Opinion

This page contains commentary by Malcolm Farnsworth.

Archived Posts

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