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By Mark Bahnisch on September 24, 2008
As Luke Slattery observes, a significant number of universities are moving to emulate either the whole of or aspects of the Melbourne Model – generalist undergraduate degrees followed by vocational postgraduate degrees. UWA and Macquarie are the latest off the [...]
Posted in Education, Sociology | Tagged ACU, ALP, brendan nelson, Education, education policy, Griffith University, higher ed, higher education, higher education policy, innovation review, Julia Gillard, Julie Bishop, Kim Carr, Labor, Luke Slattery, Macquarie University, Melbourne model, QUT, Rudd government, Stephen Schwartz, student income support, universities, university funding, university teaching, UQ, UWA, UWS, venturousaustralia |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 24, 2008
…45% of Australians think so, according to this fortnight’s Essential Research poll. As a bit of an addendum to my earlier post about Julia Gillard’s speech last week to the National Press Club on the detail of the Forward with [...]
Posted in Industrial Relations, Polls | Tagged ACTU, ALP, brendan nelson, Essential Research, Industrial Relations, industrial relations policy, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labour movement, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, political analysis, polling, Polls, psephology, Rudd government, union movement, WorkChoices, workplace relations |
By Kim on September 22, 2008
ACNielsen has Labor behind the Liberals on primaries 42-41, the first time the Libs have been ahead of Labor in the Nielsen poll since September 2006. Labor leads in the 2PP 52-48, and Kevin Rudd leads Malcolm Turnbull on PPM [...]
Posted in Media, Polls | Tagged ACNielsen poll, ALP, brendan nelson, Dennis Shanahan, Kevin Rudd, Labor, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, News Limited columnists, Newspoll, opposition leader, Polls, polls analysis, psephological analysis, Rudd government |
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 17, 2008
There’s something of a paradox there, because, as I’ve been arguing, Malcolm Turnbull’s best chance at making an impact (beyond the born in a log cabin dingy flat narrative personal stuff) is to move towards the centre, and particularly given [...]
Posted in Climate change, Media, Politics | Tagged ALP, brendan nelson, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, Emissions trading scheme, John Hewson, John Quiggin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, political leadership, Rudd government, shadow cabinet |
By Kim on September 16, 2008
One theme that’s come up in commentary on several threads about the Liberal leadership here is that the political suicide of Brendan Nelson has the potential to put the Howard years to bed at last. One other sign of this [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Howardia, Immigration, Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Climate change, Costello memoirs, Emissions trading scheme, four corners, immigration detention, John Howard, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, shadow cabinet |
By Robert Merkel on September 16, 2008
Confirmation here. The margin was apparently 45-41. Update [by Kim]: I’ve put up a post with some analysis of what Turnbull needs to do here.
Posted in Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 15, 2008
It’s on. Brendan Nelson’s thrown down the gauntlet. The Liberal Party will determine its leadership tomorrow morning after Nelson called on a spill. Perhaps his capital E emo man performance in Parliament today was his audition – or maybe he’d [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Brendan Nelson leadership spill, Bruce Billson, Costello memoirs, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership instability, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, 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
The Fin Review ran today with a cover story on Peter Costello’s legacy – not on the Liberal leadership but as Treasurer. It appears to be an article of faith – based on a questionable analogy about the supposed damage [...]
Posted in Economics, Howardia, Media, Polls | Tagged brendan nelson, Costello book, Costello memoirs, economic management, fiscal policy, howard government, Joe Hockey, John Howard, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership instability, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 11, 2008
Hardly surprising, I must say, to read that Peter Costello has dumped on Howard in his book and has also ruled out standing for the Liberal leadership. What a petulant and self-indulgent performance.
Posted in Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Costello book, Costello memoirs, John Howard, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership instability, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello |
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