Fighting for the states’ right to existKevin Rudd’s political agenda was wrapped up in a hospital plan. The historic health reform deal was only partly about health and the GST, but more about fighting for the states’ rights and their right to exist.
Lenore Taylor
Newspoll and The Oz: a predictability problem
Last week’s negative Newspoll results in The Oz about Rudd’s leadership demonstrates how it’s not merely politicians who try to sell us narratives.
Political economy: climate change
Malcolm Turnbull is putting his leadership on the line by putting the hard word on MPs to back him or can him. Can he negotiate the dreaded ETS? asks Henry Thornton.
