Australian Politics
Blog URL http://truepolitik.blogspot.com
Located Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Analysis of Australian politics and current affairs. John has no political affiliations, but has concerns about the ethics and operations of politicians and political parties.
Latest Blog Posts
- Good News Week! on Nov 18, 2009 in society
A group called "Something Corporate" had a song called "Good News". Part of the song goes:I wanna read good news good newsI wanna be innocent againI wanna read good news good newsBut nothing good is happeningThis week, some good things have happened:...
- Howard Tilts At Rudd on Nov 8, 2009 in federal politics
John Howard has given an interview to The Sunday Herald Sun, former Liberal Party PM John Howard has criticised (Labor) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, while attempting to apply gloss to his own history.Current PM Rudd is criticised for:"spend(ing) the ba...
- Pollies, Bl**dy Pollies! on Nov 1, 2009 in federal politics
What is it with politicians? Yes, I know they like to micromanage everything, and are especially vulnerable to the merest whiff of changes in polls. And their minders like to manage everything from the clothes they wear to the assertions they make, t...
- Rudd Uses A Howard Solution on Oct 23, 2009 in federal politics refugees
Prime MInister Kevin Rudd this week showed that, under pressure, he resorts to fairly standard political behaviour. The pressure on dealing with boat-people came from the electorate (well, the poll surveys) and the media.His response, particularly du...
- Nuclear Poll Reporting on Oct 13, 2009 in environment nuclear
TOday's media are reporting on a Herald/AC Nielson poll about nuclear power. Headlines scream with "More Aussies back nuclear power: Poll" (http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/more-aussies-back-nuclear-power-poll-20091013-gu7r.html), "Peopl...
- Telstra Investor: Tell MP's To Help Us on Oct 7, 2009 in federa politics communication
Telstra's second biggest shareholder, Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) , has provided its investors with a letter to send to MP's. The letter hopes to influence MP's to disallow any structural breakup of Telstra, because that might hu...
- Turnbull's Ultimatum on Oct 1, 2009
Malcolm Turnbull has publicly put his job on the line. The Federal Liberal Party, and Opposition leader, has indicated that he might "walk away" from the leadership if the Party does not show some discipline (over Climate Change) and support his poli...
