Handsomely serving the public 26 Aug 2013 | 04:47 am

I have a piece on Quadrant Online that addresses the proclivity of politically affiliated people to promote those of similar views to positions financed by the public purse.  The ALP is better at this...

the seinfeld election ..... 26 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am

mirmah .... 26 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am

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Weekly update 26 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am

Three key polls since last Monday's aggregation: Feed Tags: newspoll morgan aggregated polls

Fiscal multipliers and employment (wonkish) 26 Aug 2013 | 03:40 am

With two weeks to go in the election campaign, we still haven’t seen anything resembling a budget proposal from Tony Abbott and the LNP. Various people have made estimates of the cost of his promises ...

Abbott’s Launch Speech 26 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am

There is an old, outdated word, ‘hyperbolicallity’, that fits Tony Abbott’s debating style and his oratory, and I noticed it first in 1999, when he called Kim Beazley ‘the worst Defence Minister in Au...

Newspoll Reveals Rudd Led Spectacular Comeback In Just Six Days, Murdoch Media Doesn't Notice 25 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm

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Rap News Delivers Julian Assange As John Farnham 25 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm

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Soil carbon and direct (in)action 25 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm

Last week on the 7.30 Report we were treated to a debate between Mark Butler, the climate change minister and his Opposition counterpart, Greg Hunt, that just did not work. Leigh Sales tried a hard-ed...

Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott promising to pay back a mate on the 2013 federal election campaign trail? 25 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm

Abbott and Murdoch in April 2013 Feed Tags: Abbott Murdoch Federal Election 2013 politicians and other balfastards