Climate change is being used by the Government to wedge the Opposition mercilessly, in far more savage a fashion than John Howard ever managed to do to Labor on refugees or national security.
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Inside the inner Rudd sanctum
The design of the parliamentary office of PM Kevin Rudd’s inner circle says much about the power factions of the Rudd government. Mark Davis examines who sits where.
Allan Kessing: my side of the story
After four years, three barristers and over $70,000 wasted I am a convicted felon, writes whistleblower Allan Kessing.
Three out of 10 air traffic controllers equals chaos
There appear to be more media managers and image massagers than Sydney controllers on the AirServices Australia payroll, with only three air traffic controllers available at Sydney Airport yesterday.
VIDEO: Albanese and Pyne go head-to-head on stimulus
The Rudd government is pushing ahead with stimulus, backed by the opinion of the G20. But the Opposition has slammed the economic credentials of the group. This morning Anthony Albanese and Christopher Pyne slogged out the issue.
Tips and rumours: Will Albo’s free kick be an own goal?
Anthony Albanese gets his community offside over fig trees, things hot up in Coober Pedy, Sackwatch news, and more from our tipsters.
One afternoon in Parliament: tables turned on Turnbull
The day began with Treasurer Wayne Swan clinging to the cliff edge of his career. By day’s end he had pulled himself back up, with plenty of help from his Prime Minister.
The Sydney airport capacity kerfuffle
Anthony Albanese’s diligence in getting Access Economics to put Sydney Airport’s 20 year master plan under the microscope points to a policy break point, says Ben Sandilands.
Will members of parliament please grow up?
Our parliamentarians only made it one week into a four-weeks-out-of-five extended session before collectively losing the plot yesterday.
Infrastructure funding plight continues
What Australia got from the federal budget is a list of projects, not a solution to our infrastructure crisis, writes Phillip O’Neill.
All systems go for AFL on the Gold Coast
The AFL’s latest franchise is a success story solely because it has so many things going against it.
The end times are imminent!
What are the 33 and a half signs of the impending Apocalypse?
Botany Bay’s car park protesters gagged
Sydney’s Rockdale Council will stop at nothing to build a 100-vehicle car park on the foreshores of Botany Bay, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Julie Bishop’s gaffes taken to a new level
Even the suggestion of incompetence will be enough to put Julie Bishop under plenty of pressure, when it’s Wayne Swan who should be in the spotlight, writes Bernard Keane.
100 days: the report card
The class of 2008 have begun ther first term bernard Keane has their 100-day progress reports.
Cardboard Kev makes a mockery of flesh Kev’s parliament
We’ve had stunts galore so far from the Government, so the Opposition’s antics on Friday can’t really be faulted, writes Bernard Keane.
QF2 power failure “less serious than first reported”. Really?
The once independent and fearless Australian Transport Safety Bureau has wimped its QF2 investigation, writes Ben Sandilands.
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The sorry business of saying sorry
Tomorrow, at around nine o’clock, the Prime Minister will rise to his feet in the House of Representatives to put a motion offering an apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples. The formal process of saying sorry will be underway. The Leader of the House, Anthony Albanese, though, says an Indigenous representative will not be able to respond. Christian Kerr asks why?
Infrastructure Australia could come back to haunt Rudd
The Rudd government’s new body for pipes and wires and roads and rails, Infrastructure Australia, may not look like such a clever move down the track, writes David MacCormack.
Labor to extend parliament sittings but will it matter?
So, parliament is going to sit five days a week, says the new Labor government. The manager of government business, Anthony Albanese, says this unprecedented move is in the interests of greater accountability and scrutiny. But will this really be the case? Norman Abjorensen investigates.
Kevin11 or Maxine14?
The federal parliamentary sitting schedule for 2008 is out. It’s never too early to think of the next election, and now we have a sitting schedule we can start plotting dates, writes Christian Kerr.
