Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions? Total Trust Total No Trust A lot of trust Some trust A little trust No trust Don’t know The High Court […] Read more

South Australian unions are campaigning to pressure the State Government into reversing its Budget decisions which will cut more 3,700 jobs and have attacked the negotiated working conditions of South Australian public […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 14/12/2010 Here is the word cloud that will prick a thousand egos – and restore some reality to the debate about the future of the media. In […] Read more

I’m going to Adelaide next week and I’m excited. Obviously I take some satisfaction in being the first person to ever write that sentence, but I’ll take more if things go our […] Read more

The initial Better State site (betterstate.org.au) was built in October 2009 on a drupal platform. We found that the site was too complex for people to take action, find content and created […] Read more

You would have to completely disregard the polls, history and any semblance of common sense to predict a Labor victory in the March 2011 NSW election. Although there’s no such thing as […] Read more

First Published on The Drum 26/10/2010 If political progressives want to stop the ALP from drifting to the Right, energetically backing the decision to move women and children out of immigration detention […] Read more

Q. How much influence do you think the following groups have on the policies of Australian political parties? Too much About the right amount Not enough Don’t know The media 53% 27% […] Read more