This Government Needs Disaster Relief
Parliament returns tomorrow after a summer recess that has been dominated by natural disasters in…More
Tagged: julia gillard
Welcome To The New Political Year
Welcome to February, and to a new political year. Sometime after Australia Day, ordinary Australians…More
Free Speech Is S*xy Again
Wikileaks is the news story that just keeps on giving. With juicy leaks coming on…More
Who Gets To Speak Freely?
When Pauline Hanson hit the headlines a decade ago, many Australians cringed when she talked…More
Labor Myths In The Making
As Labor stumbled out of the 2010 parliamentary sittings of the Gillard minority government, lost…More
New Evidence Of Torture In Papua
New details of torture by the Indonesian military in the Papua region have emerged as…More
All Smiles In Indonesia?
Julia Gillard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met in Jakarta yesterday. Their agenda — to…More
Back In Control Of The Game
Yesterday’s elevation of a left-winger from Melbourne to the prime ministership signals that Labor’s factions…More
Is This How You Smash A Glass Ceiling?
It didn’t take long. This time last week, it was only bored political writers for…More
Julia Gillard Takes Power
In the end, his fall was precipitate, even Shakespearian. A leader who had once been…More