So we near the end of the election campaign, and amidst all the other reflections, it is appropriate to reflect on how well the media has done its job and how it might be done better, writes Margaret Simons.
Latham
Education policy and a school of hard knocks
The flak has been flying over education policy with both sides of politics ducking out of the way – and we haven’t even heard Kevin Rudd’s policy speech commitments, writes Christian Kerr.
Heavie Kevvie: putting the labour into Labor
Krudd’s announcement that ‘screening’ women twice for natal depression is now official Labor doctrine is bad policy and bad politics, writes Guy Rundle.
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