Second election television debate avoids the real issues
Contributed by Joe Montero Another debate between Scott Morrison and Tony Albanese and Another poor performance. Commentator Katharine Murphy described it as the Jerry Springer…
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The election is a fight of who is disliked the least – there is a clear and growing destabilisation in our politics
PhD student in sociology at the Australian National University Simon Copland and Elizabeth Humphries a political economist based at the University of Technology Sydney wrote…
Anthony Albanese’s new policies a small step towards what Australia needs
Contributed by Joe Montero Labor leader Anthony Albanese has finally announced dome keynote policies for the coming May election. The most important is the $15…
Macron wins but the big story is the fall of the traditional two party system
Contributed by Jim Hayes Last weekend Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election. He had stood against Marine Le Pen in a second round. Under…
The federal election campaign is disengaging Australia from political process
Contributed by Jim Hayes If there is one common view about how Australia’s election campaign is shaping, it is that there is nothing there to inspire…
Wages and social security justice should be at centre stage of election campaign
Contributed from Victoria A few days into the election campaign and two big issues are already being ignored, the falling share of wages and the…
France’s presidential election and the fall of traditional politics
Contributed by Jim Hayes Following France’s presidential election has been instructive. Like in Australia, it is obvious that a large part of the population has…
Ending the Morrison government is the first step towards the future
Contributed by Joe Montero Scott Morrison declared on the weekend; this year’s federal election will take place on 21 May. When doing so, he pitched…
Australia needs a very different sort of budget than the one we just got
Contributed by Joe Montero This week’s federal budget has failed Australia, for it does nothing to tackle the major problems the nation faces. While it…
Australia got a Budget for war and the privileged: Not for most Australians
Contributed by Joe Montero The budget just delivered by treasurer Josh Frydenberg has strong elements of a war budget, together with an eye on the…
