Union campaign


Finally some smart politics on IR from the Liberals

WorkChoices is dead. Brendan Nelson has said it clearly. There’s no room for nuance here. Now, the Liberals might have a chance to turn IR to their advantage, writes Christian Kerr.

Anti-union campaign did what it was supposed to

Before it gets too firmly entrenched as conventional wisdom, it’s worth querying the idea that the election campaign, and particularly the anti-union theme, was a miserable failure for the Coalition, writes Charles Richardson.

Errington: Howard will keep gnawing away

Some people are still expecting Howard to come up with “a Tampa” to win the election, but this misconceives Howard’s political strengths. If he defeats Rudd, it will be because of many small manoeuvres rather than a single knockout blow, writes Wayne Errington.