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By Mark Bahnisch on February 18, 2010
Last night on Lateline, Ross Garnaut pointed out to an apparently taken aback Tony Jones that 57% support for the ETS – as a major reform – was actually extremely impressive. Today in New Matilda, Ben Eltham rightly says that [...]
Posted in International, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged Ben Eltham, climate change policy, Copenhagen, emissions targets, international commitments, Liberal moderates, Liberal Party, Media, New Matilda, political narrative, Polls, Ross Garnaut, Sustainability Institute, The Economist, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 15, 2010
I’ve previously highlighted Dennis Shanahan and Malcolm Colless as barometers of the new new political narrative (‘Rudd in trouble! Gloss comes off! Action Man Tony Off To Vigorous Start!’). Michelle Grattan provided another twist on the mechanics of constructing such [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Polls | Tagged Alexander Downer, Anna Bligh, commentariat, Courier-Mail, Dennis Shanahan, Federal Election 2010, Galaxy poll, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Colless, Media, Michelle Grattan, political narrative, poll, polling, possum, public opinion, Queensland, Rudd government, stephanie balogh, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 21, 2008
The Poll Bludger has the numbers on the latest Nielsen poll for Victoria. Labor leads on the 2PP 55-45. The Age trumpets this result as Victorian Labor “defying the national trend”. No doubt other papers are saying the same – [...]
Posted in Elections, Media, Polls, Queensland, Sociology, State/Territory Elections, Victoria | Tagged AC Nielsen, ALP, Anna Bligh, epistemology, john brumby, Labor, Lawrence Springborg, LNP, Media, political narrative, political science, political sociology, Polls, psephology, Queensland Labor, Queensland politics, social facts, sociology of knowledge, state labor, state politics, truth effect, Victorian Labor, Victorian politics |
By Kim on September 13, 2008
Junior whip Siobhain McDonagh, an “arch-Blairite”, has been sacked by Gordon Brown for calling for a leadership challenge. Here’s an interesting tidbit: In another sign of discontent about Mr Brown, 12 Labour MPs have written a joint article for the [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged gordon brown, Labour, leadership instability, political narrative, Siobhain McDonagh, UK politics |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
Although the AEU has been dismissed as one of the dreaded teachers’ unions by Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, some others have actually been looking at the evidence in the evidence-free policy of the Kevin Rudd “education revolution” narrative. And [...]
Posted in Education | Tagged AEU, ALP, Chris Bonnor, education research, education revolution, evidence based policy, Jim McMorrow, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, league tables, National Press Club address, political narrative, private schools, public schools, Rudd government, school education, school funding, schooling, schools transparency, teacher bashing, teacher quality, teachers unions, transparent school information |
By Paul Norton on August 29, 2008
The MSM is full of reports and commentaries praising Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard for taking on the teacher unions with their proposals for “a new national system of school transparency” based on publication of information and ranking of the [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Education, International | Tagged AEU, ALP, education research, education revolution, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, league tables, National Press Club address, OECD, political narrative, Rudd government, school education, schooling, teacher quality, teachers unions |
By Kim on August 28, 2008
Kevin Rudd’s address to the National Press Club yesterday (you can read it here) was notable as much for what he didn’t say as for what he did. I’d be very surprised indeed if the expectation that he would spell [...]
Posted in Education, Media, Politics | Tagged AEU, ALP, Bill Clinton, education revolution, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, league tables, media narrative, narrative, national press club, National Press Club address, performance pay, political narrative, schooling, teachers unions |
By Kim on August 27, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will apparently be outlining a “narrative” for the government at the National Press Club today. Crikey’s First Dog on the Moon kicks off the speculation as to what shape it will take. <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/narrative.jpg" Anyone wishing [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged ALP, Kevin Rudd, Labor, media narrative, National Press Club address, political cartooning, political communication, political humour, political messaging, political narrative, Rudd government, Stephanie Rice, Stephanie Rice kiss, Stephanie Rice pashing |
Do the polls support the political narrative? Or; how to build a commentariat-bot
By Mark Bahnisch on February 15, 2010
I’ve previously highlighted Dennis Shanahan and Malcolm Colless as barometers of the new new political narrative (‘Rudd in trouble! Gloss comes off! Action Man Tony Off To Vigorous Start!’). Michelle Grattan provided another twist on the mechanics of constructing such [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Polls | Tagged Alexander Downer, Anna Bligh, commentariat, Courier-Mail, Dennis Shanahan, Federal Election 2010, Galaxy poll, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Colless, Media, Michelle Grattan, political narrative, poll, polling, possum, public opinion, Queensland, Rudd government, stephanie balogh, Tony Abbott | 69 Responses