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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott bested the Prime Minister for media coverage this week by a wide margin. Australia has more or less made up its mind that he will be in power come September.

If you want to know a man’s political persuasion, ask him how much he can bench. Plus other political views along the way.

Tony Abbott got more print mentions than the Prime Minister this week, and that may continue as more and more Australians see him as the likely next PM.

French President François Hollande has asked his ministers to reveal their personal wealth. Crikey intern Kylar Loussikian asks: is it just a sop to public opinion, or useful in cracking down on dodgy dealings?

Two years ago, Labor held a comprehensive review to fix the party’s problems. Things have gone from bad to worse for Labor, while a Crikey report card finds most of the report’s recommendations have not been implemented. Crikey intern Ben Westcott looks at what happened to the report.

Julia Gillard wraps up a five-day trip to China with a deal that sees the bilateral relationship move up a notch. It’s a solid win which comes after too much neglect and hamfistedness from Australian PMs in their dealings with China.

Julia Gillard’s visit to China is likely to result in a jump in the polls. Plus everyone is talking about the Coalition’s broadband plan and its midwife, Malcolm Turnbull.

Labor MPs are sniping over superannuation changes, and the PM is heading to China, no doubt hoping to poll better while she’s gone.

Bob Carr is not making use of Australia’s Security Council seat. Will we ever stop following in lockstep with the Americans and show some Aussie initiative? Retired diplomat Bruce Haigh offers suggestions.

Senior Labor MPs went down in a blaze of media coverage after they fell on their swords following the spill that wasn’t.

Julia Gillard has shuffled the cards in her ministerial deck to cover the loss of some of its most talented and experienced members.

Australian politics has come to a pretty pass when a politician is ridiculed for having told the truth. Kevin Rudd and Simon Crean, each in his own way, has suffered from this strange phenomenon since yesterday’s challenge that wasn’t.

Labor is now a bitterly-divided party with considerable talent sitting idle on the backbench and a huge defeat looming. The main question is will Tony Abbott win both houses of Parliament?

Simon Crean’s suicide mission has left Australia without an arts minister. Is the recently developed cultural policy dead in the water?

A very tough Julia Gillard came through today’s spill with her leadership intact. But what’s the damage done to the ALP, and how on earth can the party come back from this to win the election?

Simon Crean’s impassioned speech this afternoon imploring Kevin Rudd to challenge for the Labor leadership took everyone by surprise — most especially Kevin Rudd.

From her 2007 election as deputy prime minister to the challenges from Kevin Rudd, Crikey maps Julia Gillard’s political timeline …

After an afternoon of high drama, Julia Gillard has survived a coup sparked by ex-frontbencher Simon Crean (Crean called on Gillard for a spill). Gillard remains PM. Read how the failed leadership bid unfolded.

Aussie scientists are wasting time chasing grant money, Canadian pollies are getting stuck into banks for lowering taxes, plus other political issues of the day.