Quick link: Tim Dunlop on the alternative universe where Mr Rabbit is a hero
Tim Dunlop’s post, “Why the Independents should support Abbott”, hits the mark in oh so many ways.
Wilkie supports Labor
News just in. Well, it looks like I was wrong and James Farrell might have been right that Andrew Wilkie’s support is the key to how the end game plays out. Labor now has a guarantee of 74 votes on [...]
The politics of the ALP-Greens alliance
I won’t bother to link to the media denunciations of the ALP-Greens agreement – suffice it to say that Paul Kelly thinks the Labor ‘brand’ is in danger (oh no!), someone or other is probably red baiting, and there are [...]
Interregnum mythbusting: “naturally conservative electorates”
One of the most amusing aspects of the hung parliament negotiations has been the discombobulation of MSM opinionistas. David Penberthy is one stellar example. His most recent piece for The Punch is a strange concoction of weirdness, unified only by [...]
Quick link: Peter Martin on Costingsgate
In an interesting article this morning, Peter Martin looks at the broader implications of the kerfuffle about the Coalition’s costings – how a bunch of firms and institutions have been dragged into the political questions around the whole Charter of [...]
Is Wilkie key to the end game?
Over at Club Troppo, James Farrell thinks that Andrew Wilkie may be the key to the resolution of the negotiations over who will form government. I’m not so sure. I suspect Wilkie will end up supporting neither side. Whether or [...]
Why process is important: Another perspective on parliamentary and donations reform
One of the most interesting aspects of the agreement between The Greens and the ALP is the way in which it promises to put flesh on the bones of parliamentary reform. A number of clauses envisage combined committees of parliamentarians [...]
Agreement between The Greens and the ALP released
Agreement has been reached between The Greens and the ALP on the conditions for The Greens’ support of a Labor minority government. The agreement can be read here. Much of the document concerns process – both in terms of liaison [...]
The battle of the budget bottom line
The three rural Independents are meeting this morning with Treasury Secretary Ken Henry to discuss the state of the economy. Yesterday, in her address to the National Press Club [see previous LP discussion here], Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a [...]
Julia Gillard’s address to the National Press Club today
For mine, Julia Gillard, in her address to the National Press Club this afternoon, summed up the actuality of the situation our national politics is in quite nicely: Neither party convinced Australians that it alone should shape the nation’s course [...]
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