Yes, our elections are getting dumber
Kim’s 100% right – at best, the policy we’ve gotten from both major parties thus far has been bite size policy. They tackle – and often in craptacularly bad fashion (as noted earlier) – only tiny, digestible parts of the [...]
As the election campaign hots up, so does the reality it’s ignoring
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2009 State of the Climate Report. The report: draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is [...]
Labor’s bite sized policies on mental health and disability
Let’s face it. Everyone’s more interested in discussing leaks and polls than policy in this campaign. Why is this? In part, it’s because of the political theatre of the horse race and the personality contest, and in part because of [...]
The Cabinet leaks keep coming: Now it’s the Fair Work Act
… Now Robert Gottliebsen at Business Spectator has one. The thrust of this allegation is that Julia Gillard produced a very business friendly draft of the Fair Work Act, and Greg Combet and Kevin Rudd intervened to make it more [...]
Joseph Stiglitz is in town
Joseph Stiglitz is half way through a lecture tour of Australia. Unfortunately he’s already been to Perth and Brisbane and it’s too late for Melbourne, but there is still Hobart, Canberra and Sydney where public lectures are scheduled. If you [...]
The view from Brisbane’s northern outskirts
I’ve published a piece on the contest in three key seats on Brisbane’s northern outskirts – Petrie, Dickson and Longman – at the ABC’s Campaign Diary blog. In the post, I also have some observations to make about the Kevin [...]
CPD post: Arvanitakis on a lack of policy substance
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
I won’t add my condemn to your condemn XLVII (federal election 2010 edition)
Well, it’s the federal election’s second week and we haven’t condemned, so it must be long past time to condemn again. Here’s a 47th open condemnation thread. What’s been worthy of condemnation this month so far? Which evil political, cultural, [...]
Julia Gillard’s Cabinet leaks press conference
Julia Gillard’s response to alleged leaks reported by Laurie Oakes on Channel Nine and Peter Hartcher in the Sydney Morning Herald can be viewed in full online. NB: Previous discussion on LP is here. Elsewhere: Peter Brent, Phil Gomes. Elsewhere: [...]
“The Special Relationship” – Blair Wars, Episode II
Courtesy of a Crikey giveaway, I went along to see a screening of The Special Relationship – a study of the political and personal relationship between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. While it’s a sequel in any strict sense, the [...]
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