By Mark Bahnisch on July 15, 2010
One would assume that the answer has to be ‘yes’, since as Tim Dunlop observes, incidentally arguing against the view that the issue plays to entrenched racism, boat arrivals and “border security” have been elevated by all political parties to [...]
Posted in Immigration, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged asylum seekers, boats, federal election 2001, Federal Election 2010, Graham Young, Immigration, Peter Brent, Peter Browne, Politics, Polls, refugees |
By Kim on June 27, 2010
I admire Julia Gillard and always have. Those who’ve been around here for a long time, and have long memories, might recall that I was backing Gillard enthusiastically when Kim Beazley’s leadership was on its last legs. I welcome and [...]
Posted in Disasters, Ethics, Feminism, Politics, Relationships | Tagged agency, ALP, ambition, Anne Summers, Apology, care, Culture, Disasters, Ethics, fear, Federal election 2007, Feminism, first female PM, fluidity, hope, insecurity, John Howard, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley, Labor, Labor leadership, liquid lives, Politics, press conference, risk society, second modernity, Shakira Hussein, Sociology, spill, stolen generations, structure, trust, work, workplace, workplace culture |
By Mark Bahnisch on June 7, 2010
David Marr’s Quarterly Essay, ‘Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd’, already highlighted in the weekend papers, will no doubt garner even more attention now that it’s been released. Indeed, Marr was on the 7.30 Report tonight being interviewed [...]
Posted in Life, Media, Politics | Tagged 7 30 Report, anger, David Marr, Kerry O'Brien, Kevin Rudd, Politics, psychology, Quarterly Essay, rage, thin slicing |
By Mark Bahnisch on March 10, 2010
Tony Abbott’s performance in question time today, and the timing of his parental leave thought bubble more generally, suggest that his major imperative was to switch the topic of debate from health. That’s despite the Coalition running a very active [...]
Posted in Education, Government, Health, Industrial Relations, Media, Policy, Politics, Polls | Tagged Centre for Policy Development, Coalition, CPD, Fiona Armstrong, funding, health debate, health policy, hospitals, Ian McAuley, inside story, James Gillespie, Jennifer Doggett, john brumby, John Menadue, Kevin Rudd, Kristina Kenneally, Media, national curriculum, National Health and Hospitals Network, Nielsen Poll, parental leave, Politics, Polls, premiers, question time, states, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 11, 2010
Bernard Keane in today’s Crikey email:
Posted in Climate change, Culture, Education, Politics, Sociology | Tagged bernard keane, climate change policy, Culture Wars, education revolution, federalism, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, managerialism, myschool, Paul Keating, political culture, political sociology, Politics, roof insulation, Rudd government, spin, state labor, stimulus, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 31, 2010
Over at Gatewatching, Jason Wilson references Andrew Elder’s very good question about the Australian Women’s Weekly being a graveyard for politicians, and asks another good one – given the magazine’s truly huge readership, were Tony Abbott’s comments ill advised? The [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Culture, Education, Federal Elections, Feminism, Media, Politics, Sexuality | Tagged andrew bolt, Andrew Elder, education policy, Federal Election 2010, Jason Wilson, Julia Gillard, Media, myschool, political media, Politics, public sphere, Rudd government, Sexuality, Sociology, Tony Abbott, Women's weekly |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 26, 2010
Responding to the loss of Ted Kennedy’s Massachussetts Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown, Barack Obama is set to announce a three year discretionary spending freeze. (Note that military spending is apparently compulsory not discretionary.) Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.Com thinks [...]
Posted in Economics, International, Markets, USA | Tagged andrew leonard, Australian politics, barack obama, blue dog democrats, Brad DeLong, Coalition, deficits, Economics, Evan Bayh, firedoglake, G20, GFC, global financial crisis, growth, herbert hoover, ideology, Liberal Party, nate silver, Paul Krugman, Politics, recession, Robert Reich, Salon, spending freeze, stimulus, US politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 26, 2010
A number of US financial blogs are reporting that Ben Bernanke faces a chance of failure to be confirmed by the American Senate for a second term in office. James Bianco at The Big Picture has all the details, and [...]
Posted in International, Markets, Politics, USA | Tagged alan greenspan, barack obama, Ben bernanke, central banks, Fed, federal reserve, global finance, global financial crisis, gordon brown, health care, ideology, James Bianco, Markets, Massachussetts, Naked Capitalism, neo-liberalism, Politics, Scott Brown, Senate, The Big Picture, us economy, US politics, Wall Street |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 18, 2010
A number of the commenters on the earliest political memories thread recalled having been taken as schoolkids to see Her Maj, and a number of us also recalled weird little pledges and scratchy recordings of ‘God Save the Queen’ being [...]
Posted in Australiana, Culture, Media, NSW Government, Politics | Tagged Auckland, Australia, childhood memories, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Kevin Rudd, Kristina Keneally, monarchy, New Zealand, NSW Government, NSW Labor, Politics, Prince William, queen elizabeth II, Queensland, Republic, republicanism, school days, Sydney |
Guest post by Mr Denmore: The Failed Estate IV – For Whom The Poll Tolls
By Gummo Trotsky on June 15, 2010
Regular LP commenter, Mr Denmore, is contributing a series of posts about shifts in the media and journospheres in the context of this year’s federal election. Mr Denmore has extensive professional experience in the media, and we trust you will [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged business, business model, commentariat, journalism, Kevin Rudd, Media, mr denmore, News Limited, Newspoll, online media, Politics, Polls, web 2.0 | 83 Responses