Holding Pattern

Here are some of my thoughts about Andrew Herington. I first knew Andrew before I became very politically active in the ALP. He was a visitor to a house of ten people I lived in at Fitzroy which was made up of mostly ex- Monash Uni people. He was a close friend to Stephanie Bunbury […]

The major parties are readying themselves for a federal election in the spring of this year, and meanwhile, speculation around the ALP’s leadership continues to receive media coverage. For the record, I think the Party should stick with Anthony Albanese as any leadership spill would just lead the public to conclude that that type of […]

‘The Write Stuff’, a collection of essays from the Labor Party’s right-wing, has been promoted as a book that ‘plot’s the Party’s return to power’. It doesn’t do this. A few central things are missing. The book covers a wide range of policy topics including the importance of unions, addressing of casualisation and job insecurity, […]

Australia’s net debt was A$174.5 billion in September 2013, when the Coalition took office. The debt is forecast to grow to $872 billion in 2020-21 (44.8 percent of GDP). Then it is forecast to hit $1 trillion in 2021-22 (50.5 percent of GDP). Then, $1.1 trillion in 2022-23 (51.6 percent of GDP). Yet, as a proportion of GDP, our […]

President-elect Joe Biden will likely find himself in a bind. Let me explain. An important difference with Donald Trump is that he was not ONLY a President. He also leads a social movement. Trump’s support base is a coalition of different forces- not very well educated white working-class folk, some white supremacist extremists (some of […]