Holding Pattern

What should the incoming Labor Government do in relation to the 2030 emissions reduction target? Labor ran on a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030. This was slightly lower than the 45 per cent target the party took to the 2019 election but higher than the Coalition’s 2030 target. Independent […]

Federal Labor has a good job in neutralising the Religious Discrimination Bill as an election issue. Morrison’s legislative package ended up including an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act to prevent gay students from being expelled from religious schools. But it reneged on his earlier written assurance to Anthony Albanese by not extending protection from […]

Scene 1 -Enter three weird witches Shorten: When shall we three meet again? Feeney: In thunder lightning or in rain? Arbib: If the polls stay looking bad. Shorten: There are plots to lay; numbers to add Feeney: Where the place? Arbib: Will Parliament do ya? Shorten: There to meet with Mc Julia. All: Fair is foul […]

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 […]