Barnaby Joyce
Political geographies of Australian globalism
By Kim on September 4, 2010
There’s an interesting article in The Australian today by Gabrielle Chan, looking at the rural discontent embodied in the rhetoric of the country Independents: The 2010 episode of “bush leverage” is a result of a backlash by conservatives against a [...]
Posted in Australiana, Economics, federal election 2010, Howardia, Markets, Policy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Bob Katter, country independents, Culture, economic policy, Federal Election 2010, globalisation, hung parliament, John Howard, Nationals, neo-liberalism, neocons, Paul Keating, Pauline Hanson, Red Ted Theodore, rural and regional economies, Sociology, the bush, The Greens, tony windsor | 38 Responses
Guest post by Lauren Rosewarne: Campaigns, crackpots and colourful characters
By Guest Poster on August 16, 2010
Melbourne University has set up an election blog, with commentary from some of its staff and students. Among its contributors is Dr Lauren Rosewarne, a Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences. Some of Lauren’s [...]
Posted in federal election 2010 | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Federal Election 2010, Lauren Rosewarne, mark latham | 14 Responses
Tony Abbott and everyday lying
By Mark Bahnisch on May 19, 2010
Tony Abbott’s 7.30 Report interview has prompted some bizarre reactions – not least Barnaby Joyce’s particularly unhelpful comments. The Coalition spin appeared to be that Abbott was somehow demonstrating his authenticity and honesty by telling viewers that his word isn’t [...]
Posted in Ethics, Life, Media, Politics, Relationships, Sociology | Tagged 7 30 Report, Barnaby Joyce, Coalition, confessional, CPRS. backdown, Ethics, ets, great big new tax, interview, Jonathan Green, Kerry O'Brien, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, lies, lying, morality, Neil Mitchell, paid parental leave, personal attacks, phoney tony, promises, Still Life With cat, Tony Abbott, trust, truth | 226 Responses
Tony Abbott and Political Catholicism
By Mark Bahnisch on March 31, 2010
At Eureka Street, John Warhurst has written a piece about Tony Abbott, Santamaria and the Liberal Party. The illustration (reproduced below) is interesting for all sorts of reasons: <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/files/2010/03/abbott-pope1.jpg" The article Tony Abbott penned for the Weekend Australian colour [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Religion, Sociology | Tagged Australian Catholicism, B.A. Santamaria, Barnaby Joyce, Bob Katter, Catholic Church, clerical child abuse, Democratic Labor Party, DLP, economic policy, Eureka Street, John Warhurst, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, National civic Council, political behaviour, political catholicism, political culture, political sociology, Pope Benedict, Queensland Nationals, religion and politics, religiosity, secularisation, Speech, symbolism, the movement, Tony Abbott, World Youth Day | 81 Responses
Barnaby Joyce's pipeline to nowhere
By Kim on March 31, 2010
Barnaby hit the news last night with another one of his bon mots: SABRA LANE: And on the eve of the Productivity Commission handing down a report on water recovery in the Murray-Darling basin, he had this to say about [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Politics, Water | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Catallaxy, economic stimulus, farmers, libertarianism, libertarians, murray-darling basin, pipeline, productivity commission, toilet paper, Water | 42 Responses
Time for Barnaby to go?
By Mark Bahnisch on March 25, 2010
The departure of Nick Minchin from the frontbench has been accompanied by speculation that Tony Abbott should move Barnaby Joyce from Finance to Energy and Resources, the portfolio Minchin had occupied. Joyce is said to have expertise in this area, [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Christopher Pearson, economic management, economic policy, finance, Henry Tax review, ideology, liberalism, National Broadband Network, Nick Minchin, resources rent, schools, social democracy, statism, stimulus, tax, Tony Abbott | 93 Responses
Barnaby befuddled
By Mark Bahnisch on February 25, 2010
I don’t think Barnaby Joyce likes to think he might be wrong. He’s followed up yesterday’s ‘net gross debt’ clanger with an incoherent op/ed in The Australian today. It’s described by Dennis Shanahan in what appears to be a news [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, capital, Coalition, debt, default, Dennis Shanahan, economic policy, Glenn Dyer, opposition, private debt, sovereign debt | 92 Responses
Torquemada in Lycra
By Kim on February 22, 2010
Tony Abbott, we’re told, is “real”. Able to mix with the battlers (just like Joe Hockey, another product of the North Shore Jesuit Fathers, and just like yet another, Barnaby Joyce, the accountant in the Akubra), he’s “authentic”. Kevin Rudd [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Politics | Tagged authenticity, Barnaby Joyce, battlers, Coalition, conservatism, Federal Election 2010, Geoffrey Barker, George W. Bush, ideology, Jesuit Fathers, Joe Hockey, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, North Shore, Policy, private schools, spin, symbolism, Tony Abbott | 32 Responses
Joyce and Monckton: Singing from the same hymn book
By Mark Bahnisch on February 4, 2010
Peter Hartcher on Barnaby Joyce’s address to the Press Club: ”Because we represent the alternative government in Australia, that does not mean that we are omnipotent and that our views permeate to become the views of everyone else. We have [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Christopher Monckton, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, Coalition policy, Lord Monckton, national press club, Viscount Monckton | 98 Responses
The politics of 'direct action' on Climate Change
By Mark Bahnisch on February 3, 2010
After last night’s round of interviews with Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce, one thing is clear about the Coalition’s climate change policy. No one believes in it. They’ve come to this pass because of the momentum of the twin drives [...]
Posted in Climate change, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, bike riding, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, contradictions, direct action, Kevin Rudd, liberal leadership, liberals, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott | 63 Responses
Shock! Horror! Political journosphere shocked by the ALP playing politics!
By Mark Bahnisch on February 5, 2010
Ben Eltham has a wrap up of the week in politics at New Matilda. It’s certainly fair to say that it certainly didn’t go all the Coalition’s way. What surprises me about the commentary we’ve seen in the lead up [...]
Posted in Climate change, Federal Elections, Media, Polls | Tagged ALP, Barnaby Joyce, Ben Eltham, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, commentariat, Dennis Shanahan, Federal Election 2010, first term government, John Howard, Labor, Liberal Party, Media, media narrative, New Matilda, Newspoll, parliament, political narrative, polling, Tony Abbott | 98 Responses