A leaked email has revealed that tough-talking Labor ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope ordered his bureaucrats to prepare an “attack” on the media’s reporting of a land bank scheme he is championing.
Jon Stanhope
Tips and rumours: Stanhope gets his revenge on journos
A tipster tells how ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope got his revenge on journos, and what happened to the Royal Vic Institute for the Blind’s assets?
ACT predicts budget blues will stretch 7 years
A revenue collapse caused by the Global Financial Crisis has left the ACT budget bleeding with a $1.1 billion revenue shortfall.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.
Tips and rumours
Merlin’s beard, Rudd likes Harry. The latest ABC News online article has a picture of Kevin Rudd in his office. Couldn’t help but notice what one of the books behind him was… My department boss says her Secretary head has assured her the government doesn’t intend to push the public service at all, it’s just […]
