Writer
Ross Stitt
<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr"> Ross Stitt is a freelance writer based in Sydney. A former lawyer, he has a PhD in political science from the University of Sydney. <div></div> </div> </div> </div>
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The ALP and NZ’s U-turn on Indigenous affairs
The Voice referendum dominated the national discourse for much of this year. The result was a major setback for the government. Continue reading »
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The Liberal Party – a broad church or a house divided?
The results of the ANU’s 2022 Australian Election Study confirm that the Coalition was undone by the pandemic, the economy, and a highly unpopular Prime Minister. However, they also suggest that the Liberal Party’s ‘broad church’ is an increasingly untenable edifice. Continue reading »
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Political self-interest is killing economic ideology
Australia has a problem. In recent years Labor and the Coalition have become more focussed on the politics of economics than on economic ideology. Both are now torn between what wins elections and what they believe in. Continue reading »
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Ross Stitt: 2022 – a tipping point for preferential voting?
The rise in support for minor parties and independents may have reached a tipping point that signals trouble ahead for Labor and the Coalition under the federal preferential voting system. Continue reading »
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Peter Dutton – Liberal Party saviour or nemesis? Perhaps a Steven Bradbury!
The Liberal Party’s problem is the crumbling of its ‘liberal’ base. It’s difficult to see how the leadership of Peter Dutton – a political Steven Bradbury – can fix that problem. Continue reading »
