In The Australian’s Strewth column today (page 10), it is revealed that the The Oz’s opinion editor Tom Switzer is set to become Opposition leader Brendan Nelson’s foreign policy adviser. It’s an interesting choice given that Switzer, despite his otherwise very right-wing views, opposed the Howard-Bush invasion of Iraq right from the start. See here, […]
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Comitatus: Andrew Robb, the Google Assassin
When Andrew Robb first went to the Google homepage in search of ALP candidate bios, did he press “Advanced Search”, or did he just go straight to the button marked “I’m Feeling Lucky”, muses Possum Comitatus.
Crikey Crib Sheets Part 2: Citizen Crikey
Crikey’s citizen bloggers have been charting the campaign from their marginal electorates. With only days to go before Australia casts its vote, here is a selection of recent highlights with some tips on who might win the seats that will help decide which party forms the next government.
Territory ALP approved the Howard plan — in 2005
The government’s radical plan for Aboriginal Australia wasn’t news to Tricia Smith. The ALP member, who’s taught in remote indigenous communities — at the coalface — since 1993, raised many of the ideas as motions at the Northern Territory ALP conference at the end of 2005.
