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.
Unity
Tuesday, 17 September 2013 State of the parties 6 comments
The will for unity merely reflects the reality of Labor today after the historic left-right battles and the more recent battles between the reformers and the power brokers have run their course.
Relief
Monday, 9 September 2013 State of the parties 22 comments
The end of that tension in Labor is because Rudd’s failure has meant there is now no one in Labor who can turn an attack on the party’s existing power structures into an electoral asset.
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.
