The name Beazley could once again grace the green leather of an Australian parliament with Kim Beazley’s daughter Hannah being vigorously bandied about ahead of WA Labor’s 2013 preselection round.
Articles by Andrew Crook 
ALP Left hang tight to reforms as they step up numbers drive
The ALP’s Left say they will not give up on key reforms trashed by the Right at national conference and will urgently move to recruit multiple members to force Labor to democratise.
ALP conference: construction industry proposal a hot topic
An urgent ALP conference amendment proposed by construction union chief Dave Noonan to amend Labor’s national platform to outlaw special inspectors has been withdrawn at the 11th hour.
Bonhomie thick at ALP conference as the deal-making begins
Prime Minister Gillard kicked off ALP National conference proceedings at the Sydney Convention Centre this morning by adopting Obama’s/Optus’ “yes” refrain, presumably to distinguish Labor from Tony Abbott’s negativity.
History shows gangland journo wins million-dollar property claim
Gangland journalist Adam Shand is standing on the brink of a million-dollar payout from the NSW government after archival research revealed his family’s historical claim to a western Sydney lane.
scoop Matthew Stevens joins Oz business exodus to Fin
The Australian’s business section is mourning the loss of another high-profile hack after Matthew Stevens jumped ship to bitter national rival The Australian Financial Review.
Labor state sec: Gillard, Rudd miss the point on membership
WA ALP State Secretary Simon Mead has accused Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd of missing the point in their efforts to reenergise Labor’s membership, blaming inept communication for members quitting.
Union backing pushes Labor Left closer to Gillard gay marriage defeat
Victorian arm of the NUW formally resolves to back progressive ALP delegates in a conference fight with Julia Gillard over gay marriage, drawing the Left to within striking distance of rejecting a self-defeating conscience vote.
Canberra Times facing down a tabloid future?
Canberra Times management are knuckling down to develop a strategy to preserve the storied broadsheet in its current form as circulation and profit plummets.
Coba Point residents back Flannery in 2GB spat
Residents of the Sydney riverside retreat of Coba Point have backed environmentalist Tim Flannery in his bitter climate spat with 2GB presenter Ray Hadley and a dissenting neighbour David.
SA Libs abandon Mitch Williams over Chloe Fox slur
Several senior South Australian Liberals have privately apologised to Labor front-bencher Chloe Fox over a parliamentary slur from deputy opposition leader Mitch Williams.
Newspaper Death Watch: APN shutters two key dailies
Yesterday, regional publisher APN announced that paid editions of two long-standing titles — the Tweed Daily News and the Coffs Coast Advocate — would vanish during the week.
leaked Fairfax chief slams News Ltd over Mark Day splash
Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood has taken to his company’s internal email system to slam The Weekend Australian for questioning his corporate strategy.
ALP Right bleeding on gay marriage as conference stoush looms
ALP equal love campaigners are confident of extracting significant ‘bleed’ from the party’s right on gay marriage at next week’s National Conference.
Liberals exposed as kingmakers in bitter chicken spat
A shadowy astroturf group led by two Liberal Party operatives has emerged to bend public opinion in the bitter Baiada poultry workplace dispute.
Herald Sun staff told they’re out as slash-and-burn begins
News Limited’s Melbourne arm has moved on its parent company’s plans to slash costs by 20% over three years, calling in Herald Sun staff with cash offers to leave the paper.
AFP to The Oz: ‘you show me your info if we show you ours’
AFP counter-terrorism tsar Steve Lancaster has told a court that he undertook a “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” process with The Australian’s Cameron Stewart to negotiate the terms of an anti-terror drop.
Stewart points finger at Overland for ‘police politics’ that nabbed Artz
The Australian’s Cameron Stewart claims ex-police chief Simon Overland presided over the “police politics” that in his view was behind the OPI’s decision to pursue criminal charges against a junior source.
Stewart grilled over sources in Artz case, but won’t have a bar of it
Amid a torrid exchange between The Australian’s Cameron Stewart and Bill Stuart, for Artz, Stuart repeatedly pressed the journalist to broadly disclose his sources among Australia’s key counter-terrorism agencies.
Colleague says Artz dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s
The Victoria Police officer charged with leaking details of an anti-terror raid to The Australian’s Cameron Stewart “dotted the Is and crossed the Ts”, the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard today.
Farewell Big Harto: News Ltd CEO John Hartigan resigns
Rupert Murdoch has delivered a savage verdict on the health of his Australian operation, with veteran News Ltd CEO John Hartigan stepping aside and Rupert taking the company’s chairmanship for himself.
Real estate wars: Fairfax set to buy back half of Catalano’s Weekly Review?
Rumours are swirling this morning that Antony Catalano’s trailblazing Melbourne property glossy the Weekly Review has been negotiating with Fairfax Media to sell half the publication for between $35 and $40 million, with Catalano slated to return to the company he called home for 18 years.
AFP warned over Oz‘s terror scoop timing
Ex-police spinner Nicole McKechnie warned the AFP a botched plan to distribute copies of The Australian exposing an anti-terror raid the morning it occurred was flawed.
Glowing reference for officer charged with leaking to The Oz
The Victoria Police officer charged with leaking to The Australian’s Cameron Stewart receives a glowing character reference from ex-colleagues at a committal hearing.
Forget new media diversity, the internet has tightened News’ squirrel grip
If TV and radio news constitute two pillars of Australia’s daily news cycle, then the third is represented not by newspapers or the internet, but by News Limited.
