Bronwyn Bishop


All the ladies in the House

Decorative graphs that you can make at home! Collect all four.

Harry Jenkins, Speaker of the House

It is morning…

Tuckey and co: nine MPs Malcolm Turnbull should remainder

Presenting Crikey’s authoritative guide to conservative dead wood. Compiled by Bernard Keane.

Who should resign?

And why…

Bishop’s Mackeller preselection paranoia

Bronwyn Bishop’s remarkable attack on Malcolm Turnbull this week showed she was worried about retaining preselection in her seat of Mackeller.

Trouble is that Turnbull’s dead wood is right

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

National/Liberal coalition on stoney ground

Disunity is indeed death, but at the moment that might be a cover for the fact that the Liberals have their own problems cutting through, writes Bernard Keane.

Tips and rumours

Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft. Re. “Tips and rumours” (Friday, item 8). ”FAHCSIA is in the middle of a transition from a prehistoric Lotus Notes platform to MS Office, which is not going anywhere near as smoothly or as cheaply as expected.” Yet again another Commonwealth Department has been wooed from an established, industrial strength and modern […]

That was the week that was…

The week in one liners:
Kevin Rudd committed his government to transparency, while the Liberal party boasted they had beaten him to the punch by electing a leader everyone could see through…
President Bush continued to insist that Iran remains a nuclear threat in the face of intelligence reports to the contrary, pointing out that the CIA […]

Bronwyn Bishop: but think of the children!

Bronwyn Bishop has sent the letter below to her constituents. In it, she expresses her concern that “our youth have never experienced a socialist government…”

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

If punctuation can form a saving “context” for an otherwise awkward statement, then the technique is bound to catch on.

MacCormack: letting the rabbit out of the bag too early?

The Government’s early release of its income tax policy has potentially significant benefits – and risks. David MacCormack weighs the pros and cons.

If you’re going to get sick, do it in a government marginal

Braddon seems set to become the Lourdes of the Southern Hemisphere as the lame, the ill and those possessed by demons flock to the Mersey Hospital in search of a miracle.

The secret lusts of Peter Costello

The Treasurer’s bedroom confession.