Gabrielle Chan

No Crap App: w/b 26 Jan 2015

Letch, SMH 30 Jan 2015

Letch, SMH 30 Jan 2015

Abbott

Gabrielle Chan: Dangerous days for Tony Abbott as ‘very, very, very stupid’ decision riles backers
Niki Savva: Government still in the wilderness
Mark Kenny: Abbott’s choice: change or face the axe
Laura Tingle: Tony Abbott’s sick sounding rhetoric
Jonathan Green: We’ve allowed the ‘ridicule’ rot to set in
Greg Jericho: No, Peta Credlin isn’t to blame for this mess
Tony Walker: Vision absent in Abbott’s folie de grandeur
Scott Bowman: We must overcome out leadership change addiction

Queensland election

Greg Jericho: Queensland election a fascinating study in cost of austerity politics
Todd Winther: 10 things to watch on and after election night in Queensland
William Bowe What happened
Michael Gordon: Tony Abbott becoming Liberal wrecking ball
Lenore Taylor: Tony Abbott is making exactly the same mistakes Campbell Newman did
Tad Tietze: Zombie social democracy in shock landslide win

Other thinkiness

Monica Attard: Islamic State. Is weeping all we can do?
Mark Skulley: Protecting workers relies on sorting IR fact from fiction
Ross Gittins: Little action on social issues sell us all short
Wendy Harmer: Who votes what in the land of OZ?
Peter Brent: Let’s talk about the opposition
Collette Snoden: No, Tony Abbott, you can’t dismiss social media as ‘electronic graffiti’

By request, my posts for the week

No Crap App: w/b 8 Dec 2014

Pope, Canb Times 10 Dec 2014

Pope, Canb Times, 10 Dec 2014

Credlin free zone

Dennis Atkins: The year of riding dangerously
Steven Scott: Treasurer Joe Hockey’s gaffes and poor salesmanship have to end as he prepares for his Budget update
Lenore Taylor: Coalition’s own messages are neither coherent nor convincing
Greg Jericho: Electorate left seeing red, but will the Government take off rose-coloured glasses?
Waleed Aly: Nothing can wipe the smile off this mug
Paul Kelly (with minimal Credlin): Abbott’s barnacle removal essential to Liberal reboot
Tim Dunlop: Tony Abbott is not the problem
Jonathan Green: As the year unwinds, the Government unravels
Piping Shrike: Positioning
Tony Walker: The problem stalking Australia’s halls of economic power
Peter Brent: Bragging rights
Gabrielle Chan: A Country Round: should the Nationals rethink their place in the Coalition

What to do about Peta (not Peter)

Lenore Taylor: By fighting so hard for the PM, Peta Credlin has put Abbott in a corner
Anne Summers: For Peta Credlin, the gender card has been dealt again
Laura Tingle: The curse of Rudd descends onto Abbott’s office
Peter van Onselen: Peta Credlin has become the story and that’s bad news for Tony Abbott
Dennis Shanahan: Peta Credlin and Joe Hockey not to be replaced
David Crowe (more ministry than Credlin): Ring the political changes

Asylum seekers

Paul Syvret: Abbott Government’s legislation makes Australia a rogue state regarding international law and human rights
Michael Gordon: Scott Morrison’s headlock politics rule

Political profiles

Jane Cadzow: Eyes on the prize: would-be PM Bill Shorten
John van Tiggelen: Sense and Sensibility: Tanya Plibersek plays it cool
Sophie Morris: David Morrison breaking the brass ceiling in the ADF

Other thinkiness

Liz Humphrys & Tad Tietze: Abolishing the present state of things

By request, my posts for the week

No Crap App: f/b 8 Sep 2014

Moir, SMH 20 Sep 2014

Moir, SMH 20 Sep 2014

War on terror redux

Peter Brent: War games
Katharine Murphy: Politicians observe our fears and concerns and project them back at us
Tony Walker: Iraq mission raises questions for PM
Ben Eltham: Nothing like talk of a war to silence a small target opposition leader
Tony Walker: How Labor found the right note on Iraq
Monica Attard: In Washington’s back pocket
Mark Kenny: Get ready to be mugged by complexity and Does war mean we’re set for a khaki election?
Greg Jericho: Operation Mission Creep
Jack Waterford: Can Abbott defeat IS in a war of character?
Peter Hartcher: Terror raids: Perspective is always the hardest thing to find

Visit to Arnhem Land

Katharine Murphy: Indigenous recognition: five things standing in the way
Michael Gordon: Tony Abbott’s ears and eyes opened to indigenous priorities
Gabrielle Chan: Tony Abbott’s visit to Indigenous NT communities follows a basic rule
Myles Morgan: Is Tony Abbott becoming the Prime Minister for Indigenous Australians?

