The Rudd government’s policy of equality will be fulfilled when a young Australian mother is killed on the front line, and her small children can fold up a flag and put it on her coffin.
John Faulkner 
Guy Rundle: Women at war, the mother of political betrayals
Political corruption not just in QLD
That fact that political donations, that hot little topic that Anna Bligh brought into the media spotlight this week, is controversial just proves reform is needed.
Faulkner flicks FOI exclusivity; bunfight begins!
The new era of transparency and openness sought by the media (and most prominently by the News Ltd dominated Right To Know Coalition) comes with an unexpected complication: now everyone can play.
Tips and rumours: The new Defence Minister’s first visit to Russell Hill
Scene One, Act One from the new Defence Minister’s first visit to Russell Hill, and The West calls for voluntary redundancies.
Rudd reshuffle: a win for talent… and factional allegiances
You have to hand it to the Prime Minister — he sure likes making things complicated. Bernard Keane wraps the weekend reshuffle action after Joel Fistgibbon’s resignation.
Mungo MacCallum: Fitzgibbon, Faulkner and the cost of new appointments
Just because you’re paranoid it doesn’t mean that they’re not after you.
Laurie Oakes: Faulkner had better wear a flak jacket
No one who knows new Defence Minister John Faulkner wants him as an enemy. But he’ll still need to take care not to provide Defence’s self-appointed key keepers with ammunition against him.
After Fitzgibbon, who can take the fight to Defence?
Replacing Joel Fitzgibbon will be no easy task.
politicians behaving badly Defence Minister Fitzgibbon’s gone
The beleaguered Defence minister is gone (read the back story here). Who will replace him?
Political snippets: Think tanks as lobbyists
John Faulkner should remember the influence and power of think tanks when reviewing the effectiveness of the federal lobbyists register.
Political snippets: The Attorney General’s break with tradition
The Turnbull mistake … Talking down the rates … John Faulkner practices what he preaches
Faulkner’s Freedom of Information shake-up
The Commonwealth Freedom of Information regime faces its biggest shake-up since its inception under draft legislation unveiled by John Faulkner today, writes Bernard Keane.
John Faulkner: Captain transparency
The 2010 election will be held under significantly stronger funding and disclosure requirements if John Faulkner has his way, writes Bernard Keane.
Privacy Oz style in a google world
For John Faulkner, the definitional challenge of privacy is resolved by empowering people to make their own decisions about what personal information becomes available, writes Bernard Keane.
Whistle blower protection too late for Orkopoulos staffer
Special Minister of State John Faulkner today committed to legislation establishing a “preferred model” for whistle-blower protection in 2009, writes Bernard Keane.
Government takes its time reforming FOI
Special Minister of State John Faulkner today announced the abolition of conclusive certificates that can be used to block Freedom of Information requests, reports Bernard Keane.
Faulkner’s fight for transparency lands some big blows
Special Minister of State John Faulkner has amended the Government’s new Register of Lobbyists requirements to address industry concerns, writes Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Why Faulkner’s Lobbyist Register won’t work
Yesterday John Faulkner released the Federal Government’s long-awaited proposal for a Register of Lobbyists, but it will only capture a minority – a small minority – of lobbyists, writes Bernard Keane.
Time for Libs to put up or shut up on political funding reform
The political funding reform bill announced by John Faulkner last week is the most significant reforms to the mechanics of our political system in decades, reports Bernard Keane.
That lobbyists’ register would help, Mr Rudd
The optics of the link between Rudd chief of staff David Epstein and his lobbyist wife Sandra Eccles are not good, writes Bernard Keane.
People’s Choice: 2007’s Sexiest Male & Female Politicians
Here they are, the annual People’s Choice Award for Sexiest Male and Female Politician. Hot.
New government: It’s not the gloss, it’s how long it lasts
The ministerial code of conduct is finally out, lobbyists will be registered, there’s a new era at the Reserve Bank and the already more than ample egos down at Treasury must now be pumped up close to bursting. Welcome to Kevin’s Age of Change, writes Christian Kerr.
