Robb v. Bishop
Looks like a challenge might be on. Dominic Knight has suggested a hashtag: #deathspill
Will Robb do better than Gerald the Gnome?
How would a real foreign policy debate happen?
If you want extended analysis of the foreign policy debate, there are a series of posts at the Lowy Interpreter trying to divine meaning from the minutiae. There was some pointscoring, of course – Smith had some good lines about [...]
Foreign affairs debate@12:30
The Press Club is hosting a debate between Stephen Smith and Julie Bishop on the topic of foreign affairs at 12:30 pm today. ABC News 24 is covering it (and has a live internet feed). As Mark noted, the Ministerial [...]
“If you can’t govern your party…”
By Mark Bahnisch Over the weekend, I read Annabel Crabb’s Rise of the Ruddbot. It’s fascinating to take a trip back to a time when a Liberal leadership team of Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop seemed fanciful. Just as much [...]
Labor's chances in Queensland: Tell us what's happening on the ground
Two recent events have prompted me to ponder how federal Labor is traveling in Queensland. Yesterday, we saw Flynn MP Chris Trevor make an impassioned defence of Kevin Rudd against what he identified as the factional forces that brought him [...]
The Women
Dr. Cat’s post on women and Tony Abbott is a must-read. She really nails one of the problems I’ve had with the general coverage about Abbott’s “women problem”. So go and read it now. I’ll wait. I’m not going to [...]
Julie Bishop: economy just fine, thanks
There’s surprisingly good news on the employment front for January, with unemployment only increasing by .3%, full time employment holding steady and female full time employment rising substantially: ANZ economist Katie Dean said the stimulus package had worked to retain [...]
The politics of the Rudd essay and the stimulus package
In retrospect, the timing of Kevin Rudd’s essay in The Monthly [discussed in this earlier post] was obviously significant. There’s been a concerted messaging campaign going on for about a week to lead up to today’s stimulus package, which is [...]
Julie Bishop watch
Joshua Gans at CoreEcon has the good oil on the latest example of economic illiteracy from the Shadow Treasurer. Update: More from Gans.
Unemployment and social responsibility
The economic news of the day was a fall in the number of jobs advertised – as measured by ANZ – to “recession levels” – the eighth successive monthly drop. A number of economists extrapolated this to an unemployment rate [...]
Signs and wonders! Miracles! Courtesy of John Howard…
When John Howard’s government announced funding for school chaplains in public schools, then Education Minister Julie Bishop (remember her?) claimed it was all about instilling “values” in the kiddies. Apparently, the fruits of the program have exceeded expectations: GOD has [...]
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