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Barnaby Joyce’s views on the Cubby sale and foreign investment are a direct threat to the economy. Tony Abbott should sack him. But he won’t.

In lay language, the Senate inquiry into pilot training and airline safety has made a set of recommendations that would put Australia on the same page as American lawmakers in resisting the dangerous things desperate airlines have been doing to cut corners.

Parliamentarians have a long history of using parliamentary privilege to say whatever they desire, writes Crikey intern Esther Ooi.

fter the shocks that emerged in a Senate committee hearing last Friday concerning pilot training and airline safety in Australia, the inquiry has been extended to May 4.

The frightening thing about the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s current efforts is that they apparently spent about $60 million getting to where they are while ignoring almost every lesson about how to undertake consultation.

The awarding of monopoly power is an expensive gift that should not be reduced to simply following key intellectual property rich countries, writesAnna George.

Cubbie Station’s entry into voluntary administration is merely confirmation of what has been evident for well over a decade — it was fundamentally unsustainable.

The screw-up of the environment has got so bad that it’s vomiting back on the people who depend on it. What should the National Party do?

The Liberal preselection process is really fielding the A-team, with Senator Bill Heffernan making an appearance on Lateline.

Senator Bill Heffernan opposes a Commonwealth purchase of Cubbie Station, the vast water cotton farm, and instead calls for it to be scaled back to a sustainable level.

“… for sheer lunar madness, he was beaten to a standing start by Bill Heffernan …” Guy Rundle samples budget day.

Malcolm Turnbull didn’t become a multimillionaire by being a stranger to big business, writes Irfan Yusuf.

In pursuing Belinda Neal, the opposition has raised the bar on parliamentary perfoamance, writes Bernard Keane.

Including…

The ongoing drama over a Liberal-National Party merger reveals a great deal about the relationship between the two parties and the fundamental nature of the Nationals, writes Charles Richardson.

Is FIFA holding serious discussions with Australian soccer reps to hold the 2010 World Cup? South Africa’s electricity supply is not up to scratch, and is not expected to be fixed in time for kick-off. John Howard’s former chief of staff Tony Nutt is shaping up as a credible candidate for Bill Heffernan’s Senate spot. […]

The Liberal post mortems may have only just begun, but it’s never too early to start thinking of the next election, writes Christian Kerr.

  Votes  % John Howard 100 8.75% Tony Abbott 70 6.12% Kevin Andrews 64 5.60% Philip Ruddock 52 4.55% George W Bush 43 3.76% Alexander Downer 38 3.32% Peter Costello 31 2.71% Jackie Kelly 31 2.71% Janette Howard 26 2.27% Richard Pratt 20 1.75% Bill Heffernan 19 1.66% Marcus Einfeld 18 1.57% Ben Cousins 17 […]

The Jackie Kelly pamphlet affair gives context to the behaviour of another John Howard favourite, Senator Bill Heffernan, making it all the more relevant in the last moments of this federal election campaign.

It’s not a good day for favourites of the Prime Minister. First Jackie Kelly – and now there’s more on Bill Heffernan and his rough flight into Brisbane on Tuesday. Christian Kerr reports.

Earlier this year it was revealed Senator Bill Heffernan phoned John Grabbe, the general manager of Cubbie Station, and introduced himself as an ASIO agent, writes Christian Kerr.

Nothing happened in Canberra this morning. Nothing in the Samuel Beckett sort of way. Nothing means plenty. Nothing that is quite profound.

Bill Heffernan knows a fair bit about the program at MT Theo, writes Bob Gosford.