EDUKATION REVIEW

Crossing the floor is not much of a political issue, but a moral dilemma – the main reason why the media gave Barnaby several slaps on the wrist. Floor-crossing isn’t merely about unorthodoxy in the political arena, but more explicitly, because parties demand a wealth of loyalty and respect to look like some perfectly unified […]

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Brendan might have gained a spot in modern political folklore, but so has Barnaby, the Senate’s rabble-rouser extraordinaire, who claims to have the ‘balance of power’ in the Senate.
He’s been called everything from political neophyte, raving recalcitrant, apprentice parliamentarian to accidental working-class hero, heavy price fighter, piss-and-wind rebel and even a Christmas turkey. Despite […]

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Brendan Nelson finally caught the exclusive eye of the media. Transformed from a caterpillar to a butterfly, the Herald gave him a Christmas makeover, but his hair-do remains unchanged (“The Evolution of Brendan Nelson”).
The man and his machine… Brendan Nelson likes to take to the highways for relaxation from politics.

The softening of […]

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Current and proposed higher education reforms of the Nelson era have managed a good showing of the Education Minister’s ability to keep the most contentious schemes afloat, despite much opposition.
Last month, the legacy of Nelson and his far-fetched reforms was extensively appraised in a confrontational paper by Professor Max Corden, titled “Moscow, Markets or Trust: The […]

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