Labour market myth busting
As we all slouch back towards work in the new year, a hardy perennial has been dominating the business pages and the Bosses’ Bible, the Australian Financial Review. Spurred on, this time, by the release of 1980 Cabinet papers (resources [...]
The electoral imperative for the independents, The Greens and the ALP
One of the interesting parallels for this campaign is obviously the British election result – and Penny Wong was right to say that George Brandis was running the same sort of agenda to try to bump the conservatives into office, [...]
The future of China
Graeme Dobell at the Lowy Interpreter notes the report of the China Update conference – you can read the proceedings here. Dobell is particularly interested in the work of Ross Garnaut (chapter 2 of the proceedings). The key finding? There [...]
Julia Gillard, presidential governance and the future of progressive politics
Tigtog has written an interesting and thoughtful post at Hoyden About Town, reflecting on a number of aspects of the way Julia Gillard’s rise to power, and her performance in her short time as PM, has been discussed. Of particular [...]
ABC claims move against Rudd is on
ABC tv news has just claimed that a move against Kevin Rudd’s leadership is on tonight, emanating from Victoria and including “senior ministers”. Tomorrow is the last sitting day of this session of parliament. There’s nothing on the web so [...]
Democratise or die: the future of the ALP
One of the ironies of the British election, as I noted at the time, was that a campaign and a result which seemed to portend an end to politics as usual brought forth a reactionary result – the coalescence of [...]
Facebook, privacy and social utility
The biggest story in social media over the last couple of months has been the rapid decline in trust between Facebook and its users. Far from being a phenomenon restricted to techie activists, Facebook’s campaign to push an ever increasing [...]
David Cameron's Broken Britain
I have an article at the ABC’s The Drum today about the British election and its aftermath, focusing on how much change the eventual deal implies. NB: Previous LP British election coverage here. Update: Interesting piece from Seumas Milne.
Lib Dems to decide: Labour or Tories? #ukvote #ge210 #dontdoitnick
The Guardian is reporting that Nick Clegg will announce within 24 hours whether the Liberal Democrats will go into Coalition with the Conservatives or support a minority Tory administration or join a “Progressive Alliance” comprising Labour, the SNP, Plaid Cymru [...]
The UK election: there was a verdict
Clearly, the results of the UK election are inconclusive – Labour doing much better than expected, and the Liberal Democrats worse, with the Tories falling short of a majority. Similarly, the regional pattern is quite varied – with Labour holding [...]
Gordon Brown keeps the faith
LBJ used to tell a story about an old Southern Senator who, depressed by the repetitive politics of race baiting and populism, yearns to return to his state one last time to give a “good old Democratic speech”. Today, Gordon [...]
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