Why Adam Bandt is (largely) wrong about the Qantas dispute
There’s been a fair bit of discussion around the traps about Adam Bandt’s statement yesterday about what the government should have done, or left undone, with regard to the Qantas dispute. Some of Bandt’s post seems to echo criticism from [...]
New Senate roundtable…
As the ABC breathlessly notes, the Greens now hold the Senate balance of power. A number of Senators have left, most notably Steve Fielding. Of the departures from the major parties, perhaps the most significant is Nick Minchin; Crikey has [...]
Coalition to preference Greens last in Victorian lower house seats
The Coalition intends to give The Greens their last preference in all Victorian lower house seats, a change from their normal policy of preferencing Labor last. This significantly reduces The Greens’ chances in seats (at least 2, perhaps up to [...]
Newspoll, Essential Research: 50-50
The latest Newspoll has arrived without the fanfare usually sounded, which is probably a good thing on balance. It shows the two major parties tied on 50% of the 2PP. Primary votes for both the Coalition and Labor are down [...]
Quick Link: Pure Poison on the OO on The Greens
Pure Poison notes an Opposition Organ (how nice is it to be able to continue to say that?) editorial with lots of bad advice for Julia and a remarkably candid comment on the paper’s attitude to The Greens. From the [...]
Katter and Milne on Q&A
Q&A tonight came close to living up to its pitch of unpredictability. The representatives of both wings of the political class – Nick Minchin and Peter Beattie – looked like going into meltdown as Christine Milne and Bob Katter, for [...]
Senate group preference tickets released by AEC
The AEC has released the Senate group preference tickets online. For those who might not be aware of how this works, if you vote “above the line” (that is, if you put a 1 in one of the parties’ or [...]
The Greens’ national campaign launch
The Greens will be launching their campaign from Canberra today at 12.30 AEST. I’m hoping it will be shown live on ABC News 24, and if it is, I’ll be live tweeting the launch here and using the hashtag #greens.
On the election trail
Continue your discussion of the opening salvos in the active election campaigns.
Assessing Julia Gillard as PM
A couple of pollsters have been very quick to assess public support for Julia Gillard and Labor, after her unprecedented ascension to the Prime Ministership. Possum has all the details of the latest Galaxy and Nielsen polls, both showing a [...]
Doom or salvation for Rudd Labor?
I continue to be quite surprised at the levels of panic about the Labor party’s current polling predicament, and some of the reactions. The government’s response to the Nielsen poll yesterday was to point out that Tony Abbott stands a [...]
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