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The Liberals have the star candidate but Labor has the potent scare campaign, as both sides slug out the final week in Kevin Rudd’s old seat of Griffith. Since Rudd’s resignation, a couple of developments…
The Abbott government is dancing along a fine line as it deals with speculation that it might consider a co-payment for GP bulked-billed visits. Campaigning in the Griffith byelection Wednesday, deputy…
Before the election, there was speculation in business circles that an Abbott government would launch a far-reaching royal commission into the unions. But the Coalition’s public focus was an inquiry that…
The choice of Peter Cosgrove as Australia’s next governor-general has been one of the worst-kept secrets in the history of vice-regal appointments. The Coalition has encouraged the speculation since opposition…
Scott Morrison is right in declaring that thwarted asylum seekers have a strong motive to advance spurious claims of bad treatment at the hands of the Australian Navy. But he is wrong and politically unwise…
Whichever side won the September election, Australia’s policy on asylum seekers was destined to take on an even harsher edge. The Coalition campaigned for zero tolerance; Kevin Rudd sought to more than…
Voters in Kevin Rudd’s former seat might be groaning at another bombardment, but the February 8 Griffith byelection has enough tactical importance for both sides to ensure this campaign won’t be a low-key…
The big message out of the updated, gloomy budget figures released today is: prepare for some shocker spending cuts to come. The strategy is obvious, learned from forebears. Present a black picture. Heap…
Kevin Rudd cast the Council of Australian governments as the workhorse of the federation. For Tony Abbott it is more of a hacking pony, good to have but with relatively light duties. Abbott’s first COAG…
Labor senator Sam Dastyari is best known as former secretary of the ALP in NSW and a right wing power broker. Although he hadn’t expected to arrive in the parliament so soon, he followed what has become…