The logic of Labor (and Liberal) leadership
In a post entitled “After Gillard”, John Quiggin writes: I think the return of Rudd would put the spotlight on Abbott’s total fraudulence, maybe even paving the way for the Rudd vs Turnbull election we should have had last time. [...]
The ABC, balance and right wing propaganda
I don’t know if anyone saw The Drum this afternoon? (And I don’t know if there are any audience/ratings figures for ABC News 24, but I’d be very interested if anyone does…) We had a panel composed of two ABC [...]
“A sugar-coated Satan sandwich”
The US debt ceiling bill is a triumph for the Tea Party. It represents the victory of the wealthiest 1% over the rest of the citizenry.
We are not the world?
Much as we might to think that our concerns are highly insular, they’re not. “Sustainable Australia” has dominated what consideration there has been of foreign policy in this campaign, and the rest of the world has otherwise loomed on our [...]
Open economists’ letter on Labor’s stimulus
John Quiggin has published an open letter from 50 academic economists arguing that the stimulus package prevented Australia from going into recession:
Reality check: Abbott’s claims about the impact of a carbon price on electricity tarriffs
Tony Abbott has been running the line that a carbon price of $40 a tonne would double the price of electricity. John Quiggin has done the math: For coal-fired electricity, CO2 emissions are around 1 tonne/MWh for black coal (a [...]
Why are voters shifting from Labor to The Greens?
John Quiggin has endorsed The Greens. Read why at his blog. I haven’t finally made up my mind, but I think I’m probably going to switch my vote from Labor to The Greens this time too, for similar reasons. The [...]
The RSPT, 'nationalisation' and hyperbole
Wayne Swan recently said that mining company executives were either lying or displaying their ignorance in their statements about the Resources Super Profits Tax, a comment which apparently horrified Kerry O’Brien: how could this be true of respected business leaders? [...]
Budget 2010 preview and open thread
This is a thread for commentary, links and analysis for tonight’s Federal Budget. It’s being billed as an opportunity for Wayne Swan to save Kevin Rudd, which I think is pretty hyperbolic (and it’s always interesting to contrast the journosphere’s [...]
May Day, Paul Lucas, Australian Labor and class politics
In Queensland today, we celebrated Labour Day as a public holiday. In the wake of the privatisation imbroglio perpetrated by the Bligh government, expectations were that solidarity between Labor and labour wouldn’t be at the forefront of the Brisbane May [...]
After the dead horses, what?
As the Rudd government indulges in the usual Third Way antics of dumping on the left in preparation for an election, it cheered my mood considerably to come across this piece by John Quiggin, in which he argues the need [...]
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