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By Kim on August 2, 2011
In his appearance on Q&A last night, editor of Spiked and libertarian gadfly Brendan O’Neill said more than he ought to have. O’Neill is apparently an alumnus of some Trotskyist group or other, and like other leftie turned righties (or [...]
Posted in Culture, Featured, Film, TV, Video etc, Law, Media, Politics | Tagged brendan o'neill, Christopher Pearson, Culture Wars, journalism, Kevin Rudd, media inquiry, news of the world, Notw, Q&A, Qanda |
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 |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 22, 2010
On Q&A tonight, the defence from John Roskam of Tony Abbott’s remarks on homelessness and the government’s social housing strategy at the Catholic Social Service Association’s national conference appeared to be that it wasn’t clear what he’d said. [It's worth [...]
Posted in Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged Catholic Social Service Association, choice, Christopher Pearson, conference, homeless, homelessness, John Roskam, poor will always be with us, Q&A, Qanda, remarks, Rudd government, social housing, strategy, text, The Australian, Tony Abbott, Tony Jones, transcript |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 5, 2009
The first few days of Tony Abbott’s leadership have seen a concerted effort by the conservative commentariat to decry any criticism of his reactionary policies on women’s rights and social issues as ‘anti-Catholic’. A number of points need making about [...]
Posted in Culture, Media, Politics, Religion, Sociology | Tagged ALP, anti Catholicism, Cardinal Pell, Catholic Church, Catholicism, catholics, catholics in politics, Christopher Pearson, Culture Wars, DLP, George Pell, groupers, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Media, political culture, Pope Benedict, punditariat, religion and politics, sectarianism, secularisation, social justice, Sociology, the movement, theology, Tony Abbott, Vatican II, victimology, Women |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 2, 2009
It’s been the biggest ecclesiastical story of the year. That may not mean a very big story in the normal course of things, but it’s been difficult if you live in Brisbane to miss all the coverage of the ongoing [...]
Posted in Activism, Brisbane, Media, Religion | Tagged Brisbane archdiocese, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christopher Pearson, controversy, John Bathersby, Ken Howell, liturgy, Peter Kennedy, South Brisbane, St Mary's, Terry Fitzpatrick, theology |
By Kim on October 3, 2008
Those freethinkers and mavericks and contrarians at the Opposition Organ are at it again. In the wake of the serve Christopher Pearson gave Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Saturday, his colleage Frank Devine piles on today. But with even less sense! [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged Christopher Pearson, constitutional law, Culture Wars, Feminism, Frank Devine, governor general, News Limited columnists, Quentin Bryce |
By Kim on September 27, 2008
There’s an extraordinary rant from Christopher Pearson in today’s Opposition Organ, beginning with a big spray against Quentin Bryce. Let me just observe that her opinion that the reserve powers can be codified is a respectable one, and that Pearson [...]
Posted in Climate change, Howardia, Law, Media | Tagged Andrew Robb, Christopher Pearson, Climate change, climate change denialism, constitutional law, governor general, John Howard, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, News Limited columnists, Nick Minchin, Quentin Bryce, Tony Abbott |
By Kim on August 20, 2008
Here’s another don’t waste your $34.95 book review, and for many of the same reasons as Mark identified as failures in an earlier 2007 federal election tome from Melbourne University Press – Christine Jackman’s Inside Kevin07. If anything, Peter Van [...]
Posted in Advertising, Blogging, Books, Writers & Writing, Federal Elections, Howardia, Media | Tagged ALP, Book review, campaign strategy, Christine Jackman, Christopher Pearson, Dennis Shanahan, Federal election 2007, Glenn Milne, heiner affair, Howard's End, Inside Kevin07, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Melbourne University Press, Mungo McCallum, MUP, News Limited columnists, Peter Van Onselen, Philip Senior, Piers Akerman, political journalism, political science, Polls, publishing, Writings |
The state elections and federal implications
By Mark Bahnisch on March 20, 2010
In tonight’s counts, it appears clear that the ALP has narrowly held on in South Australia, containing the swing against the government to 1.7% in the marginals, with much of the state wide anti-Labor swing washing through safe seats, while [...]
Posted in Elections, Federal Elections, Media, Sociology, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, campaigning, Christopher Pearson, Coalition, commentariat, comparative politics, election results, electoral systems, federal implications, federal politics, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, marginal seats, Michelle Grattan, Mike Rann, Peter Van Onselen, political culture, South Australia election 2010, state politics, swing, Tasmanian election 2010, The Greens | 65 Responses