Rudd v Abbott: The Verdict
10.45pm: FINAL WRAP It was a night that saw a clear victory to the Coalition,…More
Tagged: federal election
The Dirty Business Of Winning Votes Begins
And so it begins… The 2013 federal election campaign kicks off with the major parties…More
Will He Go Full Term? And Other Big Questions Of 2010
January is a traditionally slow time in politics — the Prime Minister himself is still on…More
A Damp Squib
The episode has not particularly increased the nation’s body of knowledge regarding the Liberal’s stymied…More
You Only Get One Tampa
TS Eliot reckoned that April was the cruellest month. Well, he didn’t have to survive…More
Welcome to the Rudd years
Image thanks to Paul Batey. There’s one very clear moral from Saturday’s stunning Labor victory:…More
A Good Election to Lose
The Coalition may soon have good reason to be glad that they lost Saturday’s election.…More
Trouble in Kath and Kim Country
Trouble is afoot in the seat of Lindsay. This wild-West electorate on the outskirts of…More
The Absence of Malcolm
On 17 November, The Age published a letter from a certain RA Marks that implied…More
The Young and the Voiceless
The gods of democracy must be most displeased. The candidates for the 2007 Federal election…More