The Pendulum Has Swung
As the legendary American baseball player Yogi Berra said so memorably, and so damned quotably,…More
Tagged: federal politics
Crash Test Dummy
So far, the Liberal Party leadership has not been kind to Brendan Nelson. Languishing in…More
We Need to Know
It is to be expected that a new government coming into office will take time…More
Paging Dr Rudd
Australians are a cynical lot. We know when politicians talk about ending the blame game…More
Waging War
Declaring war on a phenomenon has become something of a cliché in political rhetoric. However,…More
No Mutineers on HMS Howard
John Howard was often accused of emulating Robert Menzies, but as former Victorian Liberal MP…More
Bishop in Waiting
Some of us in the political journalism and commentary game were a tad worried last…More
A Master of the Adroit White Lie
You have, I’m certain, sorely missed the ruddy, lunch-eating spectre of Brian Burke in news…More
Pleasing the Party Room
So many armchair activists have been frothing at the mouth about Brendan Nelson’s very sorry…More
Leaving it to the Experts
Lindsay Tanner and other Ministers involved in the distinctly unglamorous project of budget-cutting are no…More