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All adrift on asylum seekers

November 18, 2009 – 10:25 am

The Australian is giving it to Kevin Rudd over the Oceanic Viking today, and not without reason. I tend to agree with Dennis Shanahan and Paul Kelly – of course there was a special arrangement, and for Rudd to try to hold a line of denial on that point is a ridiculous attempt at impression [...]

By Tobias Ziegler | Also posted in Greg Sheridan, Paul Kelly | Tagged asylum seekers, Oceanic Viking | Comments (10)

In the absence of opposition, govern yourselves

September 11, 2009 – 10:54 am

Dennis Shanahan’s latest column tries to blame the low standard of political debate on the Rudd government. His argument seems to be that in the absence of a viable opposition, the government is responsible for holding itself to a higher standard. From Shanahan’s perspective, Question Time has degenerated into a farce with name-calling and mockery [...]

By Tobias Ziegler | Tagged opposition | Comments (12)

Throttle or brake?

August 18, 2009 – 12:17 pm

Pundits make their living telling politicians what to do, when to do it, and what they’ve done wrong. It’s opinion, so naturally there are going to be differences across the commentariat. Take, for example, the striking contradiction betwen Ross Gittins yesterday and Dennis Shanahan today.
Gittins:
PM won’t be a great leader until he plucks up more [...]

By Tobias Ziegler | Also posted in Ross Gittins | Tagged opinion | Comments (6)

Owning the poll vs understanding the poll vs mindlessly swallowing the poll propaganda

July 28, 2009 – 3:02 pm

Confessions just beat me to this in the open thread, so I’ll quote her (quoting others):
Dennis Shanahan:
According to separate questions asked during the weekend Newspoll there was a big shift in opinion on the ETS since last year, with 45per cent of voters saying Canberra should delay its ETS legislation until the UN climate [...]