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Julia Gillard 
Taylor: How four people run our whole government
How controlling is Rudd and how does he compare to prior Australian PMs? Micro-manager, control freak Rudd keeps his leadership group small and lets his power loom. Is it time for more voices to be heard? asks Lenore Taylor.
Crabb: Captain Kevin not steering the ship
Who’s even in charge of Oceanic Viking and the Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard? We’ve become a leaky boat without a captain, writes Annabel Crabb. Kevin Rudd has become an expert in giving very vague answers about the saga.
Alan Jones rips into Hockey and Turnbull
Alan Jones, an old school John Howard supporter, has given Joe Hockey and Malcolm Turnbull a flogging on his show lately, but fawned over Julia Gillard, observes Christian Kerr.
All the powerful ladies, now put your hand up
How does feminism mix with power and the media? Now female pollies get the photoshopping treatment, but where are all the ladies on the Fin Review’s Power 2009 list? asks Helen Westerman
Unethical! Disgrace! Gillard wars turn nasty at The Monthly
The editorial board of The Monthly is standing by its editor Ben Naparstek, despite a growing row over his October cover story.
Local concerns swept aside by Gillard’s Education Revolution
Planning no longer operates under this system of fairness — not when the Education Revolution is on the agenda, writes Cr Claude Ullin, mayor of the City of Stonnington.
Split in the professional education and research landscape
Fritz Blacksmith looks at a public differences in the professional education and research sector. Are school league tables the way to go?
Why it’s easier to pick a school in the UK than Oz
Tony Taylor asked his third year education students to assess which school system was the more transparent and helpful: Australia’s or the UK’s. Their answer was unanimous — and lends support to Julia Gillard’s proposals.
Pollies pimp their pay
Kevin Rudd should earn $1 million a year in order to keep the “lords, ladies and lunatics” out of Federal Parliament, says Barnaby Joyce. No lunatics in parliament?
The next leader of the Liberal Party will be…
Who will be the next Liberal Prime Minister? Malcolm Turnbull is almost certain to lose the next election, yet Joe Hockey is too bumbling and Tony Abbott too Catholic, says Rob Chalmbers.
Talking the Town: Launch of The Making of Julia Gillard
ALP factions and fiction at the launch of Jacqueline Kent’s new book, The Making of Julia Gillard, last night. Social butterfly Andrew Crook has the inside scoop.
Does Gillard really have a Director of School Signage?
Schools have been told to stop erecting the government’s controversial “Building the Education Revolution” signs. But does the sign scheme have a director and just how much money has it been given? asks Christian Kerr.
Question Time: is a long-winded answer better than a punch in the face?
Let’s turn to other democracies for inspiring tips on how to keep Question Time proceedings moving in a civilised way. Best to avoid South Korea though, writes Crikey intern Nina Nicoll.
Inside the inner Rudd sanctum
The design of the parliamentary office of PM Kevin Rudd’s inner circle says much about the power factions of the Rudd government. Mark Davis examines who sits where.
Sheehan: Feminism makes a comeback in Higgins
Kelly O’Dwyer has won pre-selection for Peter Costello’s electorate, the safe Liberal seat of Higgins. She will infuse much needed young female blood into the Liberal Party, writes Paul Sheehan.
True: Gillard is twice the talker Howard was
As it turns out, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard really DO take longer to answer questions than their predecessors.
Crikey Says: Overseas postings: send your critics far, far away
The Prime Minister had big news this morning, announcing Kim Beazley and Brendan Nelson as new ambassadors. Is Mark Latham’s ambassadorial posting due any second now?
Guy Rundle: Women at war, the mother of political betrayals
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.
