Ross Peake

No Crap App: w/b 10 Dec 2012

Moir, SMH 11 Dec 2012

FM radio pranksters

Katharine Murphy: No one is laughing now
Preston Towers: Destroying the joint? Austereo and our moral and social compass
Jennifer Hewett: In a connected age, no rules, no mercy

Ashby v Slipper

Laura Tingle: Labor’s chance to turn the tables on Libs
Richard Ackland: Ashby case a shocking spectacle
Terry Sweetman: Silence of main players in Peter Slipper pursuit deafening
Bernard Lagan: Judge, there’s a grub in my scoop

Economics

GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: Austerity has been tried and found wanting
Ross Gittins: Life gets tougher, far from the madding crowd
Laura Tingle: Labor needs some lessons in chutzpah

Senator Assange

Antony Green: What chance of Julian Assange being elected to the Senate?

The political year that was

Jonathan Green: The politics of mutually assured destruction
John Warhurst: All out war – the year that was Australian politics
Ross Peake: Gender an evolution in Gillard strategy
Tim Dunlop: The front page of Australian politics
Polyquant: The high and low points of 2012
Best political cartoons 2012

Psephology

Peter Lewis: How the generation gap became a chasm
Poliquant: Is the Coalition vulnerable to interest rates?

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No Crap App: w/b 6 Aug 2012

David Rowe, AFR 10 Aug 2012

The week that was…

This week both sides of the political divide sought to establish policy debates before parliament resumes next week. Almost counterintuitively, Abbott chose freedom of speech as his battleground while Gillard chose electricity prices. Grateful journos and commentators gleefully ran with both in an otherwise slow news week.

Towards the end of the week, political binoculars turned to the Spring parliamentary session, the end of which is traditionally the time to knock off an ailing leader.

Meantime, those interested in political journalism wondered how the media can note, even admire, but not challenge politicians’ manipulation of the truth.

Freedom wars

Helen Pringle: Freedom wars or power plays?
Jonathan Green: Abbott’s Freedom Wars risks collateral damage
Jennifer Hewett: Free speech is under fire from Labor
Chris Berg: Media diversity fears are absurd and obsolete
Dennis Altman: Labor’s next generation

Electricity wars

Alan Kohler: Powering the truth in the electricity wars
Jennifer Hewett: Power politics, carbon confusion
Simon Benson: Power plays expose live wires
Laura Tingle: Abbott struggles to find form as the game shifts

Killing season approaches

Geoff Kitney: Gillard’s Olympics begin next week
Barrie Cassidy: Winter break is over, get set for the killing season
Dennis Atkins: It’s game on for Gillard holding the deck
Peter van Onselen: ALP leadership hopefuls need to talk about Kevin
Michelle Grattan: Gillard set to spring into action after a winter of discontent
Ross Peake: The ALP must try to stand on the front foot

Political journalism

Tim Dunlop: If Tony Abbott didn’t exist, the media would have to invent him
(International) Jay Rosen: Everything that’s wrong with political journalism in one Washington Post item

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No Crap App: w/b 23 Apr 2012

Rowe, AFR 24 Apr 2012

The week that was…

This week’s political media contained two debates that couldn’t be more diametrically opposed. At one end was the debate over what the Government should do about Slipper. At the other, disagreement raged over the Reserve Bank’s judgement (and still continued over the need for a surplus).

The most sensible of the Slipper pieces are here (plus one that spells out the risks for Abbott). Also listed are those that most clearly explain the economic issues. LaTingle talks about the upcoming Budget. And there’s a good piece from former WA Premier Geoff Gallop on the future of the ALP.

Slipper

Ben Eltham: Slipper’s media attack dogs
Jennifer Hewett: Mess, Prime Minister
Harry Evans: Public cynicism can only grow after Slipper
Andrew Probyn: Slippery dilemma for Abbott
George Megalogenis: The country suffers as a rat in the ranks taints the parliament
Ross Peake: When slim pickings make for slim margins
Laurie Oakes: Gillard’s hypocrisy on the presumption of innocence

Economy and the Budget

Tim Colebatch: Reserve wrong and must move on
Jessica Irvine: Low inflation is here to help
David Uren: World’s best but we must still cut
George Megalogenis: Falling interest rates to ease carbon tax pain
Peter Brent: Deserve’s got nothing to do with it
Laura Tingle: It’s budget time – cue the dramatic twist

Labor party

Geoff Gallop: Ghosts in the party room – the past, present and future of the ALP

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No Crap App: w/b 16 Apr 2012

The week that was….

Three weeks into the five week break before Parliament resumes, the media swarmed yet again to the story that required the least effort. Some called Hockey’s ‘entitlement’ speech refreshing and encouraging, others called it ‘courageous’ and an unnecessary distraction. Meanwhile, blogger Matt Cowgill’s post showed that big cuts can only be made from safety net welfare payments.

Amongst the quality pieces on the Greens, there are some insightful posts from bloggers with connections to the party.

By the weekend, many writers had turned their eye to the economy and the Government. GrogsGamut’s regular Wednesday post explained how government debt and interest rates have no connection.

There was also an excellent longer read from Mark Latham explaining why suburbanites are climate change deniers.

Hockey’s speech