Budget

Peter Martin: Hockey has the right instincts, but has a long way to go to fix the economy

Political profile

Sophie Morris: David Johnson’s making as a defence minister

Jacqui Lambie

Kevin Bonham: Jacqui Lambie and the British Thug Far Right

Other

Peter Hartcher: A glaring omission at the heart of our political life
Phil Coorey: Both parties find clear air to think about policy
Laura Tingle: Iraq partnership caps a shift to calmer politics
Tad Tietze: A federal ICAC? ‘Accountability” & the decay of politics
Lenore Taylor: ICAC is revealing the murky depths of NSW but what about the entire swamp?

And my posts for the fortnight

No Crap App: w/b 23 Jun 2014

Fazzari, SMH 28 Jun 2014

Fazzari, SMH 28 Jun 2014

Palmer

Ben Eltham: Carbon Clive slices off a little piece of Oz… and Abbott
Judith Ireland: How do you solve a problem like Clive Palmer?
Sophie Morris: Goring the tax
Steven Scott: Clive Palmer’s commitment to climate change remains dubious despite friendship with Al Gore
Dennis Atkins: Clive Palmer proves he is a master of political stunts and can play for the cameras
David Crowe: The truth is out there, behind that elephant
Laura Tingle: Climate policy roulette wheel is spinning
Greg Jericho: Wicked policy problems and the devil’s own job

Labor

Michael Gawenda: Labor must find its missing moral backbone

Nationals

Gabrielle Chan: The Nationals’ unclear future: economic developers or a country GetUp!?

Greens

Ben Eltham: Greens kick own goal by blocking fuel excise rise
Phil Coorey: Green opportunism sees carbon policy vanish

Media

Jim Parker: The Counter Reformation

Political profiles

Deborah Snow: David Leyonhjelm: Trouble shooter

Other thinkiness

Katharine Murphy: Give us more dissent in politics: speak your mind and break the party mould
Greg Jericho: Equality does not happen by accident
Simon Copland: What on earth is going on with Australian climate politics?
Jonathan Green: Parliament teeters between infantile and absurd
Dennis Atkins: Harder to follow political leaders that don’t measure up to the job
Laurie Oakes: Aussies have given up on expecting pollies to be candid or consistent

And my articles/columns for the week:

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No Crap App: w/b 5 May 2014

Pope, Canberra Times, 9 May 2014

Pope, Canberra Times, 9 May 2014

Budget

Peter Brent: A bubble apart
Katharine Murphy: Tony Abbott’s chance to show the courage of his convictions
Paul Kelly: Wake-up call after long night of phoney dreams
Michael Gordon: Tuesday’s federal budget is Abbott’s biggest gamble
Greg Jericho: Family tax benefit cuts will hurt the average family more than a levy
Ross Gittins: Let’s have a levy on self-interest to fix the deficit

Lobbying and political fundraising

Tony Walker: Death to lobbying and schmoozing

Policies

Adam Creighton: Retirement riches can’t go on like this
Lenore Taylor: Tony Abbott’s grand infrastructure plan may be an expensive road to nowhere
Gabrielle Chan: Coalition has budget blind spot when it comes to the rural poor

Trust

Gay Alcorn: The political powers that be have lost our trust
Phil Coorey: PM’s broken promises will now haunt his tenure

Political profile

Michael McGuire: Jamie Briggs, rising star and game changer

Other thinkiness

Jonathan Holmes: Investigative journalism: why we need it more than ever
Jonathan Green: News photography lost in a digital sea of words

And my posts for the week: