Julia Gillard fights back against Downer and the Liberal chattering classes
[Thanks to Lefty E in comments for the link to the Prime Minister going on the front foot at a press conference in Perth this afternoon.]
Political advertising roundtable
Jason Wilson has an excellent post over at Restless Capital on the history of political advertising, and a classification of the various types of ads. In case you need a reminder that some political ads have always been terrible, I [...]
Labor could turn a carbon tax into a positive
The Coalition campaign has less money in the coffers than Labor, and if past indications are any guide, they’ll be holding back on their advertising spend for a blitz in the final ten days or so. It’s worth gazing into [...]
2010 Election Roundtable #7
Please keep the general election campaign talk (breaking news etc) on these Roundtables, and keep discussions on the other posts focussed on the topic presented by the author.
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Nielsen: Coalition leads 52-48
Both Kim and I have made the point in recent days that the polls are narrowing for Labor, and that the election is a real contest. Now, news comes in of the latest Nielsen poll which has the Coalition ahead [...]
On Kevin Rudd and gallbladder operations
There’s been some discussion on another thread of Kevin Rudd’s hospitalisation for an operation to remove his gall bladder. I thought I’d remark that I’ve had the same operation – back in 2004 when I was in my early 30s. [...]
Quick admin note
Such threads will from now on be referred to as “Roundtables” to distinguish them from unrestricted Open Threads. Please feel free to suggest that a Roundtable thread go up if any strong thread-drift trends are detected on analysis posts.
Week 2 of the campaign: The week that wasn’t
Please consider this a roundtable to reflect on the second week of the campaign in toto. Specific comments on particular issues in the campaign, or recent developments, should appropriately be placed on posts devoted to those issues.
Cheryl Kernot and “change politics”
I have a post at the ABC’s Drumroll on the implications of Cheryl Kernot’s announcement today that she will be contesting the NSW Senate election as an independent. You can read it here.
The political-media death spiral [Roundtable]
By Mark Bahnisch on July 31, 2010
The title borrowed for this post is that of Tim Dunlop’s excellent article on the deathly grip the media and politicians have each other in. Read the whole thing here. A couple of other excellent pieces on the performance of [...]
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