tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post8004261460848211684..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Join the queueAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-44255102247613309362018-02-02T18:51:35.690+11:002018-02-02T18:51:35.690+11:00Not yetNot yetAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-48037763240377089012018-02-02T18:51:03.454+11:002018-02-02T18:51:03.454+11:00Yes, but he's trying to be a national figure: ...Yes, but he's trying to be a national figure: thus the appearances on 2GB, not [far north equivalent]. He thinks that the Vics are giving it a red-hot go with race-baiting and he's keen to pile on, in contrast to previous generations of Vic Libs who knew the tactic was a loser. Being keen to pile on and do look-at-me politics is what he's always been about and now he's taking it national. I still bet that he's mistaken.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-27099627605556713932018-01-29T18:53:33.660+11:002018-01-29T18:53:33.660+11:00Pretty obviously, Andrew, Dutton is a Queenslander...Pretty obviously, Andrew, Dutton is a Queenslander. He's less concerned with the Victorian state election and more with the federal election, and what the recent Qld election means for that. Getting his name on the front pages of the Murdoch press with an anti-wog pro-flogging stance is surely about One Nation in north Qld, not Victorian Labor.derrida deridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-15914799753840931182018-01-24T14:13:37.099+11:002018-01-24T14:13:37.099+11:00I know.
Meanwhile, its resort to race-baiting just...I know.<br />Meanwhile, its resort to race-baiting just shows up the state Coalition's biggest problem: its ideological antipathy to public services blinds it to the fact that, for at least two decades now, state politics has been all about service delivery. You have to engage with it to win - and you can't ignore it once you're in office. To use another example, why's the NSW Coalition in such heavy weather despite the fact its opponent is NSW Labor? Because its efforts to improve service delivery (all those light rails and metros and toll roads - paid for by privatising electricity) are being obscured by failures in service delivery (e.g. the 'legacy' train network) or shitfights over extraneous issues (i.e. spending billions to knock down perfectly good stadia).<br />That's why, as you suggest, the Coalition now can't win state government *anywhere* unless and until Labor exhausts itself (e.g. NSW 2011, Queensland 2012).<br />Of course, they could actually embrace a service delivery issue, like Ted Baillieu did in 2010 by campaigning hard on public transport - which was visibly groaning under the strain of Melbourne's growth. The reason that East-West Link didn't save Denis Napthine in 2014 was that it reminded everyone that once in government the Coalition had done bugger-all about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-40533161286607369682018-01-20T23:16:42.445+11:002018-01-20T23:16:42.445+11:00Patricia Karvelas has a new show on the a.b.c thi...Patricia Karvelas has a new show on the a.b.c this year...thoughts on her journalistic integrity now Andrew??? I saw Tim Wilson invite her to his wedding on Sky News....seriously weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69832557156289699212018-01-20T14:45:48.001+11:002018-01-20T14:45:48.001+11:00Anyone can win a race if major competitors don'...Anyone can win a race if major competitors don't run at all. Important arguments against Joyce were scuttlebutt before election day, only dignified with traditional media attention in the days after ballots were cast and counted. I've seen very few overviews of ag policy, and identification of Joyce's contribution thereto, which is part of my critique of the value of press gallery journalism ...Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-22650445461722080342018-01-20T14:37:12.999+11:002018-01-20T14:37:12.999+11:00Good point, doesn't explain why Kelly O'Dw...Good point, doesn't explain why Kelly O'Dwyer and other Victorians shouldered the burden of insisting that it was so a big issue, and that neither Hanson nor Coalition MPs in NSW/Qld have fanned the flames. You might say that they're saving it for later, but they risk the issue being forgotten (and why the sudden training of the guns away from Muslims, anyway?)Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71703811248398371682018-01-20T14:30:57.158+11:002018-01-20T14:30:57.158+11:00Thanks, fixed. The key to understanding The Age is...Thanks, fixed. The key to understanding The Age is that in playing down errors like Nelly Yoa, they underestimate the cumulative damage events like that have on their credibility, and on the degree to which their decline can be said to be tragicAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-10368781110753140182018-01-20T14:28:28.526+11:002018-01-20T14:28:28.526+11:00I also have deep historical knowledge of the press...I also have deep historical knowledge of the press gallery, and am not afraid to use itAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-83217758431852172012018-01-15T12:45:56.538+11:002018-01-15T12:45:56.538+11:00I do like your postings as they are very accurate ...I do like your postings as they are very accurate and incisive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-25611710978007993022018-01-14T07:53:57.291+11:002018-01-14T07:53:57.291+11:00Yes the link doesn't work......very keen to kn...Yes the link doesn't work......very keen to know who the credulous dickhead is!