We’ll be running a dedicated campaign blog later in the election, but for now I’m going to be doing more than my quota of posts on this blog. Election coverage requires you to do a bit more than the occasional “thought piece”, which is what this blog is […] Continue Reading…
August 30, 2004 | Graham
“Trust” – a pivot word to pull “truth” into line.
While political leaders construct their messages in terms of policies and ideals, elections are most often won at the emotional level. So, despite all the rhetoric yesterday from both sides about security, health, education and interest rates, the pitches were actually to the electorate’s gut-level – you just […] Continue Reading…
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August 30, 2004 | Jeff Wall
A volatile, untrusting electorate will make the election especially interesting.
I have been thinking about a way to illustrate how volatile, untrusting, and “different”, the Australian electorate is today.
The opinion polls are volatile, but polls taken before a campaign commences often are. Minor parties – especially Greens and Independents – seem to be doing well, but that is not […] Continue Reading…
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August 29, 2004 | Unknown
Illuminate Your University: It’s Election Time
I know all the talk is on that other, supposedly more important election, but if my memory serves me correctly, I think we must be coming up to the always vital (for budding politicians at least) student union elections. What follows is my, well, somewhat fictionalised, and very […] Continue Reading…
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August 27, 2004 | Graham
Were they up late watching the cycling?
Two days ago, as reported in yesterday’s Courier Mail, John Howard and Mark Latham both seemed to be giving the wrong questions to the right answers. Latham was asked why he had private health insurance if he was opposed to it, and Howard was asked whether he thought […] Continue Reading…
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August 25, 2004 | Graham
Original sin and Abu Ghraib.
Two of my recent themes collided with each other on Stephen Crittendon’s Religion Report this morning, and also with the release of the US Army report into Abu Ghraib prison. On the OnLineOpinions list I have recently been arguing that you cannot understand classical liberalism outside of the […] Continue Reading…
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August 23, 2004 | Jeff Wall
The Member for Parramatta’s ‘gamble’ has failed.
THE Member for Parramatta, Ross Cameron, undoubtedly believed his “pre-emptive” strike in outing himself for his infidelity was the best available political option given that the “Sydney Morning Herald” clearly intended to write the story with or without his co-operation.
My initial reaction was that the tactic might work because […] Continue Reading…
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August 22, 2004 | Unknown
A Hard Working Member
Ross Cameron, Member for Parramatta, has confessed, to borrow a euphemism attached to Springfield’s adulterous Mayor Quimby on “The Simpsons”, to “polling the electorate”.
Unfortunately, for Cameron, a notorious Jesus freak not blessed with a safe seat, the majority of female constituents questioned by “The Daily Telegraph” on Friday were […] Continue Reading…
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August 19, 2004 | Graham
Winning the peace isn’t just a problem for Rumsfeld
Winning the peace in Iraq isn’t just a US problem, it is a problem for all of us. If it is lost, then we in Australia should share some of the blame, and the press more than most. How do I expect the press to play a role in winning the peace and why should they?
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August 19, 2004 | Graham
Readers review Moore – Part III.
This is the third and last instalment of reader reviews. This one was referred by Geoff Muirden, and is written by Jeremy Lee. It was first published in Target, the journal of the League of Rights. For those who know nothing of the League it is […] Continue Reading…
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