Brendan O’Neill’s revealing moment #Qanda #Notw
In his appearance on Q&A last night, editor of Spiked and libertarian gadfly Brendan O’Neill said more than he ought to have. O’Neill is apparently an alumnus of some Trotskyist group or other, and like other leftie turned righties (or [...]
Qanda, faith and reason, Fred Nile and ethics classes
Fred Nile today is threatening to torpedo Barry O’Farrell’s public sector wages squeeze if ethics classes aren’t abolished. I can’t even begin to list the ironies. But I’ll try.
On feeling sympathy with Stephen Conroy
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 [...]
Professorial piffle
BobKat showed last night on Q&A that he could name drop De Tocqueville, Mill and Shakespeare just as well as David Burchell, but with more actual sense (and fewer allusions to Montesquieu, Rousseau and “the ancient Athenians”). Funny how political [...]
Katter and Milne on Q&A
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 [...]
A note on stability [Hung Parliament]
As we get closer to decision time, I’ve been reflecting on the idea of “stability” that seems key to the rural Independents’ choice or choices. I watched last week’s Q&A on repeat – I turned it off last Monday when [...]
Why process is important: Another perspective on parliamentary and donations reform
One of the most interesting aspects of the agreement between The Greens and the ALP is the way in which it promises to put flesh on the bones of parliamentary reform. A number of clauses envisage combined committees of parliamentarians [...]
What lessons should the media learn from Federal Election 2010? [Roundtable]
Tony Windsor had this to say on Q&A last night: TONY WINDSOR: Well, I think the media have got some degree of responsibility in relation to some of the things that went on, as well, but the – this is [...]
The Brisbane “town hall” meeting
The no doubt over-hyped “town hall meeting” at the Broncos Leagues Club at 6pm, featuring Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and 200 “swinging voters” picked by Galaxy will be televised live by ABC News 24 this time; and the online stream [...]
Tony Abbott on Q&A
Tony Abbott will be appearing on Q&A in a few minutes. Please use the comments thread to, well, comment on his performance. As usual, there’ll be lots of Twitter action, under the hashtag #qanda. NB: Discussion of Julia Gillard’s appearance [...]
CPD post: Cox asks if anyone is talking about Indigenous affairs
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
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