Crikey’s Guides to Tony and Julia

Julia Gillard is a politician with “dead intent”, says Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane; “an almost perfect embodiment of her party, particularly in its current form”. Whereas Tony Abbott is the accidental political leader: he upset Joe Hockey in a leadership ballot as a stop-gap, a man considered divisive on religious and gender grounds who even his own party believed didn’t have what it takes to lead the country. How times change.

The Crikey Guide to Julia Gillard
· Bernard Keane’s political analysis
· Andrew Crook examines Gillard’s rise through the ranks
· Richard Farmer offers his words of wisdom on what Gillard must do to claim the Lodge

The Crikey Guide to Tony Abbott
· How did the ‘Mad Monk’ become the smooth political operative on the verge of history?
· Does his personality still threaten to thwart his campaign?
· Crikey’s Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane, commentator Mungo MacCallum, PR expert Noel Turnbull and author of Battle for Bennelong Margot Saville delve into what makes Tony tick.

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