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Category Archives: Peter van Onselen

A 50 / 50 proposition.

November 17, 2010 – 11:01 am

We all have those days when it’s hard to make a decision, when the pros and cons of a situation are quite evenly weighted and you can imagine either option bringing about the greater benefit. Perhaps that’s how Peter van Onselen was feeling when he gave this non-assessment of the Liberal Party’s decision to place [...]

By Dave Gaukroger | Comments (4)

A call to sort through the contradictions

July 20, 2010 – 3:32 pm

I’m not going to get into a big debate about the incredibly hypocritical hysteria over the ALP/Green preference deal (save to point out that it’s going to be highly amusing throwing Abbott’s lines back in his face in a few weeks when the Libs and every other party announce their preference deals) – but I [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Politicians | Comments (43)

Recommended reading

April 3, 2010 – 10:48 am

At this site we say a lot about the rubbish that gets written in our media. We often dismiss The Australian (with the notable exception of contributors like MegaGeorge) as tired, agenda-driven and more concerned with the partisan horse race than genuine analysis. Which is why I feel the need to say this: Read Peter [...]

By Tobias Ziegler | Comments (201)

Abbott’s Great Big New Tax on Everything.

March 10, 2010 – 6:32 pm

There’s been almost universal derision of Tony Abbott’s plan for Paid Parental Leave in Australia. The business lobby doesn’t like the new tax, the equity of the system is questionable, and someone in Abbott’s own party told The Australian’s Samantha Maiden that it was “typical 1930s socialist impost on big business, designed to relieve the [...]

By Dave Gaukroger | Tagged | Comments (56)

No problem with women here.

January 11, 2010 – 8:57 am

Howard biographer, Peter van Onselen, makes another contribution to the great big ‘what’s wrong with Tony?’ file. Van Onselen (who’s not a woman) discusses Tony Abbott’s ‘problem with women’ (which he doesn’t actually have) and takes a look at the media blitz by the Coalition to address it (which this article surely isn’t a part [...]

By Dave Gaukroger | Tagged | Comments (19)

Peter van Onselen can’t be conservative, because he’s wrong

August 25, 2009 – 8:26 am

Andrew Bolt has taken a dislike to Peter van Onselen. First it was because van Onselen said Wilson Tuckey’s public rabble-rousing is a problem. Now, thanks to a reader who appears to have too much time on his hands, Bolt has provided the ultimate evidence that van Onselen can’t be taken seriously as a conservative [...]

By Tobias Ziegler | Also posted in Andrew Bolt | Comments (18)

Breaking story

August 15, 2009 – 9:14 am

This just in: Political commentators at The Australian have discovered that Wilson Tuckey is a political liability.

By Tobias Ziegler | Also posted in Christian Kerr | Tagged | Comments (7)