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By Kim on August 3, 2010
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. “The new Julia changes her mind on debates, while the old Tony makes [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Politics | Tagged Channel Nine, commercial tv, economic management, Federal Election 2010, Jenny Macklin, Media, news, no means no, parental leave, political communication, rape joke, real julia, samantha maiden, sexist gaffe, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 12, 2008
Over at Catallaxy, Jason Soon links to Kerry Miller’s article in Spiked about Clive Hamilton’s influence in the propagation of the idea of the “Clean Feed” web censorship plan. There are some strange alliances around this issue, and Miller, who [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Howardia, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, The Web | Tagged ALP, Australia Institute, Authoritarianism, Catholic right, censorship, Clive Hamilton, Guy Rundle, Indigenous policy, Jason Soon, Jenny Macklin, Julia Gillard, Kerry Miller, Labor, last superpower, liberalism, libertarianism, Lindsay Tanner, no clean feed, Noel Pearson, political philosophy, political science, political sociology, political theory, post-materialism, Religion, Rudd government, social democracy, social policy, Sociology, stephen conroy, Third Way, Tony Abbott, Warren Mundine |
By Kim on October 15, 2008
I have to confess at the outset that I haven’t read the report – I am really busy with work at the moment and I simply don’t have time (or energy when I do have time), but I wanted to [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics, History, Indigenous, Media, Politics, Race | Tagged ALP, andrew bartlett, Christopher Pyne, Culture Wars, Glenn Milne, history curriculum, History wars, Indigenous policy, Jenny Macklin, kevin donnelly, Labor, Marni Cordell, national curriculum board, Noel Pearson, Northern Territory, NT intervention, NT intervention report, NT intervention review, Rudd government, stuart macintyre, Warren Mundine, welfare policy |
By Kim on August 15, 2008
In the wake of discussion of Andrew Forrest’s proposal for the creation of 50 000 full time jobs for Indigenous Australians (discussed here at LP) and Germaine Greer’s remarks on the continuing force of history in shaping Indigenous responses to [...]
Posted in Culture, Education, Ethics, Health, History, Howardia, Indigenous, Politics, Poverty, Race | Tagged Andrew Forrest, Cape York, closing the gap, education policy, Germaine Greer, indigenous education, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, Jenny Macklin, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, mutual obligation, Noel Pearson, NT intervention, On Rage, Sociology, welfare policy, Writings |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 11, 2008
Unsurprisingly, the release of the government’s discussion paper on the pension system has prompted calls for immediate action. Perhaps the opposition were all waiting for Godot Costello somewhere because The Greens appear to have been first out of the starting [...]
Posted in Disability, Economics, Government, Policy, Politics, Poverty | Tagged aged pension, ALP, Australian Greens, carers allowance, disability pension, discussion paper, Jenny Macklin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labor party, liberal leadership, open government, Pension review, Peter Costello, policy process, public policy, Rachel Siewert, Rudd government, social welfare |
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