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  • Apr 11, 2011

    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister? Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard 31 May 2010 5 Jul 19 Jul 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 […] Read more

  • Mar 21, 2011

    To tax or not to tax, that is the question

    First published on The Drum: 15/03/2011 Context is everything. All of a sudden Labor’s political predicament does not seem as dire; no-one is dead or missing; nuclear reactors aren’t melting down; the […] Read more

  • Mar 14, 2011

    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister? Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard 31 May 2010 5 Jul 19 Jul 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 […] Read more

  • Mar 8, 2011

    Turning around the Titanic

    First published on The Drum: 08/03/2011 The media works in eight-hour news cycles, politicians live and die by three-year cycles, while the planet’s climate is working on a significantly longer time frame. […] Read more

  • Mar 7, 2011

    Leadership or Broken Promise

    Q. Tony Abbott and the opposition claim this is a ‘backflip’ on a promise Prime Minister Gillard made before the 2010 election not to introduce a carbon tax in the next term […] Read more

  • Feb 14, 2011

    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister? Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard 31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct […] Read more

  • Feb 8, 2011

    What if the hippies are right?

    First published on The Drum: 08/02/2011 When the floods have receded, the cyclone has blown, the bushfires have burned out and Sydneysiders can sleep again, one question will remain: what if the […] Read more

  • Feb 1, 2011

    Ask not what you can do for your country

    First published on The Drum: 01/02/2011 The nation opened their hearts to Queensland as floods threatened communities and cities over summer, but now they are being asked to open their wallets it […] Read more


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