Everything that can go wrong with the John Howard election campaign is going wrong so it would not be surprising to learn that the astronomers who may have unwittingly hastened the end of the universe by simply looking at it were using a Liberal Party telescope, writes Richard Farmer.
Draconian
MacCormack: Making rabbit stew with Haneef and Abbott
Another day, another poll, another massive lead to the ALP. You can almost hear the sighs of frustration from the media – and not just at The Australian, writes David MacCormack.
Keelty: Forget health and education, terrorists are on the loose
Mick Keelty’s Whitrod Oration is further evidence of just how clueless our top copper is, writes David MacCormack
Anna Bligh will kill amalgamations. That’s why she’s there
Premier Anna Bligh, who was unanimously elected Queensland’s first female Premier by the Labor caucus this morning, will waste no time rolling back the council amalgamations championed by her predecessor Peter Beattie. But she will ditch parts of Beattie’s merger plan because of the electoral damage it threatens to cause Kevin Rudd in his home state, writes Alex Mitchell.
Absolute power in the NT…
Under the NT intervention legislation rammed through parliament, the Howard Government has armed itself with far-reaching powers to become directly involved in the operations of community service providers working in prescribed areas.
Blood moons and eclipses are exciting the superstitious
Never mind a “bad moon rising” tonight, when the full moon will be swallowed by a bloody looking total eclipse lasting several hours, writes Luke Skystalker.
In praise of Philip ‘Unflappable’ Ruddock
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock is Mr Unflappable. He’s the never ruffled and always quietly spoken back bone of the Howard Government, writes Richard Farmer. When stopping illegal entrants swimming ashore was the foundation of a Coalition election victory, Ruddock was there at John Howard’s side as Immigration Minister. Now he needs him just one more time.
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