The right-wing coup that has made notional left-winger Julia Gillard Prime Minister of Australia fits a pattern starting in her earliest days in student politics — a drive for power that subsumed strict factional loyalty for crafty opportunism.
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podcast Canberra Calling: Debt and deficit — off into the future
Deficit is the hardest word.
Yes, Prime Minister. All change for the public service
Only half joking, senior public servants have been commenting on how much better the country has been running during the caretaker period, without an elected government running the show. That is all about to change, writes Stephen Bartos.
The Daily Verdict: Day 36 and the gap keeps widening
When you are well behind with five days to go everything in your campaign needs to go right. That did not happen for the Coalition yesterday, writes Richard Farmer.
