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By Mark Bahnisch on August 14, 2010
Courtesy of GhostWhoVotes, the full results of Galaxy’s marginal seat polling, which will be published in tomorrow’s News Limited tabloids, can be found here. Let me make a number of points first, which I’ll illustrate with reference to the Queensland [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Polls | Tagged Andrew Laming, Bowman, Chris Trevor, Dawson, Dickson, Federal Election 2010, Flynn, Galaxy, marginal seats, mining tax, Peter Dutton |
By Kim on August 11, 2010
Nicola Roxon and Peter Dutton will be debating health at the National Press Club momentarily. I’ll be live tweeting here. Update: The debate is being live streamed here. Update: Roxon is very impressive, across the detail. The thing is that [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Health | Tagged debate, Federal Election 2010, Health, national press club, Nicola Roxon, NPC, Peter Dutton, Policy |
By Kim on July 21, 2010
What’s at stake in health in this year’s election is summed up neatly in an article in the Brisbane Times this morning on the performance of one of the government’s GP super clinics, operating in Strathpine on Brisbane’s northern outskirts. [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Health | Tagged Coalition, Federal Election 2010, Health, Peter Dutton, strathpine, super clinic |
By Gummo Trotsky on June 23, 2010
William Bowe of The Poll Bludger wrote this piece for Crikey today, which we’re republishing with permission. This article is part of a weekly feature in the lead up to the 2010 federal election, and if you’d like to read [...]
Posted in Brisbane, Elections, Federal Elections, Politics, Polls | Tagged ALP, Arch Bevis, Bert van Manen, Blair, Bonner, Bowman, Brett Raguse, Brisbane, Clive Palmer, Coalition, Crikey, Dickson, Federal Election 2010, Forde, Griffith, Jon Sullivan, Kerry Rea, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Lilley, LNP, Longman, Mal Brough, marginal seats, Michael Johnson, Michael Palmer, Moreton, Newspoll, Oxley Rankin, Peter Dutton, Petrie, Poll Bludger, polling, Polls, preferences, redistribution, Rudd government, Ryan, Shayne Neumann, swing, Tereas Gambaro, William Bowe, Wyatt Roy, Yvette D'ath |
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 Kim on March 17, 2010
They’re at it again: Members of the Liberal Party have been creating a minor storm about the matter of Indigenous recognition. In statements made to the Adelaide Advertiser yesterday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott implied that formal recognition of traditional owners [...]
Posted in Culture, Indigenous, Language, Politics, Race | Tagged brendan nelson, closing the gap, Culture Wars, Eric Abetz, false dichotomy, Indigenous recognition, Language, meaning, Peter Dutton, political correctness, Q&A, Qanda, recognition, Rudd government, Stephanie Convery, symbolism, Tony Abbott, traditional owners |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 15, 2010
Tony Abbott’s second policy release since becoming leader also carries the ‘direct action’ badge – the underwhelming ‘plan’ to institute local boards for public hospitals in Queensland and New South Wales mirrors the Coalition’s climate change policy in highlighting this [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Health, Howardia, NSW Government, Polls, Queensland | Tagged climate change policy, direct action, election themes, Federal Election 2010, Health, health policy, hospitals, local boards, messaging, new south wales, Peter Dutton, political communication, polling, public hospitals, Queensland, Rudd government, state Labor government |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 1, 2008
Julie Bishop‘s been copping it from unnamed “senior Liberals” for her poor performance as shadow Treasurer, who’ve helpfully implied Malcolm Turnbull shares their worries, and suggested a few names to replace her (Dutton, Robb, Hockey) for good measure. While Bishop [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged Andrew Robb, brendan nelson, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, News Limited columnists, Peter Dutton, Peter Van Onselen, press gallery, punditariat, shadow treasurer |
Even the devil sometimes speaks true? Rudd, Labor and the 2010 election
By Mark Bahnisch on December 23, 2009
We have it on good authority, that of St Thomas Aquinas, that demons and evil spirits can sometimes speak the truth. Now, I’m not saying that Janet Albrechtsen falls into either of those categories, but for once I was interested [...]
Posted in Climate change, Federal Elections, Government, Health, Howardia, Industrial Relations, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bob Hawke, COAG, commentariat, electoral strategy, Essential Research, Federal Election 2010, health policy, hospitals, Howardia, Industrial Relations, Janet Albrechtsen, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Peter Dutton, Politics, Polls, reform, Richard Farmer, Rudd government, Thomas Aquinas, Tony Abbott, WorkChoices | 50 Responses