Could The Inferno Have Been Prevented?
Early on Saturday morning in central and northern Victoria, a hot, dry wind was already…More
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What Was Malcolm Turnbull Thinking?
It must have been an extraordinary series of frontbench and party-room meetings that led to…More
Good Old-Fashioned Handouts…
The next installment in Australian neo-Keynesianism is in: $42 billion in Commonwealth spending to "kick-start"…More
Can Turnbull Paint The Coalition Green?
Remember the fuss over Malcolm Turnbull’s 2007 Cabinet push to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? Just…More
Can We Call It A Recession Now?
Kevin Rudd returned to full-time Prime Ministerial duties yesterday, although with rather less fanfare than…More
Your Cultural Policy Has Expired
There’s a line in Plumbum, my favourite novel by Australia’s greatest novelist, David Foster, which…More
The 10 Worst Cock-Ups Of 2008
1. Kevin Rudd's emissions reductions target As newmatilda.com's Anna Rose reported yesterday, Kevin Rudd's depressingly…More
Good Luck Getting That Through The Senate
This is the first day of the end of the climate of Australia as we…More
David Kirk Heads For The Fire Escape
The death throes of Fairfax are not pretty. It’s been a terrible week for the…More
Hey Big Spender
The federal budget almost certainly moved into deficit this week — and nobody cared. As…More