Control freak


Rudd’s fortnight — no sleep till Lima

Rudd is no ordinary control freak. This is the guy who isn’t merely his own Foreign Minister, he’s his own minister for pretty much everything except Julia Gillard’s area, writes Bernard Keane.

Epstein goes, and the Ruddification of the PMO is complete

Observers think the ascension of Alister Jordan to Rudd’s CoS merely confirms the de facto power structure in there anyway, writes Bernard Keane.

Lookalikes

Billy Bowden and Rodney Adler … Kevin Rudd and Kim Jong-Il … David Hicks and Chucky. Could they possible be related?