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A Word about Welfare

A Word about Welfare

By Guest Poster on August 22, 2011

Am I the only person who is thoroughly sick of the neoliberals and right-wingers carping on about the evils of the welfare state? It was, after all, they who invented it.

Posted in Economics, Industrial Relations, Politics | Tagged Culture Wars, ideology, jobs, neoliberal economics, politics&govt, unemployment, unemployment benefits, welfare policy, welfare reform | 49 Responses

When he’s not channelling Peter Costello, Tony Abbott channels Noel Pearson

By Kim on August 18, 2010

One of the strange things about watching Tony Abbott on Q&A the other night is that he doesn’t actually appear to be a quick thinker. Any sort of question sees him raise his eyes to heaven in search of inspiration. [...]

Posted in federal election 2010, Policy, Sociology | Tagged Federal Election 2010, national press club, Noel Pearson, Paul Keating, Tony Abbott, unemployment, welfare reform, working nation | 43 Responses

The view from Channel Nine XII

By Kim on August 11, 2010

Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. There mustn’t be any Oakes/Latho self-referential “news” tonight, because wild weather and record [...]

Posted in federal election 2010, Media | Tagged Andrew Robb, broadband, Channel Nine, commercial tv, costings, Federal Election 2010, Julia Gillard, Laurie Oakes, leak, mark latham, news, political communication, Tony Abbott, Treasury, Wayne Swan, welfare policy, welfare reform | 15 Responses

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