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Political snippets: Those far from super statements
Headlines like this one from today’s Australian are the kind that should have the Labor Government worried.
Why are Victorian ratepayers paying Graham Richardson?
After being paid millions by the Packer family empire since he quit federal Parliament in 1994, Labor Party fixer Graham Richardson has admitted his retainer came to an end about 12 months ago.
James Packer shows off his Labor Right pulling power
The James Packer ALP advisory team of Graham Richardson, Karl Bitar and former Kim Beazley chief-of-staff Gary O’Neill, today have played one of their trump cards in the campaign to head off Andrew Wilkie’s pokies reform agenda.
Political snippets: What is it about former Treasurers?
What is it about former treasurers? I don’t know who was the more vicious — Paul Keating or Peter Costello. Both are reported this morning giving the controllers of the NSW Labor Party a terrible bake. Peter Costello writes how NSW’s big Ponzi scam has finally collapsed while Paul Keating declares the likely new state Labor Leader […]
Graham “Richo” Richardson comes to Sky
Following the recent cancellation of Hadley Sky News is launching the weekly political chat show Richo, featuring Graham Richardson, reports Dan Barrett.
Talking the Town: Lunch with Richo and the Faceless Man: launching Labor’s progressive manifesto
Is there any finer way of spending an afternoon than sucking on a lobster leg, gargling chardonnay and listening to top-quality political gossip? Margot Saville went to lunch with Richo and the Faceless Man to get the Labor Party gossip.
Richardson: Rudd only has himself to blame
Prominent ALP identity Graham Richardson says Kevin Rudd’s undoing was completely his own fault. Rudd couldn’t see that his RSPT plan was useless and he treated his colleagues terribly.
Talking the Town: Thumped, bumped and bumped off at ICAC
The difference between being thumped, bumped and bumped off is still a mystery, even after a whole day spent at the current ICAC hearing in Sydney into allegations of murdered Michael McGurk’s corrupt conduct.
Political snippets: Libs need to stop playing by the Government’s rules
Richard Farmer reckons the Libs should start talking hospitals and health, public servants and politicians can learn from Graham Richardson, and India might commit to reduce its greenhouse emissions.
Underbelly IV: NSW Labor politics
Nathan Rees has been unable to stop the ‘soap opera’ of NSW politics, with the murder of businessman Michael McGurk opening up a Pandora’s box of corruption claims in NSW politics, thanks to an allegedly incriminating video.
Sydney society abuzz over McGurk
The desperation the Sydney media has for its own version of Melbourne’s Underbelly knows no end as they try to outscoop each other over the murder of small-time Sydney standover merchant Michael McGurk.
Senator Arbib re-invents himself
Mark Arbib has moved to Canberra leaving the wreckage of the NSW Government behind him, writes Alex Mitchell.
