Everything tagged with Election

The compost heap of promises

The election was fought on policies. With a hung parliament, these go out the window and new ones appear

The compost heap of promises

Get the bad apples out of the barrel.

If you have a rotten apple in your bowl, you wouldn’t blame the healthy ones. Same goes for the state parliament election result.

Get the bad apples out of the barrel.

Cards up your sleeve?

Hiding big decisions behind caretaker mode is a stunt that Rockliff continues to pull. But has his time run out?

Cards up your sleeve?

No Premier, no problem

There’s a leadership vacuum in Tassie at the moment. And it seems too be better than the alternatives.

No Premier, no problem

Fast track to bankruptcy?

Debt is good, if it can be serviced or back up with an asset. Tasmania is racking up the debt and not saying how it will pay.

Fast track to bankruptcy?

Chaos theory

Voting independent in an election is not a recipe for chaos. Its a pointer to the main parties ignoring the real crisis.

Chaos theory

Never ending merry go round

Why the system is designed for two parties, despite the trend moving away from their dominance.

Never ending merry go round
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