Kevin Rudd

Cracks in the policy mirror?

With so many of State Scene’s leftie mates looking increasingly dour as election day approaches, I’ve felt compelled to reconsider my long-held view that Labor will form the next government.

09 Oct 2007

Liberals must face the music

Since about April, when Liberal strategists began realising they were unlikely to shake-off Kevin Rudd as easily as initially anticipated, they’ve resorted to using a new phrase.

11 Sep 2007

Gunns and Ruses in View from the Arch

As the Federal ALP unveiled its planned IR policy this week, Jim McGinty put forward a few changes of his own. Meanwhile, no-one's made up their mind on a Tasmanian pulp mill, Laura Bush is a no-show, and a teenager cracked Canberra's $84 million internet

31 Aug 2007

Howard losing battle of ideas

Since about April, all of State Scene’s best informants have said that the coming federal election would be held in November; in other words, later rather than sooner.

28 Aug 2007

Men of distinction in View from the Arch

The minute one walked in the joint, one could see that big spenders would populate Federal Parliament this week, as a budget surplus was unveiled and takeover plans were mooted for ports, housing and hospitals. Oh, and there were strippers.

24 Aug 2007

Rudd landslide has precedent

When Newspoll - Australia’s most reliable measure of two-party voter mood - shows Labor running at 56 percent and Liberals at just 44, the only question left to ask is how big will the seat margin be after the dust from the coming landslide has settled.

21 Aug 2007

The only poll that counts

It’s now most likely the John Howard-led Coalition will go into the election campaign well behind Kevin Rudd-led Labor.

31 Jul 2007

India 'n' ya homes in readers of the lost (View from the) Arch

Eyes turned to the Subcontinent with uranium export plans India as citizen Mohamed Haneef was released from prison. Meanwhile Mr Howard visited WA and Dili, Mr Rudd dropped forests for houses and Mr Carpenter initiated Drug Summit action.

27 Jul 2007

Economics 101 - back to basics in View from the Arch

This week, as US singer Christina Aguilera's "Back to Basics" tour rolls into town, State and Federal politicians employed a similar motto, with housing, grocery prices, unemployment and another WA budget surplus all making the headlines.

13 Jul 2007

Foreign power may help Rudd

Growing numbers of confounded political and party boffins have, understandably, begun asking each other who is going to win the coming federal election?

01 May 2007

Omodei calls for state based AWAs

Liberal leader Paul Omodei has called for a return to state-based Australian Workplace Agreements as federal deputy opposition leader Julia Gillard says she and Premier Alan Carpenter are in "furious agreement" about involving the resources sect

30 Apr 2007

It's Ni Hao Kevin and Ciao Amanda in View from the Arch

Politicians state and federal looked north this week - the PM went to Queensland, Kevin Rudd went to the USA, Paul Omodei looked to the Kimberley's water resources and Kevin Andrews looked at US rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and told him to stay.

27 Apr 2007

Refugees swapped and IR policy traded in a View from the Arch

It was swapsies all round this week as Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews announced plans to swap refugees, Premier Alan Carpenter to swap industrial relations policy and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd swapping Channel 7's Sunrise for Channel 9's Kerri-Anne

20 Apr 2007

The usual suspects return in a View from the Arch

With a twice-as-long weekend and the beginning of school holidays for school students across the nation, it would make sense that the hot-button topics of the past two weeks would be Industrial Relations and Education, though Climate Change got a look in

13 Apr 2007

Liberals have lost their way

Predicting the demise of institutions – including political ones that have been with us for ages – is a risky exercise.

03 Apr 2007

Costello urged to match Rudd pledge on WA infrastructure fund

By Edited announcement

WA Treasurer Eric Ripper will push for the Federal Government to establish a $100 million-a-year infrastructure fund for Western Australia, matching a pre-election commitment from Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd.

27 Mar 2007