By Mark Bahnisch on August 22, 2010
Two of the most unedifying aspects of the aftermath of the election result, from the time when it became apparent that we would have a hung parliament, have been the pressure for a quick resolution and the endless rehashing of [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Media | Tagged 7 30 Report, Andrew Robb, Bill Shorten, Bob Katter, Federal Election 2010, hung parliament, Insiders, Karl Bitar, liberals, Markets, Media, Rob Oakeshott, tony windsor |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 1, 2010
The AEC has released the Senate group preference tickets online. For those who might not be aware of how this works, if you vote “above the line” (that is, if you put a 1 in one of the parties’ or [...]
Posted in federal election 2010 | Tagged AEC, ALP, Democrats, Family First, Federal Election 2010, greens, group preference tickets, liberals, preferences, Senate, Steve Fielding, Victoria |
By tigtog on July 18, 2010
Continue your discussion of the opening salvos in the active election campaigns.
Posted in Elections, federal election 2010 | Tagged ALP, Federal Election 2010, greens, Julia Gillard, Labor, liberals, LNP, Paul Abbott |
By Kim on May 3, 2010
I can’t make much of the numbers the ABC had on Lateline just then for the 2PP in Newspoll as they were Labor 46 and Coalition 51, which of course, doesn’t add up. Still, if it is the case that [...]
Posted in Politics, Polls | Tagged ALP, backflip, backflips, Coalition, cprs, economic management, Essential Research, ets, Health, Kevin Rudd, Labor, lead, liberals, Morgan, Newspoll, polling, Polls, TPP |
By Kim on April 21, 2010
As I observed last night, the Opposition’s first reaction to the COAG deal* on health and hospitals reform was to blather on about “a great big new bureaucracy” (which isn’t as catchy as “a great big new tax”, but is [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Health, Policy, Politics | Tagged COAG, Coalition, Federal election 2007, Federal Election 2010, GST, Health, hospitals, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, liberals, National Health and Hospitals Network, Peter Dutton, Policy, political strategy, Senate, Tony Abbott, WA, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 22, 2010
I was interested to hear Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim comment on the 7.30 Report that neither Will Hodgman nor David Bartlett had yet contacted him. I linked in an earlier post to an article reviewing the precedents for a [...]
Posted in Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged agreement, ALP, arrangement, confidence motion, David Bartlett, election results, Government, Hare Clark, Labor, Liberal Party, liberals, negotiations, Nick McKim, Richard Farmer, supply, Tasmanian election 2010, Tasmanian politics, The Greens, Westminster system, Will Hodgman |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 22, 2010
There’s some good coverage of the South Australian and Tasmanian elections from Luke Walladge and Kate Crowley respectively at New Matilda today. In Inside Story, Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin take a comprehensive look at the precedents for written agreements [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, election results, Labor, Liberal Party, liberals, South Australia election 2010, South Australian politics, state governments, state politics, Tasmanian election 2010, Tasmanian politics, The Greens |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 3, 2010
After last night’s round of interviews with Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce, one thing is clear about the Coalition’s climate change policy. No one believes in it. They’ve come to this pass because of the momentum of the twin drives [...]
Posted in Climate change, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, bike riding, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, contradictions, direct action, Kevin Rudd, liberal leadership, liberals, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 14, 2010
2010 is going to be a year of elections. In Australia, we have three state elections – Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and almost certainly a federal poll*. In Britain, the Labour party’s future is on the line; the same [...]
Posted in Elections, Federal Elections, Foreign Elections, International, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Coalition, coup, Elections, Federal Election 2010, Geoff Hoon, GFC, global financial crisis, gordon brown, Guardian, Hawke government, ideology, keating government, Labour party, Liberal Party, liberals, Lord Mandelson, Media, New Labour, Patricia Hewitt, South Australian election 2010, Tasmanian eleciton 2010, the city, Tony Abbott, Tony Blair, treasury line, UK election 2010, Victorian election 2010 |
By Robert Merkel on November 9, 2009
Tonight’s Four Corners has a piece on the Coalition’s views on climate change. The blurb makes clear that much of the party rank and file are denialists. That’s not news. However, they’re also promising some kind of meta-analysis of public [...]
Posted in Climate change, Film, TV, Video etc, Media, Polls | Tagged Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, Coalition, four corners, Liberal Party, Liberal party leadership, liberals, Polls, Senators, TV |
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