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After passing up an August 31 election, for which things could not be completed in time, Kevin Rudd is under pressure from the political hardheads to go to the polls on September 7, on the back of the…
As opposition and government argue shrilly over the calling - or non-calling - of the election, Kevin Rudd has ticked another box and ministers are preparing to discuss the economic statement expected…
The letter that Opposition leader Tony Abbott and education spokesman Christopher Pyne have sent to principals shifts their schools policy for next year but leaves open what schools would be getting after…
The prospect of a surplus has long disappeared into the distant future but it continues to be a political corset. The government is facing what seems a enormous challenge in its economic statement next…
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus – well, yes, when it comes to how they see reasons why there are not more females in the Australian public service’s senior ranks. A report released today on hurdles…
If anyone doubts the shambles into which Australia’s asylum seeker policy has descended, consider this. Boat people sent to Manus Island under an earlier attempted “solution” have now been removed to make…
Kevin Rudd has taken the unusual step of naming his future defence minister - Mike Kelly – in a re-elected Labor government. Kelly, a Rudd supporter in the leadership battle, is highly qualified for the…
Barnaby Joyce is the good boy these days. He’s in the Coalition leadership group and hasn’t voted against his colleagues once in this parliament. But he still holds the record as Parliament’s prime floor…
Update: Tuesday Newspoll, Coalition leads Labor on two-party vote 52-48. Kevin Rudd is talking about, and no doubt practising, consultation with his colleagues but in fact the shots are all his to call…
Kevin Rudd, who has just experienced political resurrection, professes his strong faith in the supernatural variety in a book on the religious beliefs of Australian prime minister, launched today. Rudd…