CPD post: Lynch on Australia’s place in the world
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
Why Bob Brown should have been in the leaders’ debate
I’ve discussed the reasons why Bob Brown ought to have been included in Sunday night’s leaders’ debate in a post at the ABC’s Campaign Diary blog. Elsewhere: Tim Dunlop.
The view from Channel Nine V: The disappearing campaign
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. On Channel Nine in Brisbane tonight, the sole election story was the seventh [...]
Gillard’s attack on Abbott’s great big new tax, and his gender fail
Bernard Keane picked something interesting out of last night’s debate (yes, it is possible – see previous LP discussion here and here): Watch for Labor to ramp up its attack on the Liberals’ paid parental leave tax. Gillard’s most effective [...]
Reality check: East Timor denies dialogue on processing centre occurring
In tonight’s leaders’ debate, which centred almost totally on immigration, Julia Gillard reiterated her claim that dialogue was progressing with the Timorese government on the establishment of a regional processing centre for asylum seekers. That was before the debate descended [...]
Leaders’ debates, postmodern style
Voters actually watching tonight’s debate between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, as opposed to the Worm or the Twitter feed, would have heard a lot about “fair dinkum” “honest, decent Australians” and an “economic plan” or “a better way”. Oh, [...]
Open 2010 Leaders’ Debate thread
Tonight sees the only debate of this election campaign – live at 6.30pm AEST. Attempts to negotiate an independent commission to determine the scope and rules of three debates failed this term. Academic research has demonstrated that the rather cursory [...]
So how about that Worm?
On Lateline last night, Laura Tingle made a point that she’s been developing in her Friday columns in the Fin Review. Tingle argues that the parties’ current financial crisis (caused by a drop in corporate donations associated both with the [...]
Stormy waters on Campaign launch Sunday
As the Queensland election is buffeted off course by Cyclone Hamish and the oil spill, Lawrence Springborg has enjoyed more success in shaping the political message – Anna Bligh’s sos is being lost in the storm. There’s a conundrum here, [...]
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