Should 16-year-olds vote?Should 16- and 17-year-olds vote? The recommendation could be made in the Rudd government’s second electoral green paper later this year. Senior Liberals are sceptical.
Federal politics
‘$9,000 for every man, woman and child’
Debt was the focus when Malcolm Turnbull delivered his budget reply speech.
The Melbourne Cup field of the next Bradfield preselection
Janet Albrechtsen is right about one thing: Brendan Nelson wasn’t part of the Liberal Party establishment, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Streamlining policy analysis for government in tough times
Providing an online system for policy analysis could considerably cut government costs, writes Tom Worthington.
