The Rudd Government continues to make significant progress in increasing governmental transparency and accountability, writes Bernard Keane.
Howard government
Greenhouse niggard to review treasury ETS modelling
Climate action opponent Brian Fisher should have automatically been excluded from any “independent” review of the modelling, writes Bernard Keane.
Mungo: This is not Howard’s Australia. Praise be.
When you change the government, you change the country. So, after a year of Labor, how is Australia different? asks Mungo MacCallum.
Happy Kruddiversary: as good as it gets
Within Kevin Rudd, there’s still the little kid from Nambour who almost can’t believe he’s running the country, writes Bernard Keane.
The Howard Years: history told by the players
The Howard Years is an illustration of the problems of history-telling, writes Peter Brent.
Janette Howard: the interview the ABC rejected
Crikey has unearthed an edited extract of Janette Howard’s red hot interview with the ABC for The Howard Years.
We need an independent review of anti-terror laws
Today, the Senate is scheduled to begin debating an initiative that is sorely needed – the creation of an office of an Independent Reviewer of Australia’s tough anti-terrorism laws, writes Greg Barns.
Murdoch’s Boyer lecture a let down
Murdoch’s warnings against too many handouts would make a little more sense if his newspapers weren’t such dogged advocates of the handout mentality, writes Bernard Keane.
Yuendumu to Macklin: ‘We don’t want this intervention’
Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin was yesterday given a statement signed by 236 members of the 914-strong Yuendumu community.
Yes Gerard, we should keep immigration levels high
A worldwide recession is the ideal time to try to lure the world’s best skilled workers here, writes Bernard Keane.
The most financially incompetent government since federation
The run on the mortgage funds — funds which support vast numbers of self funded retirees — was created by the Rudd government, writes David Flint.
NT intervention: Aboriginal Australians take their case to the UN
It is not surprising that Aboriginal Australians who have been denied justice in Australia will now embark upon a complaint to the United Nations in order to achieve change, writes George Newhouse.
Paul Sheehan: white washing banks
Blaming the average working punter may do wonders for Sheehan’s sense of schadenfreude, but he has let the bank who’s guru he cites, well and truly off the hook, write Greg Barns and John Meriweather.
Do stay at home mums deserve special treatment?
Stay-at-home mothers don’t deserve a single cent of maternity leave support beyond what is available through existing welfare arrangements – and even those should be means-tested, writes Bernard Keane.
The Cardboard Costello Memoirs: not enthralling
This talented, charming man lacks something fundamental in his political and intellectual make-up. And it shows in his much-vaunted memoirs, writes Bernard Keane.
Anti-terror laws bring out the thought police
We need to recognize that there is a world of difference between preparing to act and acting, and merely thinking and talking, writes Greg Barns.
PA Consulting, privacy and the Access Card
Last week, the UK Home Office cancelled a £1.5 million contract with PA Consulting Group after PA admitted losing the personal details of the entire UK prison population, writes Christopher Scanlon.
Marking the Costello legacy: average to poor
Peter Costello was an aordinary treasurer and his legacy has been soured by inflation and weakenning economic growth, writes Stephen Koukoulas.
Howardist hold-outs still driving “national security” agenda
The national security state mindset that afflicted the Howard Government and its bureaucrats is alive and well under the Rudd Government, writes Bernard Keane.
Howard government roll call: Hugh Briss? Dougie Zonegrave?
Our celebratory photograph of the Howard Government was sent out without the names of the party members. We apologise for this over-sight …
Nelson? He might as well reign until September
Four Corners returns mid February with a “whither the Liberals” program that looks at the defeat of the Howard government and directions for the future, and details are already slipping out.
What did you do on your holiday?
Donkey Rescue!
Sydney vs Melbourne: the missing newspaper readers
A few days after John Howard announced the date of this year’s federal election the Australian Press Council released a supplement to its 2006 State of the News Print Media in Australia report. Badly timed, the supplement sank without a trace. Which is a pity, writes Peter Browne.
Did the Howard government discriminate against Therese Rein?
The AFR revealed over the weekend that the Howard Government started terminating Ingeus contracts in its final months. Did the PM issue a decree that the Government must stop enriching his opponent? asks Stephen Mayne.
