Fran Bailey


‘So what if she doesn’t have a male handbag?’: female ex-MPs fight back

Crikey asked three female former politicians for their take on women in politics and whether anything has changed.

MPs bowing out of politics at Election 2010: a Crikey List

More of our MPs are retiring than in previous decades, and earlier too. Bernard Keane has compiled a list of those who will be bowing out at the next election.

Public support for Bushfire Royal Commission fast evaporating

The Commission should revise its format now, or we may need another inquiry down the track, writes Frank Campbell.

Forget Mayo, what about McEwen?

I predict the next electoral event will be simultaneous by-elections in Mayo and the Victorian ultra-marginal Liberal seat of McEwen, writes Malcolm Mackerras.

Setting hearts racing in the battle for McEwen

The Federal Court finally got around to delivering a preliminary decision in the battle for McEwen, barring the ALP from accessing 643 disputed ballots, writes Andrew Crook.

Labor wins McEwen – for now

Labor candidate Rob Mitchell has said today he is not yet ready to claim victory in the Victorian electorate of McEwen, although the ALP appears to have taken the seat, writes Christian Kerr.