Lurch-ish
Thursday, 31 July 2008 State of the parties Comments Off on Lurch-ish
Any discussion on climate change that had Malcolm Turnbull and Wilson Tuckey both thinking they got what they wanted, clearly resolved nothing.
Vacillating to survive
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Political figures Comments Off on Vacillating to survive
Nelson is only focussed on one thing, to survive, and to do that he needs to manage both sides of the debate and prevent either side taking over.
Liberals head to Canberra for the party meetings this week with the salutary lesson from what has just happened in Queensland. The media likes to call it a merger but in fact it was a political collapse.
Liberals get ready to lurch – an update
Thursday, 24 July 2008 Tactics Comments Off on Liberals get ready to lurch – an update
As senior Liberals jostle for position ahead of next Wednesday’s coalition meeting, it is important to remember what this row on climate change is about.
Denial – an update
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 Political figures Comments Off on Denial – an update
It seems very careless of Rudd to agree to launch a book that has let out one of Labor’s most closely guarded and politically damaging secrets – that they dread the possibility of Costello as leader of the Liberal party.
Climate change and the political crisis
Monday, 21 July 2008 Political figures Comments Off on Climate change and the political crisis
Janet Albrechtsen stuck her knife straight into the central weakness of the petrol price concession, that it undermined the moral urgency on which the government’s case rests.
Hard to move forward, can’t stand still
Thursday, 17 July 2008 Key posts, Tactics Comments Off on Hard to move forward, can’t stand still
Environmentalists may cry that Rudd is bowing to political expediency by cutting petrol excise to offset any price impact from an ETS, but actually the politics of this decision aren’t that great.
Only the beginning
Monday, 14 July 2008 State of the parties Comments Off on Only the beginning
Nine months ago senior Howard Ministers were crawling all over Garret’s ‘gaffe’ that Labor might sign up to emission targets without China or India as a sign of the eco-extremism of Labor’s front bench. Roll forward to July 2008 and it is the leader of the Liberal party who gets into trouble from his own side for suggesting that a carbon-cap ETS should not go ahead without China or India.
Breathing down his neck
Friday, 11 July 2008 Political figures Comments Off on Breathing down his neck
Nelson is caught here in the position he has always been in since he assumed the leadership, between the old leadership who lost control of its party and a challenger who was unable to take it.
Turnbull’s challenge begins
Thursday, 10 July 2008 Political figures Comments Off on Turnbull’s challenge begins
Turnbull’s appearance on Lateline last night was very significant.
It marks the beginning of something that keeps being talked about as a constant fact of Australian political life, but we haven’t actually seen before, Turnbull’s real political challenge for the Liberal leadership.
