Peter Dutton鈥檚 party increasingly cradles the prehistoric, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Liberals
The Labor government鈥檚 crushing win in the WA election means it is unlikely to deviate from its neoliberal policies and enthusiastic support for the mining and fossil fuel corporations, writes Sam Wainwright.
Deposed Liberals Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the factional implosion in his party as 鈥渁 kind of madness鈥. It sure looked like it 鈥 and there may be even more 鈥渕adness鈥 ahead.
Two weeks into a protracted election campaign, it is looking ever-more likely that climate change is to be placed way down the order of business 鈥 at least for the major parties.
The contest over climate change that characterised the previous three federal elections seems to have disappeared despite the issue being more urgent than ever.
You would not have thought it possible, but Tony Abbott appears to be degenerating 鈥 in literacy skills as well as morality. Having campaigned on a simplistic three word slogan, in office, he's that's two too many, and has cut 鈥淪top the boats鈥 to 鈥淣ope, nope, nope.鈥