Labor signs away its left

Saturday, 30 October 2010   Media analysis, State of the parties   19 comments 

Something unusual is happening. Labor is not getting the boost that usually comes to parties after being endorsed in an election.

When did John Howard become boring?

Tuesday, 26 October 2010   Political figures   8 comments 

Karl Bitar says that Howard’s agenda has little relevance to the electorate today. He should know.

Perma-war

Friday, 22 October 2010   International relations   8 comments 

A war of invasion only ends because the invaders win, lose or are pulled back home. None of these look set to happen.

Tea Party terror!

Tuesday, 19 October 2010   State of the parties   8 comments 

A bit of hamming it up in front of the media’s cameras at a local town meeting and we’re away, unintentionally helped by some in the blogosphere who seemed to think the burning of the MDB Authority’s report was akin to lighting up Heinrich Heine in the Bebelplatz.

Stay at home – an update

Tuesday, 12 October 2010   International relations   7 comments 

Clarity on military conflict is not an option for a Coalition leader.

Stay at home

Thursday, 7 October 2010   International relations   13 comments 

The press are not really making much of this, but Abbott’s gaffe over Afghanistan is probably a major blow to his leadership inside the party.

Independents feed off the weak – an update

Tuesday, 5 October 2010   Tactics   15 comments 

If it was really about stability they could have forced another election where the odds would have been that the finely split balance of the current Parliament would not have been repeated.