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By Robert Merkel on July 1, 2011
As the ABC breathlessly notes, the Greens now hold the Senate balance of power. A number of Senators have left, most notably Steve Fielding. Of the departures from the major parties, perhaps the most significant is Nick Minchin; Crikey has [...]
Posted in Environment, Featured, federal election 2010, Policy, Politics | Tagged greens, Nick Minchin, roundtable, Senate, Steve Fielding |
By Kim on September 6, 2010
Q&A tonight came close to living up to its pitch of unpredictability. The representatives of both wings of the political class – Nick Minchin and Peter Beattie – looked like going into meltdown as Christine Milne and Bob Katter, for [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, History, International, Media, Politics | Tagged agriculture, Bob Katter, cheap food, Christine Milne, De Tocqueville, economic policy, Federal Election 2010, food security, free trade, greens, hung parliament, John Stuart Mill, neo-liberalism, Nick Minchin, Peter Beattie, protection, Q&A, Qanda, Rebecca Huntley, tariffs |
By Kim on August 17, 2010
Remember when Nick Minchin started frothing at the mouth on Four Corners over the left wing conspiracy that is climate science? At the time the Coalition’s official position was to negotiate amendments with the Labor Party on the ETS, and [...]
Posted in Climate change, federal election 2010 | Tagged ALP, Climate change, climate science, denialism, Federal Election 2010, four corners, ian plimer, Labor, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, skepticism, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 25, 2010
The departure of Nick Minchin from the frontbench has been accompanied by speculation that Tony Abbott should move Barnaby Joyce from Finance to Energy and Resources, the portfolio Minchin had occupied. Joyce is said to have expertise in this area, [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Christopher Pearson, economic management, economic policy, finance, Henry Tax review, ideology, liberalism, National Broadband Network, Nick Minchin, resources rent, schools, social democracy, statism, stimulus, tax, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 11, 2009
One of the points I’ve made over and over again, before, during and after the 2007 election was that the electorate had tired of the noise level; the ranting and raving and constant theatrics of the Howard government. In voting [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, business, Coalition, Elections, electoral reform, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Lateline, Liberal Party, LNP, Nick Minchin, populism, public funding, Scott Morrison, Senate, Terry Flew, Tony Abbott |
By Phil on December 1, 2009
The spill is on, Tony Abbott is in, Joe Hockey looks to be taking inspiration from Peter Costello in wanting the leadership without getting blood on his hands, Kevin Andrews has ruled himself out and George Brandis has now shown [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Climate change, Ethics, History, Howardia, Markets, Policy, Politics, Relationships, Science | Tagged Climate change, insanity, Joe Hockey, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, savagery, spill, split, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 29, 2009
Developments yesterday and today in the Liberal leadership spill should only reinforce the belief that Malcolm Turnbull’s survival as leader would be the Liberal party’s only sane option. Joe Hockey went to lunch with John Howard, didn’t reply to any [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged cprs, ets, Joe Hockey, John Howard, Kevin Andrews, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal right, Malcolm Turnbull, Mark Neeham, Nick Minchin, Peter Costello, spill, Tony Abbott, Wayne Swan, Wilson Tuckey |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 28, 2009
Having talked to a few friends over the last few days who aren’t political junkies (but are more taken with politics than perhaps the average voter), I’m not at all convinced that the Liberal leadership shenanigans are of anywhere near [...]
Posted in Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Andrew Robb, Annabel Crabb, Axel bruns, Ben Eltham, bernard keane, Blogging, blogs, Canberra, Climate change, climate change denialism, commentariat, Copenhagen, cprs, Crikey, cultural studies, ets, facebook, future of journalism, future of media, Gatewatching, hyperlinks, Imre Salusinszky, journalists, Larvatus prodeo, Lateline, Laura Tingle, legacy media, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, link economy, links, Malcolm Turnbull, Media, media discourses, nathan rees, New Matilda, new media, Nick Minchin, Peter Van Onselen, public, public opinion, publics, Rudd government, social media, social sharing, Sociology, spill, Stephen Fenely, tweeting, twitter |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 25, 2009
At 1pm AEDT today, the Liberal Party will meet for a leadership vote, with the only declared challenger to Malcolm Turnbull being Kevin Andrews. I stand by the analysis I offered last night – Turnbull has the numbers, and if [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Climate change, Coalition, cprs, George Brandis, Kevin Andrews, leadership challenge, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Nick Minchin, party room, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 24, 2009
In the wake of today’s extraordinary events in the Coalition party room, Malcolm Turnbull could put to good use the very qualities he’s usually been panned by his right wing colleagues and the commentariat for having – displaying some courage [...]
Posted in Climate change, Media, Politics | Tagged andrew bolt, Annabel Crabb, climate change denialism, climate change denialists, climate change policy, Coalition, coalition party room, cprs, emissions trading, Francis Urquhart, front bench, George Brandis, Kevin Andrews, Lateline, liberal leadership, Liberal right wing, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Nick Minchin, party meeting, Peter Van Onselen, reshuffle, shadow cabinet, spill, The Australian, Tony Abbott, Wilson Tuckey |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 23, 2009
You really have to feel a bit sorry for Malcolm Turnbull. Any chance he had of representing himself as leading a party enlightened on the policy response to climate change is gone completely, no matter what happens in tomorrow’s party [...]
Posted in Climate change, Politics | Tagged amendments, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, coalition party room, cprs, Emissions trading scheme, ets, John Williams, Lateline, legislation, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, parliament, Penny Wong |
The media, social media and the Liberal thrills and spills
By Mark Bahnisch on November 28, 2009
Having talked to a few friends over the last few days who aren’t political junkies (but are more taken with politics than perhaps the average voter), I’m not at all convinced that the Liberal leadership shenanigans are of anywhere near [...]
Posted in Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Andrew Robb, Annabel Crabb, Axel bruns, Ben Eltham, bernard keane, Blogging, blogs, Canberra, Climate change, climate change denialism, commentariat, Copenhagen, cprs, Crikey, cultural studies, ets, facebook, future of journalism, future of media, Gatewatching, hyperlinks, Imre Salusinszky, journalists, Larvatus prodeo, Lateline, Laura Tingle, legacy media, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, link economy, links, Malcolm Turnbull, Media, media discourses, nathan rees, New Matilda, new media, Nick Minchin, Peter Van Onselen, public, public opinion, publics, Rudd government, social media, social sharing, Sociology, spill, Stephen Fenely, tweeting, twitter | 27 Responses