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Between tactics and temptation

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…
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Coalition schools policy beyond 2014

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…
Chris Bowen and Kevin Rudd are facing the challenge of paying for their new policies while minimising political “nasties”. AAP/Lori Neilsen-Carr

Grattan on Friday: Boats done – the economy’s next on Rudd’s agenda

Now Kevin Rudd has ticked off emissions trading and unveiled his PNG solution on boat arrivals, he’s turning his full attention to trying to neutralise the “debt and deficit” issue. In other words, he’s…
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PNG has Abbott in its sights on asylum issue

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…
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Rudd boosts Mike Kelly’s re-election chances

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…
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Those Nats can be bolshie

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…
Bill Shorten and Kevin Rudd have had a significant win with the Catholics signing onto Gonski. AAP/Lukas Coch

Rudd wins over Catholics for Gonski - now onto Victoria

Prime minister Kevin Rudd and Education Minister Bill Shorten will meet Victorian Premier Denis Napthine today, in a push to get the state to sign up soon to the Better Schools Program. This follows the…
Kevin Rudd has cemented himself as the leader of the Labor party if it wins government for a third term. AAP/Paul Miller

Rudd tweaks his party reform blueprint

Kevin Rudd has made a minor concession in his sweeping reforms for the future election of Labor leaders, endorsed by a special caucus meeting today. The “trigger” for a leadership spill in opposition will…
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Rudd on the phenomenon of resurrection

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…
Liberal candidate Peter Hendy has a lot of federal support in his campaign. AAP/Alan Porritt

The Eden-Monaro project: The campaign for Eden-Monaro

Though the date is now in flux, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision to announce the election months in advance has meant the campaigning in Eden-Monaro began some time ago. There are already six…
Voters in Mike Kelly’s Eden-Monaro electorate are keen to see an election date named sooner rather than later. AAP/Alan Porritt

The Eden-Monaro project: Call election quickly, voters say

With speculation reaching fever pitch about election timing, voters from the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro are strongly urging Kevin Rudd to call the poll quickly. The University of Canberra, in conjunction…
Calling something protected isn’t enough to protect it. AAP Image/Australian Institute for Marine Science

Governments are not protecting the Great Barrier Reef

Announcements last week of the escalating damage to the Great Barrier Reef confirm Australia’s most famous and intensely managed Marine Protected Area has not been properly protected. UNESCO’s recent review…
Kevin Rudd has lurched to the right in a pre-election overhaul of Labor’s asylum seeker policy. AAP/Dan Peled

All new boat arrivals to go to Papua New Guinea

Kevin Rudd has unveiled a dramatic new hard line policy to stop any asylum seekers arriving by boat ever being settled in Australia. Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed an agreement for people arriving…
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Labor’s future contest: Bowen V Shorten?

Chris Bowen had originally booked into the National Press Club today to talk about his just published Hearts & Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor. But as he said, instead of having a backbencher spruiking…

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