Articles tagged with: Peter Costello
ANALYSIS, Asia, INNOVATION, Our World »
ANALYSIS, Australia — The significance of Kevin Rudd beating substantively John Howard as Australia’s leader cannot be overstated in terms of global politics.
Background for our global readers: Rudd is from the Left, although a moderate. Howard was from the Right, and part of a NSW branches of the Right that are increasingly moving far-Right, by Australian standards (although not yet Neo-Conservative).
And Australia generally prefers moderates and punishes radicalism.
The true significance of this win, has been lost on some commentators. Here’s why…
COMMENT, INNOVATION, Our World »
ANALYSIS — I don’t like Left and Right. They are increasingly irrelevant to political elections like the US political race or Australian federal race.
Try engagement and inevitability as the key distinctions to examine elections.
In my time working for various government departments I could tell you some stories, but then the saying goes, I (or someone else) really would have to kill you.
But I can tell you as someone who has seen things first hand that Left & Right alliances, factions and segmentation are more about alliance and …
