The leaders’ speeches and what comes next in Federal Election 2010
Tony Abbott asked his supporters tonight to avoid “premature triumphalism” but that clearly wasn’t the mood in the room in which he spoke. I’m not sure that the “exuberance” he identified was all that helpful to him, nor the highly [...]
How would a real foreign policy debate happen?
If you want extended analysis of the foreign policy debate, there are a series of posts at the Lowy Interpreter trying to divine meaning from the minutiae. There was some pointscoring, of course – Smith had some good lines about [...]
Foreign affairs debate@12:30
The Press Club is hosting a debate between Stephen Smith and Julie Bishop on the topic of foreign affairs at 12:30 pm today. ABC News 24 is covering it (and has a live internet feed). As Mark noted, the Ministerial [...]
The first rule of West Wing…
… is that you don’t talk about what you decide in the West Wing. As about a million people have already observed today, announcing that the switch has been flicked to a “Let Julia Be Julia” strategy, while it might [...]
Cabinet Reshuffle
The gallery expects an announcement from Julia Gillard on her cabinet roster today or early tomorrow. So, what’s your instinct telling you? Will Gillard play it safe and go for minimal disruption, or will she make a few “big statement” appointments to make her mark?
Asylum seeker rhetorics
There’s been a bit of a debate over the rhetorical dimension of the government’s messages about asylum seekers. Is Kevin Rudd playing bad cop to Stephen Smith’s good cop? With Senator Chris Evans as straight man, and loud denunciator of [...]
Australian version of the global gag rule done away with
One of the first things Barack Obama did after taking office was repeal the Global gag rule, which, as described here, “prohibits US family planning assistance to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide abortion-related information or services, even if these [...]
Northern Territory election result analysis links post
There’s a fair bit of analysis of and commentary on the Northern Territory election results around the blogosphere. The Poll Bludger is progressively updating late counting, while Tim Dunlop discusses the low turnout. Antony Green also looks at the impact [...]
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