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Video of the Day: Albo, The Australian President, parrots Douglas
If an Anthony Albanese speech attacking Tony Abbott at the National Press Club this week sounded familiar, that’s because he — or his scriptwriter — pilfered lines from the Michael Douglas movie The American President.
The 2011 Crikeys: our best and worst politicians
Who are our best and worst political performers for the year? The award goes to …
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.
How lipgloss-smeared Albo got Dolly’s motor running
Dolly was busting out. Her bus was too big, our roads were too small, her tour was at risk of deflating. Now Parton will meet the man who made it happen — transport minister Anthony Albanese, writes Harrison Polites.
Sideshow Alley: who knew what when and, more importantly, who cares?
It’s the week for it, so let’s kick off with Qantas. Or not so much Qantas, but who-knew-what-when about the now infamous weekend grounding…
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Albanese benefits from sky high Qantas coverage
Regarding the media’s coverage of Qantas, it all became about who said what to who and when .
Melbourne-Sydney rail line littered with red flags
The Australian Transport Safety Board has signaled serious concerns about the safety of the main Melbourne-Sydney rail line less than two months after launching a systemic inquiry into its operations.
Why political strangulation of Sydney Airport is a farce
At Sydney Airport, jets are being told to stay on the ground, ready to take off, waiting 20 minutes or more, because the airport has exceeded its politically imposed capacity for airliner movements.
Video of the Day: Albo faces the mob
There are tough gigs in politics, and then there are gigs as tough as this: Anthony Albanese fronting a furious anti-carbon tax mob protesting about his description of the “Convoy of No Confidence”. Whichever way you cut it, this much is clear: Albo is a brave man.
High-speed hypocrisy in the pursuit of Thomson
The Opposition’s in such a rush over Craig Thomson it looks uninterested in doing the basics.
The high-speed rail project and the fairytales that surround it
The first stage of the government’s high-speed rail study appears to set implausible capital costs and match them with highly attractive theoretical cheap fares.
Labor is surprisingly effective in parliament
Labor is almost comically inept outside Parliament but the rules within enable it to be much more effective.
Is Albo a genius or a fool?
Federal Transport and Infrastructure Minister, Anthony Albanese, has spoken about the imperative to have a second airport in Sydney yet continues to rule out building on the site Federal Labor chose in 1985, writes Ben Sandilands.
Another freight transport strategy, more road (and rail) blocks
Australia’s all-important freight transport network isn’t up to scratch, federal minister Anthony Albanese says. But the cooperation to fix it is lacking, says Brad Gardner.
Life on the railroad: caught between state screw-ups and federal follies
More than six months after the ill-fated Brumby government rattled dozens of Footscray residents and business-owners by forgetting to tell them about a plan to bulldoze their properties to make way for the new Regional Rail Link, homeowners here are facing more uncertainty. Local resident Pat McGrath explains.
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Maloney: I was there for the spill (and the mopping up)
Author Shane Maloney was sniffing around the corridors of parliament house last week. He wasn’t expecting to stumble into a PM leadership spill while eating dinner with Lindsay Tanner.
Kicked out of Community Cabinet, Crikey style
Comfort women, childrens’ sun hats, the Macksville Bridge, koala colonies and television for the blind. These were the sorts of questions asked at last night’s Community Cabinet, held in the assembly hall at Sydney’s Epping Boys High School.
Wright: You snooze, you lose Slipper
The sneaky infamous snap of Peter Slipper catching 40 winks during SBY’s address to Parliament enraged Slipper so much that he called for the privileges committee to examine who snapped it.
Political snippets: A tick for the Treasurer
Latest figures from the ABS show that Treasurer Wayne Swan got it right by refusing to cut down on the stimulus package three months ago. Plus, a second airport for Sydney? Ha!
Question Time fun: See Kevin run. See Kevin hide.
The pursuit of the Prime Minister over the Oceanic Viking made, inter alia, for a rather more interesting Question Time yesterday than we’ve had in some months.
We need new fast trains … fast.
We are all to blame with our pathetic mimicking of the American arrogant entitlement to drive anywhere we want. But fast rail lines, like those seen in Spain, are exactly what Australia’s public transport system needs.
My shovel’s better than yours: Rudd v Howard on infrastructure
Federal politicians are falling over themselves to claim credit for spending taxpayer’s money on infrastructure, writes Alan Moran. Too bad public projects are never judged with the same rigor as private projects.
Guy Rundle: We don’t need new fast trains, Albo, we need new cities
When it comes to infrastructure, what we need first and foremost are not new rail lines. Not even fast rail lines. What we need are new cities.
Albo gives Howard’s NRL dreams the boot
The SMH reveals how Labor MP Anthony Albanese played a key role in scrapping plans to give former PM John Howard a senior position administering the NRL.
