Talking down
Saturday, 28 February 2009 Tactics 3 comments
Capping executive pay may make the sacking of workers more tasteful, but of course will do absolutely nothing to stop it.
Less perfect the next
Wednesday, 25 February 2009 State and federal politics 7 comments
Exaggerations of Queensland ‘exceptionalism’ should not disguise what the state parties tell us about the national ones.
The slow toppling of Turnbull – an update
Friday, 20 February 2009 Political figures 9 comments
The way Turnbull is being undermined is clever. They are turning his lack of control over the party’s organisation against him.
This is not Howard v Peacock
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 State of the parties 5 comments
The Liberals’ troubles now are not a response to differing views of Australian business, but more a response to the fact that business has little interest in them at all.
This inability of the Liberals to hold an unpopular position is conveniently being forgotten by the right-wing press who like to dream about imaginary lines in the sand.
Avoiding the Katrina effect
Monday, 16 February 2009 Tactics 9 comments
The government passed up what could have been a major political opportunity last week.
Hardball – an update
Friday, 13 February 2009 Tactics Comments Off on Hardball – an update
Xenophon’s rejection of the stimulus has given the government at least another day to turn the Liberal’s internal manoeuvre into a public one.
For the first time since 1990, when Labor’s reform program ran its course, the coalition has now lost its precious lead in economic management.
Different standards
Thursday, 12 February 2009 Media analysis 5 comments
Maybe next time, before both sides pursue the property v nature debate with so much vigour, they should hold back and wait until investigators have worked out what actually caused the death of so many people.
Whitlam takes on the neo-Liberals
Monday, 9 February 2009 Key posts, Tactics 9 comments
However deliberate it was, Rudd has set up a delicious trap.
