This page contains commentary by Malcolm Farnsworth.
Archived Posts
- 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: 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!