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In late March, after the abortive leadership move and the resignation of several frontbenchers, a fired-up Tony Abbott said the opposition would put a motion of no confidence in the government on the notice…
It’s no small irony that Julia Gillard began this hung parliament with a deal to contain poker machine gambling, on which she later welshed, and towards its end has ordered a ban on the promotion of betting…
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott had different emphases in their reactions to Ford’s announcement that it will shut down its Australian production – which started way back in the 1920s. Gillard and Craig…
Kevin Rudd doesn’t do anything by halves so his announcement that he now believes in gay marriage was a big production. There was a long and reasoned essay on his blog, followed by a news conference, called…
The reform of Australia’s school funding system has degenerated into an unseemly arm wrestle between federal leaders and premiers, and conflicting claims about whether money would go up or down over the…
Barry O'Farrell must be Tony Abbott’s least favourite Liberal just now. O'Farrell has not just lived up to that old cliché “don’t stand between a premier and a bucket of money” by doing a deal with Julia…
Can you believe it? We’re now debating a second term Abbott government. On one hand, cautious Tony is presenting himself as careful and unthreatening: bipartisan on disability, accepting the budget’s savings…
Tony Abbott has removed a big uncertainty for voters, and simplified the opposition’s task, with his promise to retain the carbon tax compensation even after he gets rid of the carbon price. The Coalition’s…
Tony Abbott faces two tests in his budget reply. One he can afford to ignore; the other he needs to meet. The government calls for him to reveal the opposition’s fiscal program. But the Coalition has been…
Brett Mason, opposition spokesman on universities and research, has one of the lowest profiles on the Coalition frontbench. Yet in terms of his own portfolio, he is among the most qualified in the shadow…