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Tony Abbott on Hey Hey It’s Saturday
Tagged with: Federal Election 2010, hey hey, Tony Abbott, tv
Posted in federal election 2010, television
Posted in federal election 2010, television
Federal election 2010: The end of Paul Kelly’s neo-liberal consensus
One day it would be interesting to research whether Paul Kelly was the first to proclaim the importance of the ‘narrative’ in Australian politics. Certainly, it’s been his leitmotif. And central to his two door-stopping tomes on recent political history…
Tagged with: australian settlement, business, Federal Election 2010, ideology, immigration, industrial relations, IR, narrative, neo-liberalism, Paul Kelly, Peter Van Onselen, population, Tony Abbott, workplace relations
Posted in environment, federal election 2010, government, immigration, politics, sociology
Posted in environment, federal election 2010, government, immigration, politics, sociology
The view from Channel Nine
As I said on a previous post, the best way to get a handle on how most voters are perceiving the campaign is to watch the first ten minutes of a commercial tv news bulletin. By way of illustration, Channel…
Tagged with: Andrew Robb, Channel Nine, debt, deficit, Federal Election 2010, Joe Hockey, Julia Gillard, Paris Hilton, savings, Tony Abbott, Wayne Swan
Posted in elections, federal election 2010
Posted in elections, federal election 2010
Is this what elections come down to these days?
Tony Abbott’s top policys (sic) and plans (you can also see them in their campaign ad): End the waste Repay the debt Stop the taxes Stop the boats Jeez, the Opposition Leader’s top four election priorities. Really important issues, you’d…
Is Eric Abetz or Mark Latham the spectre of WorkChoices?
To get a good handle on how the election is playing, your best best is to watch the first ten minutes or so of any commercial news channel (though Nine and Seven have a bigger footprint than Ten). Tony Abbott…
Tagged with: ACTU, Eric Abetz, Federal Election 2010, Neil Mitchell, Peter Costello, Tony Abbott, WorkChoices
Posted in elections
Posted in elections
Asylum Seeker debate ratchets up the rhetoric
A sampling of what’s around the papers this morning:
Go Ahead, Be Stupid – It's Your Democratic Right!
CHRIS UHLMANN: On a personal level, were you expecting to see some signs of a turnaround in the polls by now? TONY ABBOTT: I think it would be fair to say that you always tend to expect that good government…
Tagged with: Asshattery, Federal election 2007, politics&govt, Tony Abbott
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
The Lancing of Howard
A guest post by Bernice Balconey Lancet Editorial Volume 369, Number 9570, 21 April 2007 Australia: the politics of fear and neglect Australian clinical and public-health research is an emblem of excellence across the Asia-Pacific region. That enviable position is…
Tagged with: Coalition, culture wars, Federal election 2007, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, John Howard, politics&govt, sociology, Tony Abbott
Posted in Federal Elections, health, Howardia, indigenous, media, politics, science
Posted in Federal Elections, health, Howardia, indigenous, media, politics, science
Öpik meets Irimia
All the recent mudslinging and crazed waving of arms that characterised federal politics before, as Tony Abbott admitted on Lateline tonight, the government decided to flick the switch away from vaudeville and try to restore its image as an, erm,…
"We'd lose in a landslide"
Quoth Tony Abbott on Lateline tonight, referring to the latest newspoll showing Kevin Rudd still 10 points ahead of Howard on preferred PM (48-38) and the ALP’s lead on the 2PP having fallen 4 points to 57-43. These numbers still…
Tagged with: Federal election 2007, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Tony Abbott
Posted in Federal Elections, levity, politics
Posted in Federal Elections, levity, politics
