Bruce Hawker
Bruce Hawker is managing director of the Government Relations and political campaign firm Hawker Britton. He is a campaign adviser to the ALP and has worked on virtually every state and federal election in the last 12 years. He was chief of staff to NSW Labor Leader, Bob Carr, in opposition and government.
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Election fallout: Economic weaknesses can be fatal
Regardless of who won the South Australian election there was always going to be argument as to whether it provided…... Read more
SA election: A party that can’t run itself…
Bruce Hawker is the director of Hawker Britton and is advising the Rann Labor Government on its campaign. We are…... Read more
Splitsville: could a new party result from Abbott’s purge?
The Liberal Party’s 42 to 41 vote to strip the Opposition leadership from Malcolm Turnbull and hand it to Tony…... Read more
Malcolm Turnbull: ideology’s latest victim
Last night Malcolm Turnbull announced his party’s support for the ETS bill with the resigned cheerfulness of a man who…... Read more
The mouse that roared may have changed Labor forever
Nathan Rees’s move to ambush the Labor factions and go directly to his Party Conference for the power to appoint…... Read more
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Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
La dole cheque vita is not so sweet on $16 a day
Your task is simple. Here is $115.50. It must last one week. You have no savings, no assets, but thankfully…
Those greedy ATMs gobble up more than your card
We’ve been talking a lot about interest rates this week. And the 30 per cent of us who have mortgages…
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
