Amendments to the RET
Amongst the torrent of stuff that got missed in the fun and games this week was the Senate passing amendments to the renewable energy target scheme. The large-scale renewable energy industry – which, at this point in time, basically means [...]
Links post on the spill and the Gillard ascension
Some interesting articles around the web this morning to highlight: Jeff Sparrow at The Drum asks some searching questions about the personalisation of politics and its relationship with our democratic deficit, while The Poll Bludger and Mumble present contrasting takes [...]
Guest post by Rachel Hills: 4 articles I'd like to read about the spill
Rachel Hills writes: Yesterday Australia swore in its first female Prime Minister. She’s also our first atheist prime minister, and our first prime minister without children. So yays. She’s done a good job in her first 24 hours. More interesting to [...]
A local slice of revolution
The town where I am fortunate to live, work and teach is situated in one of the most agreeable areas of rural NSW, and the locals are among the most resilient, resourceful and earnest people you could ever hope to [...]
My piece at The Drum on the political execution of Kevin Rudd
I’ve just had a piece published at the ABC’s The Drum on what I think the broader implications of the extraordinary series of events we’ve witnessed over the last 24 hours or so are. For the convenience of LP readers, [...]
Julia Gillard's first press conference as Labor Leader
Elsewhere: Peter Brent: Julia Gillard gave a charming press conference, therefore she’ll defeat Abbott! This seems to be the view. Hey, let’s all think in the present. Elsewhere: Annabel Crabb at The Drum. Elsewhere: Barrie Cassidy at The Drum. NB: [...]
Kevin Rudd's last press conference as PM
Elsewhere: Annabel Crabb at The Drum. Elsewhere: Barrie Cassidy at The Drum. Elsewhere: Bernard Keane in Crikey on Rudd and Lindsay Tanner’s announcements. Update: Kevin Rudd on Twitter: Thanks everyone for all the really kind messages after yesterday. They mean [...]
Julia Gillard is Prime Minister, Wayne Swan DPM
We have a new Prime Minister, folks, and Julia Gillard will be Australia’s first female PM. Kevin Rudd didn’t stand for the leadership. Wayne Swan is Deputy Prime Minister, and both were elected unopposed. Previous coverage at LP here. Elsewhere: [...]
Archimedes' lever
Archimedes knew he could move the world with a lever and a sufficiently stable place to stand. Why worry about influencing the electorate, when you only have to leverage a few dozen political operatives who are all part of your [...]
Rudd v. Gillard: Gillard's communication problem
Those whose opinion needs to be taken into account when planning a leadership challenge are broader than Labor MPs, political journalists and tragics and the Twitterverse. It’s not an insignificant thing to tear down a Prime Minister in his first [...]
How the coup against Kevin Rudd unfolded
By Mark Bahnisch on June 25, 2010
Today’s comprehensive coverage in the Financial Review allows us to understand how the Labor leadership challenge was orchestrated. From reading a number of reports in the Fin Review today, including Laura Tingle’s, I think it’s fair to characterise it as [...]
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