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The left and the Murdoch press in the election
One of the enduring themes of this election campaign, particularly from the left side of politics, has been the influence of the Murdoch media. The left was outraged from day one when the Daily...
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Homophobia, Aggression and Facebook – The Battle for Macquarie
There are those outside the seat of Macquarie who would think that it’s a fairly quiet seat – most of it is in the Blue Mountains, Vote Compass dubs it the second most left leaning Liberal held seat in...
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Drive By Sporting Shooters – The Glenn Druery Effect Hits the Senate
The election campaign out in Lindsay had some curious elements to it – something I will be writing about later this week. One of the more curious was the sight at prepoll of Fiona Scott patiently...
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What would a democratic Senate look like?
The recent election results for the Australian Senate are an undemocratic farce. Two parties, each with with less than 1% of the vote, are going to win seats ahead of other parties with more votes, and...
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An Australian Senate
The Australian Senate is designed to represent the interests of the states, balancing the House of Representatives, by splitting power equally between the larger states and the smaller ones. However,...
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Everyone has their mandate
Let’s be honest and admit that any discussion of mandates, either by a government or an opposition, is always going to be an argument of convenience. John Howard, as opposition leader, said in 1987,...
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Feeding the beast
During the brief period of uncertainty after Kevin Rudd’s return to the Prime Ministership, but before he announced the election date, I took the opportunity to arrange a holiday. I booked two weeks in...
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Suck It Up, Princesses – Abbott is not Ruling for You
There’s a phrase beloved of many people in Australia who consider themselves “hard”, “real”, “everyday” and the like. “Suck it up, Princess”, you will hear them say whenever people make a complaint or...
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The assumption of ignorance
It’s a long-masticated factoid that Tony Abbott was a “very effective opposition leader”. But that argument always tends to fold down into “he was very negative all the time”. True, yes, but it’s less...
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We Should Dissent
Earlier this week, our own PrestonTowers penned a piece called “Suck It Up Princess”. Yesterday another article crossed my desk, by Sarah Burnside over on New Matilda. The particulars vary, but they...
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