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-50176503795196030272018-01-13T12:19:49.507+11:002018-01-13T12:19:49.507+11:00Andrew, always enjoy reading your commentary and w...Andrew, always enjoy reading your commentary and wish you would post more often. It provides an insight into what gov "studying" journalists and commentators should be doing but aren't.<br /><br />I do, however, have a question: What went wrong up in Tamworth? Barnyard got back with an increase! After reading your article on that topic I was anticipating a more challenging outcome. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561526257550445746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-21299175019116649262018-01-10T18:06:53.260+11:002018-01-10T18:06:53.260+11:00My take on the Turnbull/Dutton 'African Gangs&...My take on the Turnbull/Dutton 'African Gangs' strategy is that it's not about Victoria at all. It's messaging targeted at NSW and Queensland. The Federal Libs don't expect to swing votes in Victoria - that is, as you say, a lost cause and the Fed Libs are not entirely stupid enough to not know that. Matthew Guy's prospects are probably not even on the first page of priorities for the Fed Libs - and given the next Federal election is likely to be in October before the Victorian State election, the State election just doesn't rate at the moment I would imagine.<br /><br />This is about banging the xenophobic drum for the PHON-inclined in NSW/Queensland, and getting to bash a Labor government at the same time. Doing societal damage in Victoria is an irrelevant non-issue for Dutton and co. Forget Victoria, this strategy is about holding/winning seats North of the Murray.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-72112130806471586272018-01-10T11:07:12.533+11:002018-01-10T11:07:12.533+11:00Your first link to the 'credulous dick head...Your first link to the 'credulous dick head' doesn't work.Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-72929430339174576002018-01-09T23:37:09.066+11:002018-01-09T23:37:09.066+11:00Andrew,
There appears to be a typo where you refer...Andrew,<br />There appears to be a typo where you refer to the Liberal Party having little presence "north and east of Melbourne", when the context (and the reality) means "west" rather than "east".<br />Good to read your analysis of this campaign, on which State and National Liberals appear to be doubling down. Is it all they have?<br />Like the first respondent, I am astounded by the Age joining this contrivance, and they've been played:<br />http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/questions-raised-over-credibility-of-south-sudanese-commentator-nelly-yoa-20180107-h0epy5.html<br />It's always easy to find confirmation of what one is predisposed to believe.<br />PJFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664724463346713484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69343421767386830032018-01-09T23:01:31.151+11:002018-01-09T23:01:31.151+11:00Is this the Antony Green analysis you're looki...Is this the Antony Green analysis you're looking for: http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/redistribution.htm ?<br /><br />There's also this one: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/publications/research-papers/download/36-research-papers/13733-antony-greens-analysis-of-2013-redistribution-2014-revisionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-13083441883547981242018-01-09T22:22:10.520+11:002018-01-09T22:22:10.520+11:00I found this link to Antony Green's commentary...I found this link to Antony Green's commentary on 2014 Victorian redistribution in a footnote to Wikipedia entry on Victorian State Election 2014<br />http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/redistribution.htm<br />Fauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311295880999419084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-92175301347322952182018-01-09T21:01:04.863+11:002018-01-09T21:01:04.863+11:00Good to read some honest reporting and analysis! T...Good to read some honest reporting and analysis! Thank you.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00299555438228372485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-17213025711882205852018-01-09T19:24:44.769+11:002018-01-09T19:24:44.769+11:00Glad to see you posting again on politics - drawin...Glad to see you posting again on politics - drawing on your deep historical knowledge - rather than focusing on the press gallery. Though the latter's part in this is worth another piece of its own: The Age appears to have completely lost its marbles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com