Nelson retires: byelection to be costly for TurnbullFormer Opposition leader Brendan Nelson is announcing his departure from parliament. This means an expensive and potentially controversial byelection, that may further affect the Liberals’ leadership, writes Phillip Coorey.
Brendan Nelson
Turnbull’s reply: solid but not PM material
In the Opposition Leader’s Budget reply, there were no compelling ideas or bold initiatives; not even a circuit-breaking gimmick like Brendan Nelson’s petrol excise move.
Nelson vs Turnbull polling deathmatch
Possum sees how Turnbull and Nelson stack up against each other at similar times in their leadership.
graph pr0n Turnbull’s satisfaction ratings head south
The big news out of the latest Newspoll is the confirmation that Turnbull has gone inverted on the satisfaction ratings.
Brendan Nelson’s Newspoll joy
Forgiven for a smile … Belated tabloid interest … Research does it again …
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull…
Carry On Question Time: Opposition at a loss in the House
In a week when the Government should have been under pressure, given its inability to get key legislation through the Senate, Question Time has been like shooting fish in a barrel, writes Bernard Keane.
Turnbull walks the path of Opposition Leaders past
One of the toughest walks in Parliament House is from the Opposition Leader’s office out to the “Opposition Leader’s Courtyard”, writes Bernard Keane.
The endless search for the Liberal Party Messiah
The Liberals never disappoint. They lose government and they search desperately, often in the most unlikely places, for a Messiah. It happens every time, writes Norman Abjorensen.
The Melbourne Cup field of the next Bradfield preselection
Janet Albrechtsen is right about one thing: Brendan Nelson wasn’t part of the Liberal Party establishment, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Who is Joe Hockey and when is he leaving?
This is Joe Hockey…
2008: Dashed dreams and mouldy political compromise
Politics is more or less based around people of high principles and good will discovering that the obtaining and exercising of power involves doing bad things. Bernard Keane on 2008.
Liberals’ lucrative love affair with big tobacco
The NSW Liberal Party continues to accept donations from tobacco companies despite both Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey urging people to quit smoking, writes Bernard Keane.
Wedgetails: six years late and still not working
Australia needs these Wedgetail EWACs to work as promised, and when promised, which was for 2006, writes Ben Sandilands.
New Liberal leadership’s week one report card
There was some press comment that Labor was “rattled” by the elevation of Turnbull. But Rudd doesn’t do rattled, at least in public, writes Bernard Keane.
Pensioner relief: the bill that can’t be introduced, let alone passed
The Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008 can’t be introduced into the Reps because, under Standing Orders, private members’ bills can’t appropriate money, writes Bernard Keane.
UK Labour weighs up leadership change
Political parties are becoming less tolerant of their leaders writes Charles Richardson.
Mungo: Turnbull en route to global conquest
The Great Wall of China has been superseded by a new contender: Malcolm Turnbull’s ego, writes Mungo MacCallum.
The saga of filling Malcolm Turnbull’s front bench
The new frontbench will have a very thin look about it. Turnbull will have to make the most effective use of limited resources, writes Bernard Keane.
The Malcolm Turnbull Story…
His is the quintessential Australian upbringing.
The Liberals hit the reset button
Governments go through cycles, and the Rudd Government has a long way to go before it reaches its peak. The Opposition, meanwhile, has had to hit the reset button and start again, writes Bernard Keane.
Labor should stop picking on the rich kid
The ALP hasn’t wasted any time getting stuck into Malcolm Turnbull’s wealth. In fact Wayne Swan had a crack yesterday in Question Time, writes Bernard Keane.
Tech savvy, tough and sleepless: the Turmbull I know
Turnbull is a different creature to those Liberal leaders who have gone before him, writes Greg Barns.
