Tag Archives: Democracy
ALP Hanging Itself Out To Dry
A Turd By Any Other Name Is… This isn’t meant to be a blog about politics. It just goes that way because it’s stuff from which I can’t run away in the news cycle. believe me it’s more fun watching … Continue reading
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Won’t Have Kristina To Dick Around Anymore
No Splintering To The Left I have to admit that I must be pretty radical when it comes to the political spectrum. I’m not exactly a communist – far from it, but I sure as hell don’t run with the … Continue reading
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On The Eve Of The NSW Election
Vote Green I was at the usual shop picking up lunch when I ran into some people I always meet. One of them said he was thinking of voting for the Greens. The other was a gnarled mechanic in overalls … Continue reading
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Prevarication Ends
17 Days Of Wondering As you know, I was getting used to this arrangement of no new policy announcements or no new snippets from Question Time or more jostling for headlines after the polling booths closed. It’s with a bit … Continue reading
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News That’s Fit To Punt – 25/Aug/2010
Laugh Away, Fuzzballs Here’s a delightfully funny take on the Independents who are demanding a seven point plan. As the seat count drags on, the three rural independents – Tony Windsor, Bob Katter and Rob Oakeshott – are maximising their … Continue reading
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Media Spectacle Continues
Oakeshott’s Post-Partisan Idea You have to feel a bit of sympathy for the independents upon whose heads the formation of government is going to fall. 2 out of 3 of them have had cross words with the Nats. 2 out … Continue reading
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Splintering Leftward
… Or Ballooning Leftward, If You Will One of the interesting spectacles of this election apart from the hung Parliament has been indeed the rise of the Greens and the impact it’s going to have on the ALP. The ALP … Continue reading
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Defrosted Politics
After The Cold War I’ve been casting my mind back to some similar scenarios of hung parliaments. I figure it’s no coincidence that the Brown Labour Government gave way to an election that resulted in a Conservative and Lib-Dem coalition … Continue reading
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Minority Government?
This Bit Ain’t Gonna Work Bob Katter is one of the independent members that may help either major party form a government and he’s got this interesting interview here wherein he’s writing off the 2 party preferred system. It’s curious … Continue reading
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Goodbye Julia, Hello Tony?
Well This Sucks, Doesn’t It? The election has so far turned in a result that looks like a hung parliament. Neither of the 2 major parties got the 76 seats. As of this writing, it’s Coalition 72, ALP 70, Other … Continue reading
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