Lachlan Harris


Coup anniversary: where are they now?

Paul Barry and Matthew Knott look back at the main players in the Night of the Long Knives: where are they now?

Van Onselen: Babies are running our nation

Three of Kevin Rudd’s most trusted advisers are just Gen Y political novices who have no idea what to do in a crisis, says Peter van Onselen.

My Copenhagen Diary – Part 1

by Kevin Rudd

Political snippets: Afghan anti-women law update

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has described a new law signed by Afghanistan’s President Karzai earlier this month “extraordinary, reprehensible and reminiscent of the decrees made by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the 1990s.”

Kevin Rudd: the PM who can do no wrong

Empathy for politicians from the public is invariably scarce, and yet here are talkback callers putting themselves in Rudd’s position and supporting his behaviour, writes Bernard Keane.

The first week and a bit in Parliament

A First Dog On The Moon review