No Crap App: w/b 1 July 2013

Lobbecke, Aust 4 Jul 2013

Rudd 2.0

• Piping Shrike: The Rudd effect
• Simon Jackman: Will the love for Kevin Rudd last beyond the honeymoon?
• Katharine Murphy: Kevin Rudd takes on the case of the missing prime minister
• Mark Latham: Rudd’s redux raised on ruins
• Jonathan Green: A strange sense of normalcy returns to politics
• Laura Tingle: Chris Bowen must make his mark
• Malcolm Farr: We’re at risk of a debate that’s Kevin v Kevin
• Laurie Oakes: Finally we have a contest
• Paul Kelly: Swan’s budget leaves Rudd little room to move

Reform of NSW Labor

• Laura Tingle & Gemma Daley: Rudd intervenes in NSW Labor
• Peter Hartcher: Kevin Rudd has more to do on Labor Party reform
• Peter van Onselen: Reforming Labor a clever move though resistance inevitable
• Simon Benson: Rudd’s revenge on NSW Right
• Kate McClymont: Dirty deals done dirt cheap

Legacies

• Greg Jericho: Swan’s good economics blurred by bad politics
• Ben Eltham: Gillard’s place in the Labor pantheon

Abbott

• Geoff Kitney: Abbott needs to regroup in the wake of the ‘Rudd Effect’

No Crap App: w/b 4 Mar 2013

Rowe, AFR 6 March 2013

The politics of employment

• Malcolm Farr: Why cutting wages is a fool’s way to boost the economy
• Katharine Murphy: Free for all on foreigners as leaders chase votes
• Laura Tingle [$]: Dodgy policy does job for desperate PM
• Peter Hartcher: The ‘first rule’ that eludes leaders
• Laurie Oakes: Abbott joking, but there’s a punchline
• GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: Fairness goes beyond economic equality

What Labor stands for

• Peter Brent: The Howard hangover
• Mark Latham: Labor gets left on the outer
• Tim Watts: Labor’s future lies in progressive leadership, not progressive liberalism
• Jeff Sparrow: Thoughts on the Gillard-Abbott election
• Tony Walker [$]: Labor needs to look outward, not inward

Festival of western Sydney

• Jacqueline Maley: Can the west be won?
• Jonathan Green: The political machine’s fleeting visit with reality
• Ben Eltham: There’s something about western Sydney
• Ben Eltham: A will but no way – how fear of debt jams transport policy
• In a blatant act of cross-promotion, I also draw your attention to the excellent series on Western Sydney plus many other quality posts over at the federal election group blog AusVotes 2013.

Other good pieces

• Ross Gittins: Lies, damned lies and Labor claims
• Michael Gordon: Worlds apart, but the pain’s the same when the axe falls
• Peter Lewis: The game’s not up – could voters have a change of heart?
• Andrew Elder: Australia’s political parties in the Asian Century

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No Crap App: w/b 11 Feb 2013

Pope, Canberra Times 14 Feb 2013

Politics

• Michael Gordon: Rudd’s long cold shower heats up as leadership stress grows
• Laura Tingle [$]: All about keeping the Stringbags happy
• Paul Kelly: Abbott should avoid risks of small-target plan
• Peter Brent: No escape from polls
• Geoff Gallop: When discipline really matters in politics
• Greg Craven: Watch out, we are in clover
• Katharine Murphy: Katter’s world causing cluster headaches

Policy

• Ross Gittins: Reserve Bank bursts bubble of certainty
• GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: We’re not in recession but it feels like we are
• Malcolm Farr: Now we don’t even believe the good news
• Paul Kelly: Labor’s conflict – how to fund its vision without wrecking the economy
• Paul Daley: Mind the gap, right the wrongs
• Peter Brent: It’ll take a change of government
• David Uren: Fundamental tax flaw is that mining doesn’t generate super profits
• Peter Martin: How Canberra got diddled
• Laura Tingle [$]: How a deadly tax divides Labor
• Ben Eltham: Prepare for a Fair Work showdown

Thinky pieces about the media and more

• Jane Gilmore: Losing the narrative
• Jeff Sparrow: Election year’s battle of the beige
• Jonathan Green: The facts won’t speak for themselves
• Don Arthur: Wonkworld vs the Mediaverse
• Tim Dunlop: We need more criticism of the media, not less
• Tad Tietze:  Truth, lies and narratives – What ALP’s crisis is NOT about
• Richard Ackland: Be careful what you defend to the death

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No Crap App: w/b 17 Dec 2012

Shakespeare, SMH 18 Dec 2012

Polls, popularity and the 2013 federal election

• Laura Tingle: Election may hinge on Abbott’s appeal
• Peter Brent: Beware high personal ratings
• Malcolm Farr: Election 2013 – a contest of firmly held convictions
• Lenore Taylor: Political death roll promises all bets off for major parties
• Paul Kelly: Abbott leads with his chin on values
• Michelle Grattan: Election game plan 101 – how to be a hit with the opposite sex

Surplus or lack thereof

• Ross Gittins: It’s the weak recovery that worries, not surplus
• Michelle Grattan: Surplus swansong leaves Labor in stormy waters

Other good reads

• Katharine Murphy: The Librarian’s strategy
• Paul Kelly: Political messiah to martyr, a modern morality tale
• Tad Tietze: 2012 – the year that politics disoriented the Left
• Tim Dunlop: 2012 in review – public life
• GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: Prizes for politics – the best of 2012
• Ian McAuley: A plea for smarter debate in 2013

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No Crap App: w/b 22 Oct 2012

Canberra Times, 24 Oct 2012

The week that was…

The week started well. Some analyses of the MYEFO mini budget challenged Australia’s continued expectations of middle class welfare. Others called for an end to the surplus charade.

But political commentary descended into farce by the end of the week, with much hyperventilation over the not particularly surprising revelations in McKew’s book.

Meantime, there were some good thinky pieces on Australia’s political environment and what the 2013 election year might look like.

MYEFO

• Jessica Irvine: Bloated bureaucracies need some liposuction
• Ross Gittins: Stop grumbling about tax, we all benefit
• Tim Colebatch: The politics of surplus
• GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: The politics of returning to surplus
• Adam Creighton: A habit we need to kick?
• Peter Brent: Playing political catch-up
• Laurie Oakes: Voters entitled to a bit more honesty
• Lenore Taylor: Grizzling goes on over the baby bombshell

Political environment

• Mark Textor: Commentariat leaves voters short on facts
• Malcolm Farr: So much hot air in this bank of political tumble dryers
• Katharine Murphy: The big question for 2013 – who will ‘own’ middle Australia?
• Laura Tingle [free]: Loads of plans, little electoral strategy
• Jack Waterford: Suddenly, a glimmer of hope
• Tony Walker [free]: Crunch time for one-trick Tony

Rudd

• John Birmingham: Remembering a non-existent political golden age
• Dennis Atkins: One dark night the Labor party would rather forget
• Peter van Onselen: McKew’s news – remember you read it here first
• Michael Gordon: The real lesson to be learnt from Labor’s history wars
• Peter Hartcher: Never a clean way to slay a king

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