Julia Gillard and responsible minister Jenny Macklin, the two Victorian ladies of the Left, seemed genuinely committed to pokies reform before this week’s confusing antics.
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Sideshow Alley: who knew what when and, more importantly, who cares?
It’s the week for it, so let’s kick off with Qantas. Or not so much Qantas, but who-knew-what-when about the now infamous weekend grounding…
What did we learn from consultation about same-s-x marriage? Not much, it turns out …
Asking MPs to consult with voters on same-sex marriage has told us nothing more than we already knew, including that parliament is out of touch on the issue.
Power out for Monckton at Port Adelaide as Lord lashes out
Lord Christopher Monckton slams Port Adelaide Football Club for its decision to withdraw its venue for his speaking tour.
Hey Julia, guess who’s coming to dinner?
Gillard now gets to play Katherine Hepburn in a 2011 remake of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, as three same sex couples get a chance to ask her why she opposes their rights to legal marriage in the full glare of the national media, writes former Democrats leader Brian Greig.
Let’s play a round of “spot the language of hatred”
According to the Herald Sun’s resident linguistics expert, Andrew Bolt, GetUp have employed “hateful rhetoric” to describe the climate change debate. But what exactly were the hateful words? asks Dave Gaukroger.
Faulkner, Bracks and Carr fight against the historical tide
Reversing Labor’s long-term decline in party membership looks unlikely when volunteerism is declining across developed countries.
The Poll Bludger’s 2011 political knickknacks, take two
In the second round of William Bowe’s 2011 political knickknacks, Bowe sifts through the Democratic Audit of Australia’s newsletter and fund some nuggets of interest including a Newspoll study on constitutional values and the High Court’s explanation for finding in favour of Getup’s opposition to early closure of electoral rolls.
Crikey Says: GetUp should’ve shelled out for Rudd, not Abbott
GetUp have garnered oodles of headlines this morning by buying their way in on a surfing lesson with Tony Abbott. Too bad they picked the wrong leader.
The climate change bombardment — it pays to co-ordinate your fire
You may have read during the week of a micro-revolt by Labor MPs over the Government’s abandonment of the CPRS. Except there was more to the bombardment by outraged younger voters than met the eye…
What I saw on my trip to Canberra: self interest and infighting
As a fresh HSC graduate from Newcastle, Georgia Lowe was invited by GetUp to give MPs from NSW some insight into youth sentiments on climate change. She came away from Canberra with more questions and few answers.
Conroy’s internet filter dread
Senator Stephen Conroy must soon set aside the joys of taking the axe to Telstra — satisfying though that must be — and return to a topic he surely dreads: internet censorship.
Anti-censorship ad hits turbulence
Qantas refuses to run GetUp’s new anti-censorship ad that lampoons the government’s net filters while GlaxoSmithKline says they may sue over its infringement on the ‘Sensodyne’ trademark, reports Asher Moses.
Don’t discount the consumer in reducing emissions
Voluntary consumer action is one of a number of actions outside the CPRS that could reduce Australia greenhouse gas emissions, writes Gordon Renouf.
GetUp: laying our climate strategy on the table
GetUp is trying to ensure Australia is not a blocker in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December, writes GetUp’s Meredith Turnbull and Simon Sheikh.
Get Up! going nowhere on climate
Is GetUp! more intent on cultivating its membership base by appealing to green symbolism than forcing the Government to get serious about global warming, asks Clive Hamilton?
GetUp and its strange but well-heeled bedfellows
Monday’s list of political donations revealed left-leaning lobbyists GetUp spent a massive $1.2 million on political activity, writes Andrew Crook.
Did Thornley just get sick of the ALP’s petty squabbling?
A picture is now emerging of a restless Evan Thornley unable or unwilling to detach himself from his intellectual idealism and fully embrace the internecine squabbling that constitutes the nasty innards of the ALP, writes Andrew Crook.
Kevin the bureaucrat and the petitions committee
The House of Representatives petitions committee, which could be used by the Opposition as a sort of mini-Estimates process if they had their wits about them, writes Bernard Keane.
GetUp’s SMH article subtracts the transparency from eDemocracy
Strange that yesterday’s Herald spruiked eDemocracy without mentioning Australia’s only website devoted to publishing the proceedings of parliament, writes Sarah Stokely.
GetUp: not even Stokes could get our ad on air
The Seven Network are having trouble sticking to a consistent story — originally they denied GetUp had booked any ads at all, then, once GetUp produced the confirmed booking sheets, claimed the booking was for another ad unrelated to Tibet, writes Ed Coper from GetUp.
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Hughes: 2020, GetUp!, and the getting of influence
The creeping influence of GetUp! is a sign of the changed political landscape in Canberra, and the new rules of doing business there, writes ANU marketing lecturer Andrew Hughes.
Liberals snub the net and the chance of public engagement
The debate will start on Saturday night about whether any of the “e-lection” internet initiatives made much difference to the end result. However, if there are votes to be had online it’s a dead cert that the Liberals won’t have garnered too many of them, write Marcus Westbury and Jason Wilson.
