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This page contains commentary by Malcolm Farnsworth.

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May 7, 2016: After July 2, When Will The Next Election Be Held?
March 27, 2016: The Myth Of The Ten-Week Election Campaign In 1984
September 9, 2014: Jingoistic, Xenophobic, Protectionist: Bill Shorten’s March To The Fringe In Speech To Submarine Workers
July 10, 2014: Carbon Tax Repeal Bill Defeated In Senate As Palmer Squabbles With Government Over Amendments
June 25, 2014: The Result Of Clive Palmer’s Al Gore Stunt: Carbon Tax Abolished, ETS Dead
February 8, 2014: Terri Butler Wins Griffith By-Election For ALP; Status Quo Result Sees 0.68% Swing To Liberals
January 6, 2014: The Malcolm Mackerras Six And The Question Of How To Define A Landslide
October 3, 2013: The New Senate Numbers And The Abbott Government
September 9, 2013: Of Votes And Bodies: The Labor Party’s Election Defeat
August 19, 2013: It’s Over: Defeat Looms For The Rudd Government
July 20, 2013: Alternative Universes And The PNG Solution
July 3, 2013: Where Are The Seats Rudd Needs To Win?
June 3, 2013: Woof Woof!
June 2, 2013: 2013 Federal Election: How Many Seats Will Labor Lose?
May 27, 2013: The Power And The Passion – A Personal View
May 25, 2013: Would A Double Dissolution In Early 2014 Be Unconstitutional?
May 13, 2013: A Scenario For Tony Abbott And A Motion Of No-Confidence
May 8, 2013: Tony Abbott And Women Of Calibre: What Did He Actually Say?
January 30, 2013: Why Has Gillard Picked September 14?
January 7, 2013: Who Will Win The 2013 Federal Election?
January 3, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Place Amongst The List Of Australian Prime Ministers
January 2, 2013: When Will The 2013 Federal Election Be Held?
July 19, 2012: Julia Gillard: When Is A Shift Not A Shift?
April 22, 2012: Peter Slipper Stands Aside As Speaker
February 27, 2012: Gillard And Her Caucus: Sink Or Swim Together
February 23, 2012: Will Labor Keep Marching Off The Cliff?
February 20, 2012: The Labor Leadership: A Time Of Peril And Opportunity
January 23, 2012: Poker Machine Doublespeak
January 4, 2012: The Iowa Caucuses: A Model Of Participatory Democracy?
December 28, 2011: Eight Observations About How I Use Twitter
December 26, 2011: Confusion, Timidity And Capitulation On Asylum Seekers
December 16, 2011: A Lot To Account For In Politicians’ Pay
December 16, 2011: Gillard And Rudd: Last Lingering Question Of 2011
December 12, 2011: Who Says Abbott Should Flick The Switch To Positive?
December 5, 2011: ALP Conference: Some Votes Are More Equal Than Others
November 25, 2011: After Four Years, Labor Is Still Buying Time
July 16, 2011: Selling The Carbon Tax: Less Is More
July 11, 2011: We Want Gough!
July 10, 2011: A Tax and Welfare Package As Much As An Environmental Plan
May 31, 2011: Drama In The House As Speaker Jenkins Threatens To Resign
May 3, 2011: Bin Laden, Twitter, And Gaudy Media Baubles
April 15, 2011: Down And Out In Centrelink And NewStart
April 6, 2011: Prime Minister, It’s Time To Sack Kevin Rudd
April 4, 2011: So Much For Parliament In Queensland
March 24, 2011: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Julia?
March 10, 2011: Getting The Water: It’s Not Over Yet
January 27, 2011: Drifting Into The New Year On Thin Gruel
January 4, 2011: Political Speeches of 2010: RN Breakfast Discussion
January 2, 2011: Talking 110 Years of the Australian Constitution
December 16, 2010: Here Is The News
December 2, 2010: The March of Political Time
November 18, 2010: History Is Written By The Winners
November 4, 2010: Giving Substance To The Words
October 21, 2010: Is It Time For The Liberals To Dispose Of Abbott?
October 7, 2010: The Real Julia: Is That It?
September 22, 2010: The Twitter Election? Not Likely.
September 15, 2010: The Second Gillard Government: Politics Is Personal
August 22, 2010: Politics Abhors A Vacuum
August 20, 2010: A Glorious Day Dawns Tomorrow
August 19, 2010: Day 33: The Dying Moments
August 18, 2010: Day 32: Look, They’re Voting
August 17, 2010: Day 31: Sound And Fury
August 16, 2010: Melbourne: Two Kinds Of Politics
August 13, 2010: Day 27: What Are They Thinking?
August 12, 2010: Day 26: The Conventional Wisdom Turns
August 10, 2010: Day 24: The Government Resurgent
August 9, 2010: Throwing The Switch To Burlesque
August 6, 2010: Day 20: New Hope
August 5, 2010: Day 19: Return To Norwood
August 4, 2010: Day 18: Bloggers Galore And Not A Swinging Voter In Sight
August 3, 2010: Day 17 – Amusing Ourselves To Defeat
August 2, 2010: The ALP Is Losing And They Know It
July 30, 2010: Day 13: All Politics Is Local
July 29, 2010: Day 12: Peril
July 28, 2010: Day 11: With The Liberals in Deakin
July 27, 2010: Day 10: Rituals, Women And A Moment To Behold
July 26, 2010: The Narrative: Week Two Begins
July 23, 2010: Day 6: Little Actions Vibrate
July 22, 2010: Day 5: In The Arena
July 21, 2010: Day 4: On Message
July 20, 2010: Day 3: Oh My God, They Killed WorkChoices!
July 19, 2010: Days 1-2: On Message As The Election Skirmish Begins
July 16, 2010: ALP Entering A Brave New Internet World
June 22, 2010: Galahs And Polls
May 26, 2010: Pollie Wants To Twitter?
March 22, 2010: The Weekend Elections: Discussion With Mark Parton
June 29, 2009: 2CC Commentary: Liberal Leadership & Climate Change
April 25, 2005: Bjelke-Petersen: Corrupt, Venal, Vindictive, Hypocritical, Dangerous
June 26, 2002: Arse-Licking Hypocrisy
November 10, 2001: 2001 Federal Election Predictions
September 12, 2001: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: A DAY OF INFAMY
August 18, 2001: Costello’s Future Directions
August 1, 2001: Is The Ground Shifting?
March 15, 2001: The Politics Of The Exchange Rate
March 14, 2001: John Howard: Philosophy and Political Tactics In Action
February 11, 2001: The Difficult Task Of Winning A Third Term
July 5, 2000: The Hard Politics Of The GST
May 29, 2000: The Speech Howard Should Have Made
May 28, 2000: A By-Election In Isaacs?
December 31, 1999: World’s Bloodiest Century Draws To A Close
December 2, 1999: Great Man Sends Birthday Greetings
September 30, 1998: Vote Labor
April 18, 1998: Swanson Dock – An Eye-Witness Account
November 18, 1997: Auditing The Backbones
November 16, 1997: Vote For A Real Republic!