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Julia Gillard has been hit by another bad poll at the start of the crucial final week of parliament, with Newspoll showing the ALP primary vote at 29%, down one point, and Tony Abbott widening the gap…
Labor’s paralysis over the prime ministership has become a disgrace. To have this bitter infighting drag on through the final fortnight of parliament is extraordinary self-indulgence. It reflects the stubbornness…
In early 1998, Mal Washer was asked to seek Liberal preselection for the West Australian seat of Moore, where he’d been in general practice for more than a quarter of a century. Washer was chosen unopposed…
Any troubles Tony Abbott has are tiddlers compared with Julia Gillard’s but, despite his repeated pleas for discipline, the opposition leader can’t stop a few cracks and breakouts. Today there were three…
Economist Ross Garnaut has warned against over-playing the dangers of economic growth damaging the ecosystems that are important to life. Current patterns of economic growth had those effects, he said…
Julia Gillard’s pitch last week to female voters has backfired dramatically, with Labor’s primary vote in today’s Nielsen poll falling 3 points to 29% while support among men has plunged 7 points. With…
The timing couldn’t have been more apt. As the political debate this week was consumed by issues of gender and sexism, the Australian Defence Force announced it had uncovered yet another scandal involving…
This started as a tale of how Julia Gillard overplayed the gender card, suffered a backlash, and then was saved by the appearance of a sexist menu from a Liberal fundraiser, that referred to her body parts…
If Kevin Rudd managed to wrest the prime ministership from Julia Gillard, among the first questions he would need to answer is how he’d address the three issues she promised to resolve after she overthrew…
Election campaigns are all about trying to pin down politicians on plans and commitments. But what later happens is usually rather different. Joe Hockey, expected to be treasurer in fewer than 100 days…