Terminal government

Oct 17 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

The next federal election is due in 2013 – but will such a dysfunctional and bitterly divided government survive so long?

By Gary Scarrabelotti^*

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Posted in Politics
Tagged Border control, Cabinet leaks, Chris Bowen, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Peter Hartcher, Refugee processing, Refugees, Tony Abbott

The paradox of prudence

Sep 19 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Politics is war by other means.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Politics
Tagged Abbott, Bagaric, Faris QC, Gillard, Greens, Malaysian Solution, Migration Act

The Greens vs. the People

Sep 12 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Whose side will Labor take?

“Labor needs the leper vote … and desperately.”

By Gary Scarrabelotti*

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Posted in Politics
Tagged ALP, Connor Court, Education, Gramsci, Industrial Relations, Labor, Paul Kelly, Refugees, The Greens

High court coup

Sep 7 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Judges usurp the powers of government.

Reflections from a once workers’ paradise.

By Gary Scarrabelotti*

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Posted in Migration, Politics
Tagged Connor Court, High Court, Immigration, Mirko Bagaric, Peter Faris QC, Refugees, The Greens

The Irrationals

Jul 25 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Élite institutions blind to the real world.

“When the Irrationals rule, the fate of nations is ruin.”

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Environment, Politics
Tagged EBA, EU, euro, Gillard, Nielsen, Poll, Treasury