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Judith Brett
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3In this timely event from the Ideas and Society program at La Trobe University, host Robert Manne asks commentators Paul Kelly and Lenore Taylor and academic Judith Brett what has gone wrong with the Rudd Government. Each gives a detailed response to this question and their p... » play video
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Judith Brett | The Nation Reviewed | December 2008 - January 2009 | Politics
The big lesson of the past few months of financial crises is that government is the ultimate risk manager. When all else fails, be it the weather, our marriage, the banks or even our child-care provider, we turn to the state. Natural-disaster relief is a regular feature of Australian politics,...
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Judith Brett | The Nation Reviewed | October 2008 | Politics
Last October we were all fixed on the election due by the end of the year. John Howard didn't set the date till mid month, and then he went for the maximum six-week campaign. It was hard to think past 24 November, and hard to imagine what sort of prime minister Kevin Rudd would be. He wouldn't be...
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Is Malcolm Turnbull all that stands between Australia and a one-party state?We all know the picture: Labor governments in all states and territories, as well as Canberra; the Lord Mayor of Brisbane the highest-ranking Liberal officeholder in the land; and state Liberal parties in unbelievable...
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Judith Brett | The Nation Reviewed | December 2007 - January 2008 | Politics
Now that John Howard has finally gone, it is possible to start thinking about the future again. All through 2007, as it looked more and more likely that Kevin Rudd would lead Labor to victory, it was hard to think beyond election night. Could Howard perform a miracle after a year's worth of polls...
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Judith Brett | The Monthly Essays | September 2007 | Politics
Why, aged 54, has McKew decided to stand for parliament? I ask her, "What is it about politics that gives you a buzz?" "Making connections." She gives the example of getting Peter Garrett to talk to the year-11 geography class at Epping Boys' High on World Environment Day,...
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The knack of successful political leadership in parliamentary democracies is to balance the politics of unity with those of division, to put yourself forward as the representative and protector of the nation as a whole while using every trick in the book to attack and sideline your opponents. The...
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Received wisdom among election watchers holds that the Australian electorate does not throw out governments when the economy is doing well. When governments changed in 1972, 1983 and 1996, the economy was just coming out of or heading into troubled waters, and this explains the shift. We're a...
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"There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." But tides also recede. The big question for observers early in this election year is: Has the tide finally turned?Still running John Howard's way are the economy and the resources boom, as well...
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"I can't stress enough how important it is for you to just be an ordinary person. You know, there aren't enough ordinary persons around. There are real high-flyers and jetsetters and all those sorts of things. There's a place for them. But I just think there are too many of them....
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3In this timely event from the Ideas and Society program at La Trobe University, host Robert Manne asks commentators Paul Kelly and Lenore Taylor and academic Judith Brett what has gone wrong with the Rudd Government. Each gives a detailed response to this question and their p... » play video
Judith Brett | The Nation Reviewed | December 2008 - January 2009 | PoliticsThe big lesson of the past few months of financial crises is that government is the ultimate risk manager. When all else fails, be it the weather, our marriage, the banks or even our child-care provider, we turn to the state. Natural-disaster relief is a regular feature of Australian politics,...
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