Government

Labor’s election defeat reveals its continued inability to convince people it can make their lives better

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Geoffrey Robinson, Deakin University The election result was a triumph for the Coalition and a defeat for pundits. The result is even more striking when the drift to the left [...]

Government Has No Economic Credentials, It Can’t Read Its Own Budget Papers #auspol

December 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Labor’s Jim Chalmers has accused Finance minister Mathias Cormann of either deliberately lying to Australians or is unable to read his Government’s own Budget papers [...]

Malcolm Turnbull lunges for the prime ministership

September 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Malcolm Turnbull has launched his much-anticipated challenge to Tony Abbott for the prime ministership, declaring he had been urged [...]

CPSU:Abbott Government Spin On Wage Offer Fools No One

July 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

The CPSU has said today that the Abbott Government’s spin on the Treasury wage offer does not change the fact its bargaining policy remains deeply unpopular. Thousands of [...]

The Qld 2015 Election Seals The Fate Of Abbott’s Terminal Prime Ministership

February 1, 2015 // 2 Comments

Queensland election makes Abbott’s prime ministership terminal It is said that governments lose elections and opposition parties win elections. The election in [...]

Tens of thousands of Cambodians Call For PM Hun Sen To Resign

December 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Tens of thousands of Cambodians on sunday had marched through the capital of Phnom Pehn demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, Hun Sen. Hun Sen has faced strong [...]

Thailand: PM to Ask Army To Help Protect Election 2014

December 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced on Friday in Bangkok that her government will ask the army to help protect candidates and voters during the election in February. [...]

Queensland: State Liberal-National Party Selling Up Queensland And Deceiving Queenslanders About Cost Of Living

December 26, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Conservative Liberal-National Party of Queensland (LNPQld) has embarked on a fire-sale sell off of assets that belong to Queenslanders as well as deceiving the people of [...]

Australia: 74% Rate Abbott As Very Poor-While Abbott is Divorced From Reality

December 16, 2013 // 2 Comments

In a recent news poll conducted by Fairfax media more than 74 % of respondents have said that the Liberal-National Coalition have done a very poor job in governing. The [...]

UK government: yes economy in trouble

May 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom admitted recently that the government took a hit in local elections and that disappointing news on the economy was reflecting [...]