Labor leader


Blatantly unfair campaign bite-sized meaty chunks

Let’s pick on Labor leader Kevin Rudd, writes Christian Kerr.

Tell us this Kevin, what’s the tax on a loaf of bread?

On one level, Rudd’s slip yesterday was just an upmarket “What is the price of a loaf of bread issue”. But on another it’s a slip that strikes at the Labor leader’s entire political persona, writes Christian Kerr.

Rudd: a manufactured phoney leading an inquiry

Last week the Government claimed PR people told Labor leader Kevin Rudd what to do – a dig at Hawker Britton, presumably, writes Christian Kerr.

Howard’s other side of midnight

The Prime Minister has a habit of tackling major issues at “five minutes to midnight”, Labor leader Kevin Rudd claimed on Lateline last night.

Smile, you’re on candid(ate) camera!

Yesterday’s Age reported on a run in last week in Cairns between Kevin Rudd’s minders and a bloke with a camera who seemed keen to capture every word the Labor leader had to say – but who claimed he was a tourist.