Gillard makes history as Australia’s first woman prime-minister. Today marks an important historical milestone for Australian politics and civil society. Julia Gillard is without a doubt Labor’s best political operative and most effective communicator. She has shown she can cut through. Ultimately, this is what sealed Kevin Rudd’s fate. Rudd was only able to communicate [...]
Going local – social networking for politicians
by admin on 02. Dec, 2009 in Blog, Campaigning, Elections
While there’s a million and one articles on the internet about how Obama built his success on social networks. There are fewer articles about how local candidates’ campaigns used social networking to promote their candidacy. I’ve previously written about one instance of a local campaign – the governor race in Virginia – using text message [...]
More double dissolution speculation
by admin on 28. Nov, 2009 in Blog, Elections, Politics
With the spectacular self-immolation of the Liberal Party this week (see the spill Twitter chatter here), speculation about a double dissolution on climate change is mounting. Last night, several political insiders expressed their belief that it was in Labor’s interests to go to a double dissolution when (if?) the Liberals delay the Carbon Pollution Reduction [...]
Labor must assert its economic credentials
by admin on 01. Jun, 2009 in Economics, Opinion, Politics
The recent spate of reporting of polls demonstrates that Labor must continue to assert its strong nation building narrative and economic credentials. Labor and Kevin Rudd correctly judged the public’s mood by decrying the excesses of extreme capitalism and neoliberalism, and forging a renewed social-democratic path. Despite the baying of the press gallery and conservative [...]
Doug Cameron on Parliamentary Lobbying
by admin on 02. Mar, 2009 in Blog
An insightful video of Senator Doug Cameron on lobbying Parliament in Australia. Doug gave this talk at a forum organised by the NTEU Victorian Division at the end of February. He kindly agreed to talk to a camera afterwards. Parliamentary Lobbying – Lessons from the other side – with Senator Doug Cameron from NTEU Victoria [...]
Australia needs strong collective bargaining
by admin on 02. Nov, 2008 in Blog, Policy
The right to collectively bargain was gutted by the Howard Government… unfortunately it looks like the Rudd Government may squib at fully restoring that right. Under the WorkChoices laws, Australian workers have no enforceable right to collectively bargain. Employers can indefinitely delay collective bargaining, denying their employees rights. Collective bargaining at a workplace level is [...]
Labor needs a strong stand on emissions trading
by admin on 01. Sep, 2008 in Blog, Policy
Federal Labor needs to take a strong stand on emissions trading. After the Garnaut Report and the Green Paper, it appears that Federal Labor may not make the Australian emissions trading scheme as robust as it needs to be to ensure that damaging climate change is mitigated. An emissions trading scheme (ETS) is essential for [...]
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