People & associates
Tom Switzer
The Climate is Changing
When I say the climate is changing, I do not mean, as many people do, that man-made global warming is destroying Planet Earth. I mean that the...
Don't expect too much down Mexico way
It has been said that Copenhagen was all about attitudes and aspirations and the meeting this year in Mexico City will be about results. But...
How Rudd Is Undoing The Aussie Miracle
As the world searches for new models to address the after-effects of the global financial crisis, Australia deserves a closer look. The country is...
Obama seeks to silence a critic
The Obama administration has declared war on Fox News. In the past week, senior White House aides have slammed Rupert Murdoch's popular cable...
The media bombards us with ETS coverage. So why are we still in the dark?
One of the leading journalists who writes about politics in Canberra rang me the other day and wanted to talk about some of this party room gossip...
Forecast against plain sailing
Climate change dominates Australian politics. So much so that, to avoid the prospect of an early election, Malcolm Turnbull has convinced his...
Respect your elders
Conventional wisdom says that ageing Liberal politicians must retire and pass the torch to a new generation of conservative warriors. Why should...
A clear majority of working journalists do tend to be of a centre-left disposition
John Howard thinks too many media types are lefties. True, says Tom Switzer, but there's never been such a thing as ‘objective...
Never judge a book by its coverage in the press
‘Peter Costello is swanning around flogging a new version of his memoirs,' complained a letter to The Age last week. ‘As the last...
Conservative Meltdown: Right in the grip of a growing malaise
It's no understatement to say the Coalition is in the doldrums in Canberra and across much of the nation. But the crisis of conservatism is hardly...