Renewal and the ALP
If you were in any doubt about politics being a brutal business, then Monday in…More
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Labor Gets Serious
Labor leadership troubles are nothing new. The Labor Party was formed in 1891 and 35…More
The Rudd Also Rises
Breakfast television is my guilty secret. From the moment I get up, the TV comes…More
Chewin' the Gristle
Hello Gristlers! and welcome to Chewin’ the Gristle, the week’s political bits that we found…More
Would You Vote for a Party This Unethical?
According to recent media reports, the NSW Labor Party has been conducting some interesting ‘focus…More
The Bainimarama Screw
The coup in Fiji on Tuesday was the result of a coercive psychological strategy developed,…More
Last Man Standing
After more than five years in limbo, Mohammed Sagar, the last remaining Iraqi refugee on…More
Swallowing Kiwis
We’ve always regarded our cousins across the Tasman as ever-so-polite. Behind all that Haka bravado…More
Why Is Hezbollah TV Broadcasting Sunday Mass?
Early Sunday morning in downtown Beirut a truck laden with yellow Hezbollah flags drives past…More
That Old 'Saigon Feeling'
The news that former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld realised that the Iraq War was…More