In recent days I have secured some good media coverage for my research comparing the first speeches of the 2007 and 1983 ALP MP intakes; which I luridly titled “Whitlam’s Grandchildren: What the Class of 2007 tells us about the ALP”.
Annabel Crabb wrote it up in the SMH Thursday (In Gough we Trust) which prompted [...]
Changes of government typically result in a flood of new members into the House of Representatives, especially, of course, on the winner’s side. After winning the election in 2007, 32 ALP members sat, and spoke, in the House of Representatives, for the first time, 39 per cent of Labor’s representation in the lower house. The [...]
For some reason, new Federal Governments seem impelled to head to the polls early. One reason may be that they seem almost guaranteed of getting re-elected. Elected in March 1996, Howard was back at the polls in October 1998 – 2 years seven months. That’s a long time. Howard had a very up and down [...]
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