The Liberals start to normalise
Thursday, 17 February 2011 State of the parties 7 comments
Poor Julie Bishop. Always the proxy, never the bride.
The New Opposition – an update
Friday, 6 November 2009 Media analysis, Tactics 8 comments
There is one final striking thing about the Rudd media tour, he is the only one doing it because at the end of the day, he is the only in the government who knows how it is done.
Still searching for 2001
Friday, 30 October 2009 Media analysis 8 comments
The media dived into this issue two weeks ago expecting a rerun of 2001. When none occurred, it conducted it on its own, starring in a morality play of one.
Another Howard bubble finally bursts
Monday, 26 October 2009 Tactics 5 comments
Rudd was calling the bluff that Turnbull and the Liberals had been playing, namely that Howard had a real policy that they could return to rather than a political game whose time had passed.
A losing game for Labor – an update
Thursday, 22 October 2009 International relations 4 comments
While Rudd’s Indonesian solution looks like Howard’s Pacific one in practice, in political terms it indicates a shift.
A losing game for Labor
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 Tactics 5 comments
What’s worse, earning a trade out of human misery or making politics out of it?
A pathetic attempt to look in control
Thursday, 15 October 2009 Tactics 3 comments
Chris Uhlmann castigated Rudd for not using his political capital to take a less populist line on asylum seekers, but in reality there is no political capital.
Blowing up in his face – wrap-up
Saturday, 25 April 2009 Media analysis 6 comments
The only difference over what happened on Ashmore Reef was how a weak political class reacted to a media campaign.
Blowing up in his face – another update
Tuesday, 21 April 2009 Tactics 11 comments
It has been fascinating to watch the coalition go through its motions over the last week as it was worked on by the media.
Blowing up in his face – an update
Sunday, 19 April 2009 Media analysis 2 comments
While not being too fussed if Marr is slandering the coalition, it would be nice if he didn’t include the rest of us as well.
