Double dissolution election


Forget ‘Sorry’, what are the Libs going to do about WorkChoices?

Liberal MPs will hold a two-day election post mortem and way-forward strategy meeting in Canberra starting tomorrow with most media attention focused on their differences over Labor’s “Sorry” declaration. But what about WorkChoices? asks Alex Mitchell.

And the new Senate powerbrokers are … the Nationals

Barnaby Joyce got jumped on earlier in the week when he told The Australian: “I really am struggling now to work out how Labor’s stance is that different from WorkChoices”. But why aren’t his other comments from the same story being examined more closely? Christian Kerr investigates.

Political bite-sized meaty chunks

Howard and Costello: a difference of opinion … Silence on academic censorship …