Deficits, debt, etc: Bad for business, bad for the economy?
We learned last week that Joe Hockey plans to cut $70 billion from government spending (as he has to do to fund Tony Abbott’s Direct Action and parental leave policies, and to make up for all sorts of foregone revenue [...]
Support for carbon tax rises: Newspoll
Newspoll finds a 6% shift from opposition to support for the carbon price. It’s still disapproved by 53-36, but there’s definitely something going on.
Malcolm Turnbull and reframing the Climate Change debate
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech on climate change science points the way to a better framing of the climate change and carbon price debates than we’ve seen from the Labor party.
The whole is less than the sum of the parts
Part of what Julia Gillard said about why she saw the need to challenge Rudd was this: “I also believe that it’s important if you lead a team to rely on the collective efforts of the team. We are all [...]
The Anniversary
Malcolm Farnsworth has summed up how the MSM have fully lived up to expectations in its treatment of the anniversary of the change of prime ministership: As endless talk of The Anniversary has shown, political commentary in this country consists [...]
Revolting: the Nihilism of Tony Abbott
During this morning’s press conference, Brown, Combet and Gillard drew on a number of justifications for a carbon price: the logic of the market itself (as with multiple references to economic efficiency), fairness, redistribution of income to low income households, [...]
Both atheist ‘rationalism’ and Catholic triumphalism betray Mary MacKillop’s legacy
I had mixed feelings last night about whether to watch the canonisation ceremony for Blessed Mary MacKillop on ABC News 24. In part, but not exclusively, those feelings related to the way the ceremonies would be covered, and I’m afraid [...]
A tale of two Labor post-mortems
It’s interesting to contrast reports of two ALP reflections on the election result – one in Crikey on the thoughts of Victorian MP Martin Foley, and one in The Drum on a meeting of the NSW Right, penned by Glenn [...]
The second Gillard Ministry
Julia Gillard has announced her new ministry; details are here. Kevin Rudd is Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith takes Defence, and Simon Crean has a new super-portfolio encompassing Regional Australia and Regional Development. Penny Wong is Finance Minister (I don’t think [...]
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