This page contains commentary by Malcolm Farnsworth.
Archived Posts
- May 07, 2016: After July 2, When Will The Next Election Be Held?
- Mar 27, 2016: The Myth Of The Ten-Week Election Campaign In 1984
- Sep 09, 2014: Jingoistic, Xenophobic, Protectionist: Bill Shorten’s March To The Fringe In Speech To Submarine Workers
- Jul 10, 2014: Carbon Tax Repeal Bill Defeated In Senate As Palmer Squabbles With Government Over Amendments
- Jun 25, 2014: The Result Of Clive Palmer’s Al Gore Stunt: Carbon Tax Abolished, ETS Dead
- Feb 08, 2014: Terri Butler Wins Griffith By-Election For ALP; Status Quo Result Sees 0.68% Swing To Liberals
- Jan 06, 2014: The Malcolm Mackerras Six And The Question Of How To Define A Landslide
- Oct 03, 2013: The New Senate Numbers And The Abbott Government
- Sep 09, 2013: Of Votes And Bodies: The Labor Party’s Election Defeat
- Aug 19, 2013: It’s Over: Defeat Looms For The Rudd Government
- Jul 20, 2013: Alternative Universes And The PNG Solution
- Jul 03, 2013: Where Are The Seats Rudd Needs To Win?
- Jun 03, 2013: Woof Woof!
- Jun 02, 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 08, 2013: Tony Abbott And Women Of Calibre: What Did He Actually Say?
- Jan 30, 2013: Why Has Gillard Picked September 14?
- Jan 07, 2013: Who Will Win The 2013 Federal Election?
- Jan 03, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Place Amongst The List Of Australian Prime Ministers
- Jan 02, 2013: When Will The 2013 Federal Election Be Held?
- Jul 19, 2012: When Is A Shift Not A Shift?
- Apr 22, 2012: Peter Slipper Stands Aside As Speaker
- Feb 27, 2012: Gillard And Her Caucus: Sink Or Swim Together
- Feb 23, 2012: Will Labor Keep Marching Off The Cliff?
- Feb 20, 2012: The Labor Leadership: A Time Of Peril And Opportunity
- Jan 23, 2012: Poker Machine Doublespeak
- Jan 04, 2012: The Iowa Caucuses: A Model Of Participatory Democracy?
- Dec 28, 2011: Eight Observations About How I Use Twitter
- Dec 26, 2011: Confusion, Timidity And Capitulation On Asylum Seekers
- Dec 16, 2011: A Lot To Account For In Politicians’ Pay
- Dec 16, 2011: Gillard And Rudd: Last Lingering Question Of 2011
- Dec 12, 2011: Who Says Abbott Should Flick The Switch To Positive?
- Dec 05, 2011: ALP Conference: Some Votes Are More Equal Than Others
- Nov 25, 2011: After Four Years, Labor Is Still Buying Time
- Jul 16, 2011: Selling The Carbon Tax: Less Is More
- Jul 11, 2011: We Want Gough!
- Jul 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 03, 2011: Bin Laden, Twitter, And Gaudy Media Baubles
- Apr 15, 2011: Down And Out In Centrelink And NewStart
- Apr 06, 2011: Prime Minister, It’s Time To Sack Kevin Rudd
- Apr 04, 2011: So Much For Parliament In Queensland
- Mar 24, 2011: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Julia?
- Mar 10, 2011: Getting The Water: It’s Not Over Yet
- Jan 27, 2011: Drifting Into The New Year On Thin Gruel
- Jan 04, 2011: Political Speeches of 2010: RN Breakfast Discussion
- Jan 02, 2011: Talking 110 Years of the Australian Constitution
- Dec 16, 2010: Here Is The News
- Dec 02, 2010: The March of Political Time
- Nov 18, 2010: History Is Written By The Winners
- Nov 04, 2010: Giving Substance To The Words
- Oct 21, 2010: Is It Time For The Liberals To Dispose Of Abbott?
- Oct 07, 2010: The Real Julia: Is That It?
- Sep 22, 2010: The Twitter Election? Not Likely.
- Sep 15, 2010: The Second Gillard Government: Politics Is Personal
- Aug 22, 2010: Politics Abhors A Vacuum
- Aug 20, 2010: A Glorious Day Dawns Tomorrow
- Aug 19, 2010: Day 33: The Dying Moments
- Aug 18, 2010: Day 32: Look, They’re Voting
- Aug 17, 2010: Day 31: Sound And Fury
- Aug 16, 2010: Melbourne: Two Kinds Of Politics
- Aug 13, 2010: Day 27: What Are They Thinking?
- Aug 12, 2010: Day 26: The Conventional Wisdom Turns
- Aug 10, 2010: Day 24: The Government Resurgent
- Aug 09, 2010: Throwing The Switch To Burlesque
- Aug 06, 2010: Day 20: New Hope
- Aug 05, 2010: Day 19: Return To Norwood
- Aug 04, 2010: Day 18: Bloggers Galore And Not A Swinging Voter In Sight
- Aug 03, 2010: Day 17 – Amusing Ourselves To Defeat
- Aug 02, 2010: The ALP Is Losing And They Know It
- Jul 30, 2010: Day 13: All Politics Is Local
- Jul 29, 2010: Day 12: Peril
- Jul 28, 2010: Day 11: With The Liberals in Deakin
- Jul 27, 2010: Day 10: Rituals, Women And A Moment To Behold
- Jul 26, 2010: The Narrative: Week Two Begins
- Jul 23, 2010: Day 6: Little Actions Vibrate
- Jul 22, 2010: Day 5: In The Arena
- Jul 21, 2010: Day 4: On Message
- Jul 20, 2010: Day 3: Oh My God, They Killed WorkChoices!
- Jul 19, 2010: Days 1-2: On Message As The Election Skirmish Begins
- Jul 16, 2010: ALP Entering A Brave New Internet World
- Jun 22, 2010: Galahs And Polls
- May 26, 2010: Pollie Wants To Twitter?
- Mar 22, 2010: The Weekend Elections: Discussion With Mark Parton
- Jun 29, 2009: 2CC Commentary: Liberal Leadership & Climate Change
- Apr 25, 2005: Bjelke-Petersen: Corrupt, Venal, Vindictive, Hypocritical, Dangerous
- Jun 26, 2002: Arse-Licking Hypocrisy
- Nov 10, 2001: 2001 Federal Election Predictions
- Sep 12, 2001: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: A DAY OF INFAMY
- Aug 18, 2001: Costello’s Future Directions
- Aug 01, 2001: Is The Ground Shifting?
- Mar 15, 2001: The Politics Of The Exchange Rate
- Mar 14, 2001: John Howard: Philosophy and Political Tactics In Action
- Feb 11, 2001: The Difficult Task Of Winning A Third Term
- Jul 05, 2000: The Hard Politics Of The GST
- May 29, 2000: The Speech Howard Should Have Made
- May 28, 2000: A By-Election In Isaacs?
- Dec 31, 1999: World’s Bloodiest Century Draws To A Close
- Dec 02, 1999: Great Man Sends Birthday Greetings
- Sep 30, 1998: Vote Labor
- Apr 18, 1998: Swanson Dock – An Eye-Witness Account
- Nov 18, 1997: Auditing The Backbones
- Nov 16, 1997: Vote For A Real Republic!
