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By Kim on July 26, 2010
Tony Abbott tied himself in knots trying to explain to Kerry O’Brien tonight why, if he chose to use 2008 as a baseline for his immigration cuts (which is misleading, as the intake is on the way down), the then [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Howardia, Immigration, Polls | Tagged 7 30 Report, Andrew Norton, Federal Election 2010, howard government, Immigration, Morgan, Polls, public support, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on May 13, 2010
Tony Abbott really squibbed his moment in the spotlight tonight. According to the government, he needed to identify at least $15 billion in spending cuts to fund the promises he’s already made. According to just about everyone, he needed to [...]
Posted in Economics, Federal Elections, Howardia, Politics | Tagged budget 2010, budget reply, debt, deficit, economic management, Federal Election 2010, fiscal policy, howard government, Joe Hockey, Kevin Rudd, Rudd government, Tony Abbott, Treasury |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 19, 2010
I’m not sure how this one slipped through: What the longevity of almost all state and territory governments suggests is that it is difficult for an opposition to come to power except through the electorate’s view that it is time [...]
Posted in Disasters, Media, Politics | Tagged Alexander Downer, AWB, balance, bernard keane, Crikey, Greg Hunt, howard government, Lateline, Media, Michael Sexton, ministerial responsibility, Peter Garrett, press gallery, roof insulation, Saddam Hussein, The Australian, Tony Jones |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 18, 2009
Props to Paul Burns for cooking up the latest apt nickname for Peter Costello – it says it all, really. If the Liberal Party thought they’d recovered from the political morass they sunk themselves into with the stimulus package naysaying, [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged Christopher Pyne, Essential Research poll, factions, free markets, howard government, ideology, Joe Hockey, leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, moderates, Peter Costello, political communication, public opinion, reshuffle, Rudd government, stimulus package |
By Kim on February 5, 2009
Since everyone else is, I thought I might add in my $950 two cents’ worth into the great stimulus package debate. I’m also in the camp of thinking Malcolm’s nuts, and while some have been decrying those who discuss the [...]
Posted in Economics | Tagged ALP, Coalition, economic policy, global financial crisis, howard government, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Laura Tingle, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Rudd government, Senate Committee, stimulus package |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 31, 2009
The Prime Minister has written a long essay for the next issue of The Monthly, excerpts from which are available on the web. Robert Corr extracts the telling quote: The time has come, off the back of the current crisis, [...]
Posted in Economics, Howardia, Markets, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged ALP, global financial crisis, howard government, ideology, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, neo-liberalism, regulation, Rudd government, social democracy, state intervention, The Monthly |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 6, 2009
The former Dear Leader has received his reward – something a little more prestigious than the weirdly named awards from obscure right wing think tanks he spent some time trotting over to America last year to collect. John Howard will [...]
Posted in Howardia, Media, Polls | Tagged ALP, first term, George W. Bush, howard government, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, medal of freedom, Media, polling, possum, psephological analysis, Rudd government |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 4, 2008
There’s been a lot of discussion sparked by the Productivity Commission report into Parental Leave about “middle class welfare”. Because the PC also made recommendations about the baby bonus, and therefore there have been predictable calls to share the dosh [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Government, Health, Howardia, Immigration, Industrial Relations, Parenting, Policy, Poverty, Women | Tagged baby bonus, Catholic social justice statement, Economics, Feminism, George Megalogenis, howard government, Industrial Relations, John Howard, Labor, LP, neoliberalism, paid parental leave, parental leave, parental leave report, pension, political economy, Poverty, productivity commission, robert menzies, Rudd government, social justice, social policy, Sociology, welfare policy, welfare system, workplace equity |
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 Kim on September 11, 2008
Now that the Howard gubbermint is ancient history – except in the memoirs of the ghost of Peter Costello who wants you to know that Howard LIED six times and failed to hand him the leadership on a platter (ps. [...]
Posted in Education, History, Howardia, Media, Politics | Tagged ALP, Anna Clark, Culture Wars, education policy, history curriculum, History wars, howard government, John Howard, Julia Gillard, keith windschuttle, kevin donnelly, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal leadership instability, Liberal Party, Manning Clark, national curriculum, News Limited columnists, Peter Costello, Rudd government, stuart macintyre |
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