This election might be all about Queensland, but Kevin Rudd’s naval courting of the north smelt of electoral desperation and is backfiring on him. The PM today held out the prospect of moving some of the…
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In this election campaign the major parties are carefully dancing round an elephant in the ballroom. The elephant is big and a bit frightening. Its name is privacy policy. Recent months have seen expressions…
A proposal to move some or all of the Garden Island naval base fleet from Sydney has been slammed as too costly and a blatant bid to shore up Labor support in Queensland. In a speech to the Lowy Institute…
Long term unemployed young people could receive up to $6500 if they held down a job for two years, under an initiative announced by Tony Abbott today. Under a job commitment bonus payment people aged 18…
After Kevin Rudd reached today for a vintage big idea - the fast train - in his quest for voter bait, he quickly received a large tick from Tim Fischer, former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader…
Eden-Monaro voters of all persuasions have given a thumbs down to Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme. The plan - which is under strong attack from Labor - was seen as too generous by the focus group…
When nominations closed for the 2013 election, eight candidates had nominated for the marginal seat of Eden-Monaro. While the main game is clearly between sitting member, Dr Mike Kelly, and the Liberal…
LATEST POLLS: Coalition 53% (down one), Labor 47% (up one). Kevin Rudd enters the final fortnight of the campaign badly placed in the polls and dependant on a scare campaign, some new policies and the…
Increasingly confident of victory, but with fingers tightly crossed against any last minute hitches, Tony Abbott projected a cautious and touch humble persona at today’s campaign launch. The opposition…
Tony Abbott has targeted self-funded retirees and western Sydney, with modest promises at his campaign launch in which he appealed to Australians to “choose change” on September 7. A Coalition government…
Forde is a litmus test for Labor. In the state where Kevin Rudd desperately needs to win seats from the Coalition, the ALP has thrown everything at this one, recruiting former premier Peter Beattie to…
The latest Nielsen poll brings more bad news for Labor, with the Coalition increasing its two-party lead to 53-47%, a fall in Kevin Rudd’s approval and Tony Abbott closing the gap as preferred PM. A fortnight…
Tony Abbott describes himself as a “convert” to paid parental leave. Once a declared sceptic, he’s not only a believer but a passionate advocate of a scheme that’s become highly controversial and divisive…
In almost three weeks of campaigning both voters and Labor have had a sharp reality check: there can be no return to Kevin ‘07. Six years on, Rudd was never going to be full of fresh promise, as he was…
Occasionally, something spontaneously good happens in a campaign. That was the case today, when Tony Abbott, under strong political pressure, announced he’d told the Liberal party not to accept any more…
Tony Abbott has banned the Liberal Party from accepting tobacco company donations. Abbott acted after Kevin Rudd told Fairfax Media that if re-elected he would amend the Electoral Act to ban donations…
The Rudd-Abbott face-off at the “people’s forum” was a much better contest than the tortured first encounter before a panel of journalists. The two engaged with each other; there was more spontaneity…
The challenge for the government is this: how does it turn Tony Abbott’s highly generous and potentially popular paid parental scheme into a negative for the Coalition without knocking motherhood? Labor’s…
Oops, another election candidate gone. That’s three so far - two Labor, one Liberal. The latest casualty belonged to Tony Abbott and ran a site called “Mini-Mods”, originally set up for Mini Cooper enthusiasts…
The government will not match the Coalition promise to pay the Better Schools funding to states which have not signed up to the plan, but would be willing to continue negotiating with them if re-elected…
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education Academic Lead, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidiate (Cognitive Neuroscience), Department of Psychology, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
