Flailing Opposition Equals Failing Opposition

December 31, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: politics, Liberals, accountability, Liberal Party, personal opinion, public policy, Tony Abbott

The federal Opposition under Tony Abbott has become incapable of pitching anything other than a negative position. Remarkably even the Party’s most senior members seem to fail to understand the different between revenue and expenditure when explaining their alternative budget. Even though Gillard’s Labor Government appears to be taking a hammering in the polls, when [...]

Victoria: Lost in the wilderness

December 24, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: Greens, Liberals, politics, public policy, state government, Ted Baillieu, Victoria, voters

Ted Baillieu’s Liberal-National coalition has been in power in Victoria for over a year. After promising a great deal, Ted Baillieu is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than expected. There can be no doubt that Baillieu has upped the stakes on former Prime Minister John Howard’s now infamous ‘core and non-core promises’ statement. [...]

Australian Politics in 2011 in One Word

December 4, 2011 in Rants & Raves
Tags: ALP, Australia, Bob Brown, federal government, federal parliament, Greens, Julia Gillard, Liberals, politics, Tony Abbott

It has been a pretty amazing year in politics. From the time the minority government was settled upon and right up until the final day of sitting in Parliament, it’s been a turbulent, exciting and at times very frustrating year. From the carbon price to the mineral resource rent tax to gay marriage and asylum [...]