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Labor to extend parliament sittings but will it matter?

So, parliament is going to sit five days a week, says the new Labor government. The manager of government business, Anthony Albanese, says this unprecedented move is in the interests of greater accountability and scrutiny. But will this really be the case? Norman Abjorensen investigates.

Sorry, PM, it’s just that they love him more

After reading this morning’s Newspoll numbers, the PM might see that the problem is not that he is friendless. It is that he is not as highly regarded as those he is attacking, writes Richard Farmer.