Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Friendly fire in a house divided
If Liberal campaign strategists aren’t worried about the amount of friendly-fire being aimed at Tony Abbott lately, they should be. During the last fortnight, Abbott’s parental leave scheme brain-fart has drawn flak from Peter Costello, business groups, Our Lady Shanahan [...]
Aborigines are the new Jews – really, Noel?
Yesterday on the acknowledgement of country thread I cited with approval this article by Noel Pearson, which I urge all to read. However, there was one element of Pearson’s article which I found jarring. In it, Pearson devotes a few [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Exporting uranium to Russia, and domestic nuclear "hedging"
To predictable cries of shock and outrage, the Australian government has taken another step along the road to agreeing to sell uranium to Russia. As far as substantive proliferation risks from this, there are none. Russia, you may remember, has [...]
End of the road for Glenn Milne?
There’s an intriguing little piece by Jason Whittaker in Crikey‘s media briefs today, implying that Glenn Milne’s days as a columnist for the News Limited Sunday papers (and full time staffer) are over. I wonder what that signifies?
Open South Australian election thread II
With election day tomorrow, it’s time for another open thread about the South Australian election. This thread provides an opportunity for commenters to discuss the campaign and results, share links, make predictions, and so forth! Please note LP’s statement on [...]
The Great Health Debate
Today’s Question Time saw some interesting tactics from the government; suspending standing orders to allow Tony Abbott to talk about health and hospitals policy. I’d be interested to hear from anyone who saw the debate, but from what I heard [...]
Stop the press! Media narrative wrong!
Ben Eltham has a neat piece in New Matilda today comprehensively detailing the reasons why the ‘Rudd quaking in his boots’ story is tosh. He makes a very good point about the relative inattention given to the Essential Research poll [...]
The state elections and federal implications
By Mark Bahnisch on March 20, 2010
In tonight’s counts, it appears clear that the ALP has narrowly held on in South Australia, containing the swing against the government to 1.7% in the marginals, with much of the state wide anti-Labor swing washing through safe seats, while [...]
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