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By Kim on September 28, 2010
We really must be in a new paradigm when some people on Twitter end up thinking Sophie Mirabella speaks truly and I find myself feeling some sympathy with Stephen Conroy. But that’s perhaps by the by. I think one of [...]
Posted in Culture, Media, Politics, Sexuality, Sociology | Tagged censorship, filter, fiona patten, ideology, internet, liberation, Marcus Lockard, Mungo McCallum, Q&A, Qanda, sex, sexualisation, Sexuality, Sociology, Sophie Mirabella, stephen conroy |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 17, 2009
It was the political debate of last week, and we missed it. But that’s ok – so did most of the rest of the population, I would imagine. The columns of The Australian were full of the ‘legacy wars’ – [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Economics, History, Howardia, Industrial Relations, Media, Politics | Tagged AWAs, Culture Wars, economic policy, grand narratives, History, History wars, Howardia, Kevin Rudd, legacy wars, Malcolm Turnbull, Mungo McCallum, Paul Keating, Paul Kelly, Peter Costello, Politics, punditariat, Rudd government, The Australian, Thomas Kenneally, WorkChoices |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 15, 2008
There’s already been a fair bit of commentary on the carbon emissions White Paper here at LP. Bernard Keane sums up the substance accurately and concisely: The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged bernard keane, business, carbon emissions reduction, Climate change, emissions targets, emissions trading, global warming, Kevin Rudd, Mungo McCallum, Politics, Rudd government, white paper |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 8, 2008
Malcolm Turnbull’s rather hamfisted attempt to bring Barnaby Joyce inside the tent through the offer of a frontbench position was always going to be rebuffed. Turnbull might have tried – just an idea – a little more consultation than implied [...]
Posted in Politics, Queensland, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Coalition, liberal leadership, LNP, Malcolm Turnbull, Mungo McCallum, Nationals, Queensland election 2009, Senate |
By Kim on August 20, 2008
Here’s another don’t waste your $34.95 book review, and for many of the same reasons as Mark identified as failures in an earlier 2007 federal election tome from Melbourne University Press – Christine Jackman’s Inside Kevin07. If anything, Peter Van [...]
Posted in Advertising, Blogging, Books, Writers & Writing, Federal Elections, Howardia, Media | Tagged ALP, Book review, campaign strategy, Christine Jackman, Christopher Pearson, Dennis Shanahan, Federal election 2007, Glenn Milne, heiner affair, Howard's End, Inside Kevin07, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Melbourne University Press, Mungo McCallum, MUP, News Limited columnists, Peter Van Onselen, Philip Senior, Piers Akerman, political journalism, political science, Polls, publishing, Writings |
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