Maths and media: where the election will be won and lost
It’s always unwise to make predictions about who is likely to win any election, but if Scott Morrison does end up on the victory podium...
Tag: Australian politics
Budget 2019, The End Of A Zany Parliament And Waiting For An Election
Conventional wisdom suggests there are two types of Budgets: one that’s in surplus, and one that’s in deficit. But there’s also the Budget type that...
Two polls, but both still show a wipe-out
There are two polls out today, one showing good news for the government, the other showing bad news for the government. How can this be...
Scott Morrison and racism
Fifty people. That’s a large number of people, and it’s still difficult to comprehend this is how many died in the Christchurch shootings last Friday....
The evil crimes of George Pell
George Pell has been sentenced to jail for a total of six years, after being found guilty of five charges – one offence of sexual...
Corruption, The Cardinal And The Fine Art Of Lying
The New Politics monthly podcast, presented by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis – filling in all the gaps left behind by the mainstream media. There...
Morrison slipping further away
The latest Newspoll from 5–7 March 2019 shows a drop in support for the Liberal–National Party to 46 per cent on a two-party preferred basis,...
Scandal: Nothing to see here, please move on
One of the greatest take-away surprises from a visit to Parliament House during the House of Representatives Question Time for many people is the sheer...
Is Morrison really back in the game?
Polls are polls, and elections are elections, but what can we read into the latest round of polls from the three main pollsters? Newspoll from...
Unhappy Holidays And Apocalypse 2019
The New Politics monthly podcast, presented by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis – filling in all the gaps left behind by the mainstream media. Listen...
Short changed by the banking Royal Commission
It’s always amusing to see senior politicians caught in the headlights and that’s exactly what we witnessed this week when the report from the Royal...
The media forgets how it destroyed Julia Gillard
We should never underestimate the ability of the mainstream media to employ double standards, engage in collective amnesia, and paint a rosy picture of the...