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Find More Stories The media is fascinated with the contest between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. But a simple question never gets asked: why does it matter? From a certain perspective, the importance of the leadership issue goes without saying. For journalists, the story's a story because it's a story.
Politics without policy: the age of unbelief - The Drum Opinion - The tussle at the top of the ALP involves almost zero argument about where that party should go. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
THAT genius alcoholic F. Scott Fitzgerald described his generation as one ''dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success, grown up to find all gods dead … and all faiths to man shaken''. He'd feel right at home in this season of drinking and fuzzy reflection, when the world is bedevilled with crises, and there is no one to look to for reassurance and decisive action. According to social scientists, Australia's vision of 2012 is not only clouded by fears of financial and environmental collapse, but a lack of belonging and confidence in something to aspire to. ''The great Australian dream has been pulled down and there isn't a new one to replace it. There is no one offering a new vision or goal.
New year dawns with blurry vision
HELLO infidel Australians. This is a warning from the People's Army of the Glorious Republic of Bernardistan: today we respectfully announce that we intend invading your country. You infidels should be afraid because our Dear Leader has hatched a cunning plan to ensure our success.
Invasion victory ensured by complacency | The Australian
Rudd may have been all the things Alan has said, but I believe he was thinking a lot more about Australia than Shorten, Gillard and all those other apparatchiks I don't know. Faulkner's original appointment as Cabinet Secretary in the first Rudd Ministry was a victory for governance and oversight. A thoroughly decent man and a champion of balanced, integrated governing.
Ending Australian autocracy | Alan Kohler | Commentary | Busines
Both major parties say the economy is their top priority. That sounds great - but will it work? Can either party really explain their policies to the electorate, asks Ben Eltham The Government and Opposition have begun the parliamentary year by staking out the battleground they both wish to fight this year’s political battles on. It’s the economy. For both Labor and the Coalition, economic policy poses plenty of opportunities.
How The Economy Became This Year's Battleground | newmatilda.com
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