Chief of staff


Tips and rumours

The Sydney Daily Telegraph has a scary, scary graphic charting Labor Lovin’ amongst the heavies on Macquarie Street today, but what about Canberra? Is this the Federal Cabinet with the most members who have slept with one another? In Western Australia the Libs paid European backpackers to hand out their how-to-vote cards. At one booth, […]

The Economy: Is it me?

Tony Abbott was reported yesterday as musing why “good government” had not paid off for the government. George Megalogenis is the thinker who has uncovered the answer, or at least a good part of the answer. It is the “two speed economy”.

Wanted: a prime ministerial chief of staff

The Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Arthur Sinodinos is sorely missed, Coalition insiders say. Concerns have been expressed to Crikey that the organisational health of the government has been compromised, writes Christian Kerr.