What would an Abbott minority government be like?
This thread is a companion piece to Mark’s post on how a Gillard minority government might ideally operate. The advice about parliamentary reform and processes of governance and policy formulation surely applies to both sides, so I’ve decided to vary [...]
What should a Gillard minority government be like?
If there’s one thing that’s clear from the events of recent days, it is that a minority government led by Julia Gillard could not represent business as usual for the Labor party. So what should a Gillard minority government look [...]
2010 Hung Parliament roundtable
Please use this thread for any breaking news and general speculation that isn’t quite on topic for any other recent hung-parliament posts.
Oakeshott on Lateline
I found these answers to Leigh Sales’ questions by Rob Oakeshott on Lateline very interesting:
How do coalitions work?
With Australia staring down the barrel of the first federal coalition government in 70 years, lots of people are asking “how does a coalition work?” New Zealand has had coalition governments of one form or another since 1995, so we [...]
The world isn’t ending
My local paper is urging the independents and the big parties to make quick decisions, to get on with working out who is going to run the country. It’s a meme that’s being repeated in papers around the country: gotta [...]
How did the pundits (and we) get it so wrong?
Mindy suggested a thread on how the outcome of the election differed so much from most predictions. So here it is! I think only one pundit in the MSM predicted a clear Coalition victory – David Penberthy of The Punch. [...]
Quick link: Bernard Keane on why it wasn’t leaks that gutted Labor
Bernard Keane in today’s Crikey, contesting the Labor claims that all would have been rosy had it not been for leaks: But Labor is in trouble. Its problems aren’t so much, as was suggested by some commentators, that it is [...]
Guest post by Ben Harris-Roxas: The independents and parliamentary and public policy reform
Ben Harris-Roxas is a Research Fellow at the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. When he’s not talking about health impact assessment he makes a nuisance of himself on Twitter: @ben_hr. The entrails of the weekend’s result [...]
Australian politics enters the 21st century
Over at The Drum, I have a piece published reflecting on what this election result means for our politics. NB: Tim Dunlop, also writing for The Drum, has a complementary take.
What next for the Party of No?
Laura Tingle has an interesting article in the Fin Review today, drawing a contrast between Julia Gillard’s inclusiveness in negotiations and Tony Abbott’s hard line partisan style. It may well be that Abbott’s approach, as she says, is not the [...]
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