The difficulties running coalitions. It’s a tough business keeping a formal or informal coalition government together in a Westminster system designed for two parties. Tensions develop, especially within the larger party, whenever public opinion slumps. Prime ministers have the unenviable task of appeasing their own discontents while preserving sufficiently good relations with the partners they […]
Not a religious lot. Do a head count of politicians when it comes to questions where religious leaders have strong views and you might think that Australians are quite a religious lot. From abortion to gay marriage a majority of politicians tend to scurry towards conservative change nothing positions. Which is rather strange in one […]
The big question being asked by bookmakers is what colour jacket Julia Gillard will wear at question time next Tuesday.
I notice that Kevin Gosper, the most senior Australian member of the International Olympic Committee, has already kicked the blame game along for Australia's lack of medals.
Never set up an inquiry unless you know the outcome beforehand. That's the standard advice from public servants to ministers.
The steady growth of the Australian economy continues.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics today reported an increase in the price of established houses in the June quarter for the first such quarterly rise since December 2010.
Perhaps the really worrying economic indicators for Australia are not those coming from far away Europe but those closer to home in Asia.
The opinion poll finding that an increased proportion of people think the introduction of the carbon tax will not hurt them should come as no surprise. In most cases, so far it hasn't.
This morning the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the third edition of a statistical collection of gender indicators.
