Positioning
Thursday, 11 December 2014 State of the parties, Tactics 12 comments
It’s all looking so eerily familiar.
Realignment
Tuesday, 30 July 2013 State of the parties 14 comments
The political agenda we see now are the leftovers from a time when the major parties represented clear social bases in the electorate which they no longer do.
After July
Monday, 25 June 2012 State of the parties 6 comments
It has been forgotten now, but the opposition to the ETS was not an electoral ploy but a desperate attempt to save the Coalition’s brand.
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.
Culture war bores collide
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 The Australian state 55 comments
Racial/cultural separation, or whatever you want to call it, remains embedded as ever in the centre of our body politic
Ad Watch – Say Yes Australia
Thursday, 2 June 2011 Media analysis 24 comments
At least Murdoch recognises a political fight when he sees it.
Gillard’s Problem – Part II
Thursday, 7 April 2011 International relations 23 comments
Rudd is using the very fluidity of the situation caused by the decline in US influence, that undermined his Prime Ministership, to now undermine Gillard’s.
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.
The climate change moment has passed – an update
Saturday, 26 February 2011 Political figures, Tactics 9 comments
The media are making this into a major drama, but it may not be, at least in the way they say.
The Liberals start to normalise
Thursday, 17 February 2011 State of the parties 7 comments
Poor Julie Bishop. Always the proxy, never the bride.
