When Even The Rusted-On Lose Grip
It sure isn’t easy being Julia Gillard just now. No-one ever said running the country…More
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High Emissions Retail Politics
"These are almost $9 a kilo, Joe, but they’ll be even more expensive under Julia…More
Send In The Clowns
Additional Estimates hearings have been taking place all week in Canberra. In Estimates, Senators have…More
Can Multiculturalism Work For Labor?
Multiculturalism is back on the agenda. It might be a clumsy and highly charged term,…More
The Only Way Is Up
Suddenly Labor seems to have remembered that politics can be about leading as well as…More
Home Truths About Rudd
I evidently touched a nerve with my article on the reversal of Australia’s modest efforts…More
Showtime In Canberra
Let’s begin with the obvious. The controversy, the imbroglio, the white-hot media circus that has…More
This Government Needs Disaster Relief
Parliament returns tomorrow after a summer recess that has been dominated by natural disasters in…More
Welcome To The New Political Year
Welcome to February, and to a new political year. Sometime after Australia Day, ordinary Australians…More
Cheap Shots And No New Ideas
If politics taught us anything in 2010, both here and abroad, it is the power…More