Tag Archives: ALP

the deployment of loathing

Posted on November 5, 2013 by rustichello

It might just be me but has anyone else noticed that Rebekah Brooks’ hair gets redder and redder, even when it’s just file footage? I’ve been wondering about this. It feels symptomatic of something being not quite right about the … Continue reading →

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Ay, caramba!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by rustichello

The ALP has been getting on message just recently, the whole front bench is currently singing from the same hymn sheet across a wide array of media denominations. It’s a post budget moment for sure, selling the budget is part … Continue reading →

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long hard times to come

Posted on May 1, 2013 by rustichello

When I was a boy drought felt like the tenor of the times. When the rain stopped and the grain trucks were half empty times were tough. The lines at the CES got longer and the number of job cards … Continue reading →

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watching the pallbearers

Posted on April 20, 2013 by rustichello

There is something of an ending coming upon the ALP. It is the end of a long conversation, a discourse that has become more about the value of the ongoingness of the conversation than anything really substantive. The long con … Continue reading →

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a cigar too far

Posted on June 5, 2012 by rustichello

It would appear that the great Craig Thomson-Health Services Union scandal has finally come off the boil. As with so many scandals the salacious bit is really not the issue, having sex in brothels is not illegal and hardly unexpected. … Continue reading →

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the faceless ones

Posted on March 10, 2012 by rustichello

You know something that really bugs me? The whole faceless men thing: part chic, part j’accuse. It comes from long ago. In 1963 the ALP held a special conference to figure out some policy regarding the US-Australia relationship (the US … Continue reading →

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