Mr Costello’s conduct in the 1999 Referendum campaign was ambiguous, driven, as it was by a loathing of Australian Republican Movement Chairman Malcolm Turnbull, writes Greg Barns.
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Morris Iemma’s folly to cost NSW taxpayers billions
When Labor Governments embrace privatisation it usually means they’ve run out of money. And the NSW Government’s announcement of a hotch potch and conditional partial privatisation program for its electricity sector is a classic of the genre, writes Stephen Mayne.
Brent: Who is the next Jackie Kelly?
Who is the next Jackie Kelly? And the next Danna Vale? Or put another way: which seats tomorrow will be the next Lindsay and Hughes? Peter Brent investigates.
MacCormack: Be wary of politicians talking about selling land
Talk, nay hyperbole, from both parties obscures the fact that neither side wants to do anything serious about housing affordability, writes David MacCormack.
Howard loyalists picked off in pre-selections
The PM might be getting his way in dealing with NT indigenous communities, but he certainly isn’t in his own backyard. The far-right are knocking off his favourite MPs one after the other.
