in its purest form.

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   31 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.

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