FRUSTRATED by the NSW Parliament, which has made it virtually impossible for the Australian Sex Party to be registered for the state election, its convenor Fiona Patten has hit upon a unique strategy.
White Pages in hand, Patten is currently actively seeking at least 15 people in NSW who have the word “sex” in their name – Sexton, Sexsmith and so on.
If she can find enough, and if they agree with Sex Party policies, this will enable the group to form a ticket for the NSW Upper House even though the …

THE Keneally government’s March poll will most likely add to the ALP’s national troubles.
IN recent years Labor’s much-vaunted marginal seats campaigning skills have lost their lustre. The results speak for themselves.
Labor lost six seats to the Country Liberals in the August 2008 Northern Territory election; a net loss of 10 lower house seats to the Liberals in the August 2008 election in Western Australia; 11 seats to the Liberal National Party in the March 2009 Queensland election; and a net loss of …

Julia Gillard during the debate over the NBN bill in parliament this week. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian

Julia Gillard has not learned from her predecessor’s flawed approach to big issues

ACCORDING to some political observers, Julia Gillard’s spirited defence of the National Broadband Network in the last sitting week of federal parliament was evidence she was regaining her shattered confidence after the recent election.
Or, as some put it, …