High water mark


Tipping time: Labor heading for a 30-seat majority

I’m predicting Labor will win a 30 seat majority, which would mean Labor holding 90 out of 150 seats. How might those seats fall state by state? Here’s a possible combination, writes Peter Brent.

General Petraeus tells it like it is?

General David Petraeus’ ‘landmark’ Iraq surge testimony, expected to hail a ‘turning point’ in war policy, was mundane and limited according to the sceptical bulk of the world media today.