Michael Gawenda

No Crap App: f/b 29 Sep 2014

Pope, Canberra Times, 10 Oct 2014

Pope, Canberra Times, 10 Oct 2014

Federal Budget

Laura Tingle: Coalition budget battle plan falls apart

War on terror

Phil Coorey: ‘Burqa’ ban and backflip have cost Abbott goodwill
Tad Tietze: Who let all these Aussie-born Jihadists into the country?
Greg Jericho: On Hush Puppies and dogs of war

Asylum seekers

Mike Steketee: Refugee bill trashes our ‘good global citizen’ title

Senate inquiry into Campbell Newman

Ben Eltham: The Coalition has itself to blame for Clive’s Queensland inquiry
Anne Twomey: Can one Parliament investigate another?
Jack Waterford: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Clive Palmer play politics by different rules

Shorten

Michael Gawenda: Hapless Shorten is trapped in a Rudd-Gillard timewarp
Jonathan Green: The ‘Opposition’ is not living up to its name
Barrie Cassidy: This is a watershed for Labor and the unions

Political profile

Joanna Heath: Jacqui Lambie’s long climb to Parliament

Other thinkiness

Paul Ransom: Dont blame me, I voted for …
Tony Wright: Tony Abbott isn’t the first PM to be booed at the footy, and he won’t be the last
Matthew Knott: The black dog roaming parliament
Jonathan Green: Our reckless media fans the flames of disquiet
Myles McGuire: Why I’m not a journalist
Katharine Murphy: Faulkner’s call for trust drowned out by all the stunts
Simon Copland: Against experts

No Crap App: w/b 1 Sep 2014

Pope, 3 Sep 2014

Pope, 3 Sep 2014

First year of Abbott Government

Michael Gordon: Happy birthday, Prime Minister?
Lenore Taylor: Tony Abbott one year on: how the trust was won and lost
Laura Tingle: Tony Abbott: the first year
Tony Walker: Abbott must beware of overreach
Phil Coorey: From a low-key pragmatist to a global activist
Michelle Grattan: Tony Abbott’s year of living ideologically
Peter Hartcher: Abbott unmasked: ideological warrior marches to the right
Peter Brent: Why the first-year flatline?
Nick Feik: The year of ruling dangerously
Peter Martin: Hockey has the right instincts, but a long way to go

Mining tax repeal

Ben Eltham: The mining tax abolition is a great victory for foreign wealth over common cents
Laura Tingle: Both sides dig in for a war of policy attrition
Peter Martin: Not so super: Labor’s dumb idea

Shorten and Labor

Katharine Murphy: Labor’s first year in the wilderness
Jacqueline Maley: Bill Shorten plays Labor’s Mr Right Now well enough
Michael Gawenda: Can Shorten do the hard yards to bring Labor back?

Political profiles

Fleur Anderson: The very different politician – Andrew Leigh
David Marr: Freedom Abbott

Other thinkiness

Sally Young: Freud would have a field day with our politicians
Kellie Riordan: Does journalism still require impartiality?

My columns and posts for the week:

It’s anything but ‘situation normal’ for the Government
Socks, jocks and Tony Abbott
Jacqui Lambie: the PUP is outgrowing the kennel
All about Jacqui (best read using a tablet)

No Crap App: 18 Aug 2014

Knight, Herald Sun 20 Aug 2014

Knight, Herald Sun 20 Aug 2014

Abbot & the Government

Greg Jericho: Government by hints and whispers
Jane Gilmore: No politics in their politics
Lenore Taylore: Team Australia needs a captain who is prepared to listen to all members
Phil Coorey: The reasons behind Joe Hockey’s big budget U-turn
Chris Wallace: Joe’s own goals
Laura Tingle: Coalition behind in budget blame game
David Crowe: Bipartisanship a victim of political war
Mike Steketee: Tax overhaul could be ticket to success
Ben Eltham: NSW ICAC hearings look like they’ve spooked the ponies in the federal stable
Michael Gawenda: Not even Cabinet knows the ‘real’ Abbott
Monica Attard: Och aye … it’s Tony McAbbott
Jack Waterford: Why I won’t play for Team Australia

Shorten & Labor

Peter Brent: Four years on
Paul Kelly: The tragedy of Kevin Rudd can be traced to a personality flaw
James Massola: Bill Shorten faces up to rape allegations by attempting to speak out first

Palmer

Ben Eltham: Looks like crunch time is coming for Clive and company
Phil Coorey: Palmer taps into a deep vein of political mistrust

Other thinkiness

Katharine Murphy: We must look past shock tactics like a child holding a severed head in Syria
Tony Walker: How should we deal with horror?
Jeff Sparrow: The propaganda coup and the obliging media
Dennis Atkins: Days of the highly skilled Treasury may be numbered

And my posts for the week:

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No Crap App: w/b 21 Jul 2014

Pope, Canberra Times 22 Jul 2014

Pope, Canberra Times 22 Jul 2014

MH17

Monica Attard: MH17, Putin, and the truth
Michael Gawenda: Searching for the ‘real’ Tony Abbott
Tim Dunlop: In a national disaster, who speaks for us?
Jonathan Green: Abbott should speak from the heart more often
Michael Gordon: The best and worst of Australia on display
Sophie Morris: Security council ties that bind

Coalition

David Marr: A bulldog jaw and solemn warnings – but India calls the shots
Mark Rolfe: Early missteps show Abbott needs a plan B to deal with the Senate
Laura Tingle: Joe Hockey opens the book on a misfiring government
Lenore Taylor: Maybe not your average Joe, but going for tough budget cuts is nothing special
Annabel Crabb: Context pops Hockey right in the kisser – again

Other thinkiness

Wendy Harmer: The outer limits of compassion
Sarah Malik: When tragedy strikes, even onlookers can suffer
Shaun Carney: Are voters set to stop giving first-term leaders a second chance?
Paul Strangio: The myth of crisis in Australian politics

And my posts for the week:

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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