Class war dreaming
Thursday, 24 May 2012 State of the parties 33 comments
The delusion of both sides of the political spectrum suggests we are building up to a full-blown political crisis yet to come.
It’s a political crisis, not a problem of media ethics
Monday, 19 March 2012 Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties 12 comments
Some journalists might at least make at least some effort to keep the hypocrisy under check.
There is no third candidate
Monday, 27 February 2012 Political figures, State of the parties, Tactics 14 comments
Whether they like it or not Rudd is the only one in Labor with enough popular support to be a battering ram against those holding power and who are the ultimate target of reform.
There is no “People Power”
Saturday, 25 February 2012 State of the parties 14 comments
Rudd’s intention is not to ‘democratise’ Labor, but reorganise it to reflect the social irrelevance it has become.
Book review: Lindsay Tanner’s Sideshow
Friday, 28 October 2011 Media analysis 7 comments
Far from wishing to undermine it, the Australian media is joined at the hip to the current political system and is getting caught up in its problems.
It’s about authority, not the policies
Sunday, 16 October 2011 Tactics 19 comments
The government mistake in still thinking it’s all about policy on asylum seekers, rather than its own authority, is why it cocked up so badly on Thursday.
Rudd, the anti-politics campaigner – Reprise?
Thursday, 29 September 2011 Political figures 7 comments
This is a struggle over the dead soul of the Labor party.
What a political crisis looks like – 2011 edition
Tuesday, 30 August 2011 Key posts, State of the parties 9 comments
This Parliament has an in-built disconnect with the electorate that is no more likely to be resolved at the next election as it was at the last.
Illegitimate – Budget edition
Saturday, 14 May 2011 State of the parties 9 comments
Unlike Labor’s previous bouts of economic rationalism, say, as under Hawke and Keating, this time business aren’t especially asking for it.
Gillard’s problem – Part I
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 State of the parties 15 comments
This is why the real issue is not that Gillard didn’t mean it when she said there wouldn’t be a carbon tax, but that she doesn’t mean it now when she says there will.