Softball
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 State of the parties 13 comments
There is an intriguing little experiment underway at the moment in Australian politics, far more interesting than the quagmire currently dressed up as a new paradigm.
Rats get caught in the same mess
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 Media analysis 41 comments
The press are hardly blameless, but is the standard of reporting really deteriorating faster than the politics it’s covering?
Denial – cross party edition
Friday, 10 September 2010 State of the parties 19 comments
For the independents, the ‘new paradigm’ is not based on whether the major parties come together. The ‘new paradigm’ is that it is irrelevant whether they do or not.
Independents feed off the weak
Wednesday, 8 September 2010 State of the parties 14 comments
They have the major parties just where they want them, and they ain’t letting them go.
Accountable to whom?
Monday, 6 September 2010 State of the parties 9 comments
This is not about the electorate, but keeping the independents as long as possible in their current position of taking advantage of the weakness of our decaying two party system.
