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By Robert Merkel on July 1, 2011
As the ABC breathlessly notes, the Greens now hold the Senate balance of power. A number of Senators have left, most notably Steve Fielding. Of the departures from the major parties, perhaps the most significant is Nick Minchin; Crikey has [...]
Posted in Environment, Featured, federal election 2010, Policy, Politics | Tagged greens, Nick Minchin, roundtable, Senate, Steve Fielding |
By Robert Merkel on November 25, 2010
Grog notes the deal done with Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding to pass a key piece of legislation enabling the NBN: What it also shows (again) is that Julia is a master negotiator. Doing what Rudd was pretty loathe to [...]
Posted in Policy, Technology, The Web | Tagged grogs gamut, NBN, NBNCo, nick xenophon, Steve Fielding |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 1, 2010
The AEC has released the Senate group preference tickets online. For those who might not be aware of how this works, if you vote “above the line” (that is, if you put a 1 in one of the parties’ or [...]
Posted in federal election 2010 | Tagged AEC, ALP, Democrats, Family First, Federal Election 2010, greens, group preference tickets, liberals, preferences, Senate, Steve Fielding, Victoria |
By Mark Bahnisch on July 7, 2009
Rob recently discussed the passage of the Waxman-Markey emissions trading bill through the US House of Representatives, and there’s been much written about its impact both on global climate change negotiations and on the chances of the CPRS legislation in [...]
Posted in Economics, Energy, Media, Politics, USA | Tagged American politics, Australian Greens, Climate change, climate change denialism, cprs, Emissions trading scheme, legislation, nate silver, Senate, Steve Fielding, The Greens, us congress, US House, US Senate, Wall Street Journal, waxman-markey |
By Robert Merkel on March 19, 2009
I’d like to play poker against Steve Fielding. If his actions over the alcopops tax are any guide, he’d bet all his chips with a lousy hand – after showing it to all the other players. The net result of [...]
Posted in Economics, Health, Policy, Politics | Tagged alcopops, Bob Brown, nick xenophon, Senate, Steve Fielding |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 12, 2009
Possum has done an admirable job of spelling out the political implications of the stalling of the stimulus package in the Senate [see also Rob's earlier posts]: The real irony here is it’s the bloke in the middle [Malcolm Turnbull] [...]
Posted in Economics, Elections, Politics | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, balance of power, Bob Brown, double dissolution, early election, economic policy, global financial crisis, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon, Polls, proportional representation, recession, Rudd government, Senate, Senate passage, Steve Fielding, stimulus package, The Greens |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 7, 2009
Simon Jackman has the good oil on what Bob Brown and Steve Fielding are putting on the table as Senate deliberations on Kevin Rudd’s fiscal stimulus continue. Both are emphasising the unemployed and job creation (with Brown arguing for green [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Australian Greens, benefits, Bob Brown, Family First, fiscal stimulus, global financial crisis, Henry review, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, minor party, Rudd government, Senate, Senate Committee, Senate passage, Senators, social inequality, social policy, Steve Fielding, stimulus package, The Greens, unemployed, unemployment, welfare policy |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 5, 2009
Thanks to commenter Bird of paradox on a previous thread for drawing my attention to the creation of a Facebook group “Come on Turnbull, don’t take away my $950 bucks !”. As of this morning, it was the largest political [...]
Posted in Activism, Economics, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Activism, Australian Greens, Australian politics, Bob Brown, Come on Turnbull, crowdsourcing, don't take away my $950 bucks !, economic policy, facebook, Family First, global financial crisis, internet, Kevin Rudd, lobbying, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon, Politics, Senate, Senators, Sociology, Steve Fielding, stimulus package |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 14, 2008
Peter Martin is reporting that the government will be releasing an economic stimulus package today which will include something on pensions – to be announced at around midday. He suggests about $5 billion will be pumped into the economy. [Update [...]
Posted in Economics, Government, Politics | Tagged aged pension, ALP, economic crisis, economic stimulus, fiscal policy, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Medicare levy, pensions, Rudd government, Steve Fielding, Wayne Swan |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2008
With all the attention on the role of Brendon Grylls and the Nationals as the kingmakers in the WA election result, the improvement in the Greens’ vote has slipped under the radar somewhat. Counting subsequent to election night has seen [...]
Posted in Activism, Federal Elections, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Anthony Albanese, Australian Greens, Bob Brown, Brendon Grylls, comparative electoral systems, comparative politics, electoral systems, GetUp!, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labour movement, Lib Dems, Lindsay Tanner, MMP, Nationals, New Zealand, nick xenophon, proportional representation, Steve Fielding, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Blair, trade union movement, WA election 2008, WA election results |
By Kim on August 23, 2008
When I noted the establishment of OpenAustralia as a new initiative in facilitating public scrutiny of Parliament, I expressed a wish that the Senate would be included as well as the House – because that’s where a lot of the [...]
Posted in Politics, The Web | Tagged Australian Greens, balance of power, e democracy, Family First, nick xenophon, open australia, openaustralia, parliament, Senate, Steve Fielding |
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