Will Rupert Murdoch appear tomorrow morning in public (well, on a US conference call) to talk about the second quarter and first-half results for News Corporation after new claims of hacking? Plus other media news of the day.
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Mayne v Andrews: big parties awash with pokies cash
Pokies industry donations for 2010-11 got a brief mention in yesterday’s coverage and they certainly make for interesting reading when totalled up.
‘Imbecile’ pokies activist funds full-page newspaper ad
Despite the Baillieu government’s reluctance to tackle serious pokies reform, Victoria is central to the campaign for change and Paul Bendat’s full-page ad is a sign of what is to come for Victorian Liberals.
Kevin Andrews rides again in Malaysian solution
The new Labor government, to its credit, never adopted the original Howard anti-refugee rhetoric.
Hockey stands aside from Islamophobia campaign
Scott Morrison’s attempt to exploit the funerals of the Christmas Island victims forms part of a series of attacks on Muslims from sections of the Liberal Party.
Rundle: Planet Janet accidentally gets to the heart of political change
This week’s contribution from Janet Albrechtsen is a way into the heart of political change in Australia, albeit in ways she couldn’t possibly understand.
Up close and personal with Margaret Andrews
Author Benjamin Law is all for public debate. He’s all for feisty discussion. But the bizarre confrontation in the queue for a book signing with Margaret Andrews, wife of government minister Kevin Andrews, at this week’s national conference for Family Relationships Services Australia took the cake.
Failure to restore Racial Discrimination Act means double jeopardy for Aboriginal people
The Government should withdraw the proposed paternalistic social security legislation, pass the Greens’ Bill to reinstate the RDA and start a wider discussion on how to achieve real welfare reform.
The Coalition’s dangerous new populism
Coalition frontbencher Kevin Andrews has proclaimed he wants immigration reduced from 180,000 people a year to around 35,000 “as a starting point”. This is not just a lurch to the right, says Bernard Keane, it is a shift towards the very crassest form of populism.
Mayne: How I was denied the Manningham mayoral robes
Another day, another contested election defeat! That’s 42 and counting. However, as The Age reported this morning, the ballot to see who would be full-time major of Manningham City Council in 2010 came down to a knife-edge 5-4 vote. You would think that Kevin Andrews’ safe federal seat of Menzies in Melbourne’s leafy eastern suburbs […]
Minister Barnaby Joyce?
Kevin Andrews approached Barnaby Joyce last week about a role on the front bench in the event of a leadership spill, reports Katherine Murphy. Andrew didn’t get the gig but role will Joyce play in the Liberal party’s future?
Milne: The three shadow men who brought down Turnbull
Glenn Milne takes a closer look at Kevin Andrews, Nick Minchin and Andrew Robb — the three men who have brought Turnbull to his knees.
The Libs are far from finished with Turnbull
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, the Liberals surprise by finding new ways to tear themselves apart. The Libs have promised to get their act together, but who seriously thinks they have finished?
Liberals in shambles over Rudd’s CPRS
Malcolm Turnbull’s moderate views aren’t the problem: it’s his leadership style, in which a lifelong tendency — need — to go for the jugular has come to the fore in a time when he needs to be inclusive and consultative.
Despite Turnbull win, Libs more divided than ever
Malcolm Turnbull has successfully survived today’s leadership vote, with the party room voting down a motion for a leadership spill 48-35 — but that’s still 35 party members holding deep anger towards their leader.
Turnbull vs the Liberal Party: a tweet by tweet account
The last leadership contest, Nelson-Turnbull, was just over a year ago and Twitter played virtually no role. How things have changed, — for journalism and politics.
Turnbull: “I’m the leader” — but not for long
Malcolm Turnbull has dragged his party kicking and screaming to actually support the Government’s CPRS, but his leadership is now terminal. Bernard Keane wraps all of last night’s partyroom drama.
Kevin Andrews: How many more people does Australia need?
Liberal MP and former Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews, writes about the need for clear population policy in Australia, in light of our inadequate water supply, congested roads and overcrowded public transport.
Grattan: Australia heads down a dark and familiar path
Politicians’ rhetoric on asylum seekers is turning extremely nasty — and familiar, says Michelle Grattan. But heading back to the dark days of Tampa-era refugee debates could be a dangerous waters for both parties.
Time for a Liberal “dream team” in Victoria
The Victorian Liberals should start seeking replacements for Peter Costello and Kevin Andrews, writes Stephen Mayne.
Vanstone’s underworld ministerial discretion
Surely a terror suspect not accused of any violence but merely of giving his cousin a SIM card is a greater potential threat to our security than a suspected mafioso, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Andrews left naked by innocent Haneef ‘secret dossier’
It’s becoming increasingly clear that politics, not evidence, lay behind Kevin Andrews’ attack on Mohammed Haneef, writes Greg Barns.
