Why Labor lost
Ross Gittins (The Age Oct 13): ‘In the splendour of John Howard’s stunning victory, we…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Fighting fear of the unknown
Over the past week I have read and heard all kinds of analysis about why…More
It's not just money families need
It is a week after an election that was strongly focussed on securing the ‘family…More
don't panic
Not since the red scare of the 1950s has a party that did so badly…More
Betraying our basic values
In the lead-up to the recent Federal election, I toyed with the idea of leaving…More
Cartoon journalism
In the election post mortems the media’s role as a participant in the process has…More
Facing the fact
In this week’s New York Review of Books Joan Didion brilliantly defines the New Normal…More
Appealing to self-interest
The long term national interest was not on the agenda of either party during the…More
Phone spam and other campaign tactics
‘Hello, this is John Howard. I’ve taken the unusual step of contacting you with this…More
Of PETA the sheep and pixels
For all I know you can probably get an electronic device that plugs into the…More