Equality – an update
Wednesday, 19 October 2016 Society, Tactics 5 comments
It is probably then best that such activists are looking to withdraw from the public sphere, since a majority support for same sex marriage that had little to do with them could turn into its opposite with their, and Labor’s, best efforts.
Locked in
Monday, 9 May 2016 State and federal politics, State of the parties, Tactics 4 comments
It is not right for Australians to be forced into a guessing game, and it’s not right for Australians to not face this year with certainty and stability. So in the interests of certainty, in the interest of transparency, in the interest of good governance, I have made the date clear today. J Gillard, January […]
Implosion
Tuesday, 10 February 2015 State of the parties, Tactics 19 comments
Turnbull’s waiting until he is drafted really comes from him having no other choice.
Positioning
Thursday, 11 December 2014 State of the parties, Tactics 12 comments
It’s all looking so eerily familiar.
Disillusionment
Tuesday, 24 December 2013 State of the parties, Tactics 25 comments
If the left’s last hope is disruption from the Liberal right, so Abbott is helped by the phoney polarities of the left. The pas de deux continues.
Action
Monday, 30 September 2013 Tactics, The Australian state 12 comments
The problem Abbott faces is that there are real barriers to implementing his program but behind him is a party of which some sections are determined to make sure he does.
An incomplete revolution – an update
Friday, 6 September 2013 State of the parties, Tactics 11 comments
Rudd’s problem was that he did not clarify why he was distinct from the party that had dumped him and the institutions that had blocked his return, which would have given the “New Way” slogan any meaning.
AdWatch: Labor’s negative ads
Sunday, 25 August 2013 Tactics 4 comments
The debate showed how much Rudd, rather than maintain the aura of incumbency he so well established when he returned, has needed to take up the negativity himself. Shouldn’t the ads be doing that?
Momentum
Monday, 19 August 2013 State of the parties, Tactics 12 comments
In failing to make its anti-political attack on the Coalition, Labor is seeing it rebound and they being the “political” operators.
Caught in Howard’s “neoliberal” trap
Wednesday, 7 August 2013 Tactics 14 comments
Could it be that the RBA had more influence over election timing than Sussex St?
