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Do weathervanes bleed?

When Tony Abbott chose to highlight his blood oath to rescind the Gillard government’s clean energy legislation on the first day of the election campaign it raised this question: do weathervanes bleed…

Dialing M is madness

Most Labor MPs remember vividly the impact of Kevin Rudd’s leadership shortcomings in 2009-2010. He is in charge again now only because he strapped on a suicide vest: you install me to my rightful place…

It’s all about the context

If you come from the school that believes provision of context is a defining characteristic of good journalism, then you will have been disappointed by the coverage of day one of the election campaign…