Dissenting Judgement

I am a Law Graduate, Radio Host, Opera singer in training and former ALP staffer in the South Australian Rann Government. After extensive blogging during the 2010 election campaign, I have realised that the only way to enact change is from outside the party.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Bernie’d Out

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Jay Weatherill’s impending reshuffle, and the apparent proverbial pineapple-ing (urban dictionary it) of the Right faction has attracted ...

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Emergency Surgery

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For any political leader, a reshuffling of the Cabinet is a most delicate process, in which they must sensitively deal with the egos and ...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Kenyon 2 Fast, Weatherill 2 Furious

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Another month passes, another embarrassing Tom Kenyon scandal emerges. When Mike Smithson tweeted yesterday about “Kenyongate”, I responded ...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Mike gets a handshake, we get a shower

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Golden handshakes are never popular. This is the case in both the corporate world and the political world. When a CEO receives an overblown ...

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Why MPs shouldn’t tweet.

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Today in South Australian politics, member for Finniss Michael Pengilly became embroiled in controversy when he called the Prime Minister a ...

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Age of Entitlement

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Jay Weatherill, as the new ALP spearhead, has made a very strong start to his leadership of the State Government. An army is only as strong ...

Monday, October 10, 2011

Mike Rann Comes Out

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This weekend during a speech at my alma mater, Flinders University, outgoing South Australian Premier Mike Rann publicly pronounced his supp...

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James Murphy: In my childhood, I was taught to hate the Liberal Party. In my teenage years, I joined the ALP, and through ten years involvement with that party, I learnt to hate them too. Now that I hate both parties equally, I guess that makes me impartial. Trained in Law/Commerce/Education. The aim of this blog is to discuss politics in a way that all people can understand, without "dumbing it down". Just speaking the truth, without the spin doctors and focus groups.

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