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By Mark Bahnisch on November 24, 2008
Well, having opened a thread that perhaps proves that Ute Man is still out there but not actually supporting Emo Man, it behoves me, I guess, to have a bit of a say about the tenure of the Rudd government [...]
Posted in Government, Howardia, Policy, Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, anniversary, Climate change, economic management, economic policy, Education, election day, Emissions trading scheme, first anniversary, first term, Health, infrastructure, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Paul Keating, Policy, punditariat, Rudd government, service delivery, WorkChoices |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 23, 2008
I’m sticking to my no politics on the weekend rule, and have a busy day tomorrow, so I’m going to save up my thoughts on the first anniversary of the defeat of the Howard government and the election of the [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, anniversary, election day, first anniversary, first term, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Rudd government |
By Kim on September 29, 2008
The Courier-Mail trumpets a Galaxy poll of Queenslanders on federal voting intentions: Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull a hit in Queensland If you look at the tables, Labor is in a (slightly) better position on the two party preferred than it [...]
Posted in Media, Polls, Queensland | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, Coalition, economic management, Galaxy poll, Kevin Rudd, Labor, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Polls, Queensland polling, Wayne Swan |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 18, 2008
Tony Abbott trotted out the line on Q&A tonight that the ALP is scared of Malcolm Turnbull, hence the attack on him. This meme – which I think originated with the claims that the government were trembling in their collective [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, brendan nelson, Canberra press gallery, Kevin Rudd, Labor, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, political analysis, political columnists, political communication, political messaging, political strategy, Polls, question time, Rudd government, Tony Abbott |
By Kim on September 15, 2008
I’ve got a question about the Costello memoirs. Is anyone going to rush down to the bookshop today and hand over $55 of their hard earned for a copy? I mean – courtesy of the neverending promo show – we [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Media, Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, Andrew Robb, brendan nelson, Costello memoirs, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership instability, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, News Limited columnists, Peter Costello, Rudd government |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 12, 2008
There’s lots more interesting stuff in this report at Australian Policy Online about two exit polls taken at the time of the 2007 federal election (and the AES), but this might be a relevant thing for Kevin Rudd, Penny Wong [...]
Posted in Climate change, Federal Elections, Industrial Relations, Polls, Sociology | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, electoral behaviour, Emissions trading scheme, exit polls, Garnaut Report, Garnaut Review, issues salience, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Penny Wong, Polls, psephology, Rudd government |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 28, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mark-davis.jpg" align=left At one stage, having read a lecture by Mark Davis in Overland, I thought his new book was going to be an update of Gangland. I’ve just started reading The Land of Plenty: Australia in the 2000s [...]
Posted in Anzac Day, Australiana, Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, Ethics, History, Indigenous, Markets, Media, Nationalism, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, Australian culture, Australian history, Australian nationalism, Australian studies, battle of ideas, Book review, Culture Wars, egalitarianism, fair go, Gangland, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Mark Davis, Melbourne University Press, neoliberalism, Nettie Palmer, political culture, political ideologies, politics & government, Rudd government, social democracy, sociology of culture, The Land of Plenty, Writings |
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