Media/Libs gender campaign against Gillard is filthy
Bob Brown was quite right to describe the questions in the media about Julia Gillard’s personal choices as “disgusting”. Ever since Tony Abbott’s dog whistling at the Debate about how he’s a family man, with a wife, kiddies and a [...]
What the phrase “Labor hard-head” really means
One of the media’s favourite phrases is “Labor hard-head”. The term has connotations of someone not necessarily part of the public shopfront of the ALP, someone ruthlessly pragmatic, politically astute, common-sensical, probably from the party’s right wing, and with more [...]
Election Roundtable #5
Please keep the general election campaign talk (breaking news etc) on these Election Open Threads, and keep discussions on the other posts focussed on the topic presented by the author.
Wednesday Whimsy
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Go on, you know you want to
[Insert joke about Family First's alleged preference deal approach to the Sex Party here]
Guest post by Mr Denmore: The debt delusion
One of life’s great mysteries is the established wisdom, reflected in opinion polls and the media, that the Coalition is superior to Labor in “economic management”. Leaving aside the fact that Treasury and the RBA largely manage the macro-economy, it’s [...]
CPD post: Lynch on Australia’s place in the world
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 [...]
CPD post: McAuley on Labor’s climate policy
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 [...]
Food security
Just as you praise a political party… Christine Milne thinks we need a food security plan. While people discuss the threat of obesity in the suburbs and in the seat of power, nobody talks about the threat of global food [...]
Why Bob Brown should have been in the leaders’ debate
I’ve discussed the reasons why Bob Brown ought to have been included in Sunday night’s leaders’ debate in a post at the ABC’s Campaign Diary blog. Elsewhere: Tim Dunlop.
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