Too big to fail
Monday, 30 March 2009 International relations 2 comments
In effect the US government is putting an economic gun to the head of the other major economic powers and doing to the rest of the world what the major US financial institutions did to it.
Bring back Costello now! Round 2
Wednesday, 25 March 2009 Media analysis 19 comments
The Liberal party is being driven with one eye on the road in front and one on the rear view mirror – and it is getting increasingly confused which is which.
Dead centre
Monday, 23 March 2009 State of the parties 9 comments
The fact is that, leaving aside metaphysical claptrap, any objective assessment would have concluded that this was an election that Labor should never have looked like losing.
Staring at nothing
Monday, 16 March 2009 Media analysis 10 comments
The media’s refusal to see the depths of the Liberals’ political problems is why they keep getting the leadership dynamics wrong.
What a crisis looks like
Monday, 9 March 2009 Key posts, State of the parties 4 comments
The period of domestic initiatives is now over and the global dimension to this crisis is now becoming unavoidable.
The slow toppling of Turnbull – another update
Saturday, 7 March 2009 Political figures 9 comments
The ‘chasm’ between these two political supremos neatly summed up by the ease with which Pyne has flitted between both.
Ad Watch – Not him. Not now.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009 State and federal politics 2 comments
After off-loading responsibility for the downturn, Labor needs to convince why it can make a difference at all.
