Another day, another poll, another massive lead to the ALP. You can almost hear the sighs of frustration from the media – and not just at The Australian, writes David MacCormack.
Mersey hospital
Fury on the Mersey: Nurses keen to avoid another fiasco
The Howard Government appears to have come unstuck in its indecent haste to make political capital the Mersey hospital, writes Nick Blake. Meanwhile, there’s been a hitch in Tony Abbot’ts plan to transfer 400 staff from state to Commonwealth employment, writes Ian McAuley.
Citizen Crikey: News from the marginals
Crikey’s citizen bloggers are hard at work analysing the campaign from their marginal electorates. Here’s a sample of their recent news and views.
Citizen Crikey flips open the campaign mailbox
One week down, five to go, and the Crikey community has risen to the challenge. Here are some recent highlights from Citizen Crikey and the Campaign Mailbox.
Political bite-sized meaty chunks – state edition
Up the Mersey without a paddle … Printergate and the polls … Wentworth comes to Melbourne …
For ‘Aspirational Nationalism’, read pork
The Prime Minister is giving us a $20 billion investment fund. So, that’s what those mysterious words “aspirational nationalism” mean. Pork, writes Christian Kerr.
Populism – but who’s listening?
Prime Ministerial populism doesn’t seem to be striking a chord even amongst his own party.
If you’re going to get sick, do it in a government marginal
Braddon seems set to become the Lourdes of the Southern Hemisphere as the lame, the ill and those possessed by demons flock to the Mersey Hospital in search of a miracle.
Week in words, week in numbers
In our fabulous Friday feature, we crunch the transcripts from the Sydney 7.45am ABC News Bulletin from Monday to Friday to take 400 pages of news and current events and squish it into this tag cloud for your perusal.
The Burnie Diversion and the Jealousy Factor
We do not need direct access to any secret internal party polling to know how the voters of Tasmania’s north-west coast intended to vote. John Howard told us via You Tube yesterday morning with his announcement of federal funds to save the Mersey Hospital for the people of Devonport. If ever there was a risky move by a politician facing defeat this was it.
John Howard’s island moments
It was only six days ago that the Prime Minister took a brief moment off from posing for his birthday pics with the troops in Dili to lay the foundations for the damage control that will be necessary should the Reserve Bank actually increase interest rates before the election.
