Julia Gillard had a good week campaigning in western Sydney. But what will the long-term cost be of Labor’s populist, anti-immigration rhetoric?
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WESTERN SYDNEY
All roads out west lead back to 2010
The political focus on western Sydney and the low-rent politics on offer from Abbott and Gillard suggest a replay of the 2010 election.
READ MOREKeane’s week in review: Gillard journeys west, without Monkey
Labor’s western Sydney strategy makes sense but isn’t likely to be any more successful than the Howard government’s last gasp efforts to save itself.
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PM’s four-star Rooty Hill blitz — try the wagyu, say locals
The Prime Minister is heading to the suburbs of Western Sydney in order to help salvage Labor’s plummeting vote. But just where will Julia Gillard lay her prime ministerial head each night?
READ MORECelebrating Australia Day is not jingoism
Crikey readers come in off the long run.
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Deconstructing Tony: Abbott and the manufacture of authenticity
Tony Abbott’s efforts to portray himself as an everyday bloke sit uneasily with his previous attempts to be a conservative intellectual.
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Maloney’s Marginalia: Lindsay — voting twice at Rooty Hill
The pantomime of a town hall meeting is many things, including all the fun of the fair. Oh, and they’re educational too, writes Shane Maloney.
READ MOREWhy don’t we hear these stories about Aboriginal Australia?
You might not guess it from the photos in the newspapers, but the largest concentration of Aboriginal people in Australia lives in western Sydney, writes anthropologist Professor Gillian Cowlishaw.
READ MOREInformal voting drops, but we don’t know why
A good news story from the 2007 federal election is informal voting. It dropped compared with 2004 – substantially, and in every state. Just why is currently a mystery, writes Peter Brent.
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