A culture of entitlement helped undermine policy-making under four Labor premiers, writes Andrew West in Inside Story • THE story of the devastation of the NSW Labor Party in 2011 begins on the night of one of its more miraculous victories. On Saturday 24 March 2007, the premier, Morris Iemma – whose government had been returned with an unexpected margin of comfort after twelve years of Labor rule – declared the result “a mandate with a message.” Labor had won fifty-two seats in the ninety-three-seat Legislative Assembly. Even though the party had suffered a swing against it, the margins built by Iemma’s predecessor, Bob Carr, at the 1999 and 2003 elections provided enough insulation. For the members of that government, and for the thinn...
The 2011 NSW election produced the largest two-party swing in recent Australian election history, en...
This article examines the case study of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from December 2006 to Octob...
Nine days before the NSW election of 24 March 2007, an accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge left an...
The national elections of 1929 and 2007 are the only two in Australian history where the government ...
This thesis is an electoral study of the 19 October 2002 by-election in the federal seat of Cunningh...
by high political drama. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was successfully challenged by his Deputy, ...
Kevin Rudd’s downfall revealed the limits of Labor’s ability to introduce reforms opposed by powerfu...
Suddenly the "blame game" is a live issue, argues David Burchell FOR DAYS commentators hav...
William McMahon’s famously ill-starred prime ministership has been back in the news, not necessarily...
The 2007 conflict between the NSW Labor Ministry and the party’s extra-parliamentary organisation is...
Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman in Inside Story • THE L...
The year 2007 may well be remembered as one being short on major industrial disputation, yet one whe...
This article explores the bizarre circumstances that produced a change of government in Australia at...
The Australian federal election of 24 November 2007 saw the defeat of the Howard Liberal-National Pa...
The Labour party’s troubles are not news to its Australian counter-part, writes Keshia Jacotine. Ins...
The 2011 NSW election produced the largest two-party swing in recent Australian election history, en...
This article examines the case study of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from December 2006 to Octob...
Nine days before the NSW election of 24 March 2007, an accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge left an...
The national elections of 1929 and 2007 are the only two in Australian history where the government ...
This thesis is an electoral study of the 19 October 2002 by-election in the federal seat of Cunningh...
by high political drama. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was successfully challenged by his Deputy, ...
Kevin Rudd’s downfall revealed the limits of Labor’s ability to introduce reforms opposed by powerfu...
Suddenly the "blame game" is a live issue, argues David Burchell FOR DAYS commentators hav...
William McMahon’s famously ill-starred prime ministership has been back in the news, not necessarily...
The 2007 conflict between the NSW Labor Ministry and the party’s extra-parliamentary organisation is...
Reports of Labor’s death have been grossly exaggerated, writes Dennis Altman in Inside Story • THE L...
The year 2007 may well be remembered as one being short on major industrial disputation, yet one whe...
This article explores the bizarre circumstances that produced a change of government in Australia at...
The Australian federal election of 24 November 2007 saw the defeat of the Howard Liberal-National Pa...
The Labour party’s troubles are not news to its Australian counter-part, writes Keshia Jacotine. Ins...
The 2011 NSW election produced the largest two-party swing in recent Australian election history, en...
This article examines the case study of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from December 2006 to Octob...
Nine days before the NSW election of 24 March 2007, an accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge left an...