In Defence of “Abbott’s Form of Social Engineering”
My recent piece “The Abbott Form of Social Engineering” seems to have struck a chord with a number of people. Mostly the comments have been […]
Australian Labor Party
Dark days ahead
He’s a relieved man today. The debt ceiling will be abolished. He has been given the breathing space he needs. But, deep down, Joe Hockey […]
Message Control
I think we all agree that Labor shot itself in the foot by using the media to broadcast their internal squabbles. Conceding that, far greater […]
The Coalition and Financial Management … an Oxymoron
Poor Joe Hockey! One could be sucked in to feeling sorry for him … not! The Government’s election promise, the much touted public service staff […]
Abbott’s Nice New Parliament
In a speech to the Western Australia Liberal Party last weekend Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised a “respectful” new parliament when it assembles for the […]
Who is angry?
While handing out how-to-vote cards at the recent Federal election, my overall impression of Liberal voters was that they were angry. And rude. How did […]
Chomsky, Alanis Morisette and Irony
“The political policies that are called conservative these days would appall any genuine conservative, if there were one around to be appalled. For example, the […]
Opiate of the masses
There has been a lot of angst in left-wing circles since the election of Tony Abbott and his Coalition into government. Blogs, Twitter and Facebook […]
Murdoch hasn’t finished yet
Did you notice anything during the election campaign? I noticed that the ferociously rabid Murdoch media unleashed itself as the most persuasive and effective media […]
Why Labor Lost
Firstly: The truth of the matter is that my Party is at times its own worst enemy. For the six years Labor has been in […]
Your vote might just be worth something after all
News.com.au have published an excellent and timely article, Federal Election promises, cuts and what they mean for you by Sarah Michael, which briefly examines Kevin […]
And The Winner Is …
This is emphatically not an election campaign about policy. Labor’s are mostly already in place and the Coalition doesn’t have any “big ticket” policies that […]
Careless whispers nothing to dance about
In my years of being old enough to know what an election campaign is, I cannot recall one so inundated with media tales of what […]
Joe Hockey Manages to Smear Himself
The Courier Mail today ran a story revealing that would-be Treasurer Joe Hockey failed to declare a family interest for most of the duration of […]
NBN: Redefining Possible
There’s been a lot of noise in certain corners of the media about Rupert Morlock Murdoch and his opposition to the NBN in Australia, which […]