ALP sources say Victorian Socialist Left faction secretary Andrew Giles has been sounded out by the for the vacant state seat of Melbourne, writes Andrew Crook.
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Antony Green: Can the Greens oust Lindsay Tanner?
There’s been a surge of support for the Greens, but is it enough for them to win the hotly-contested seat of Melbourne? Antony Green examines the polling data.
Tanner: I was wrong
Lindsay Tanner takes a leaf out of Kevin Rudd’s book of self-flagellation, admitting that as a young opposition transport spokesman he was wrong to attack the Howard government’s rail reform strategy.
Political snippets: Non-major-parties stage an opinion poll climb
The split between minor parties have consistently shown the non-major-parties vote around the 20 per cent mark. Plus, campaigning for second preferences, another boost for the Greens and other political news.
The heart says Rudd will lose, the head says he’ll win
This is not a normal election year. The disappointment in Rudd’s confusing waffle and failed projects turns the idea of a one-term government into a definite possibility, writes Peter Brent.
Another Labor rent tax gaffe
First it was Wayne Swan who mistakenly equated the risk-free rate with a company’s cost of capital when defending the rent tax. Now Lindsay Tanner has made the same worrying mistake, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz.
The smoking gun: Labor always planned to shut the Greens out of the ETS
It was always Kevin Rudd’s political strategy to do a deal on an ETS with the Opposition, and to shut the Greens out of any negotiations. And now there’s proof, says the Greens’ Tim Hollo.
Rudd’s choice: move on pokies or risk losing Tanner
Stand by for a strong campaign backing an independent anti-pokies candidate in Lindsay Tanner’s seat of Melbourne, where pokies damage to live music is a hot issue and Tanner only holds the seat by 4.71%.
Lindsay Tanner: We’re stealing from the rich to give to the poor!
Our land is rich with natural resources, except the profits head offshore to mining fat cats. Thankfully Robin Hood and his Merry Men brought in the new mining tax, says Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.
Lindsay Tanner: Expect a tightarsed budget
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner gives his warnings for this year’s federal budget. Expect big cutbacks in spending but apparently no “electoral bribery”. Let’s just wait and see on that one.
Taylor: How the Greens went mainstream
The Greens don’t want to be a demonstration dressed up as a political party, they want to be the best bet for keeping the balance of the power in the Senate. Their policies haven’t changed, just the way they pitch themselves, writes Lenore Taylor.
Labor is Greens with envy
Lindsay Tanner’s op-ed in the SMH today damning The Greens for wasting the progressive vote shows Tanner pushing a “A vote for the Greens, is a vote for the Liberals” line. Wow, Labor is worried.
Melbourne Greens in two-pronged poll proposition
The federal seat of Melbourne also covers the territory of the Greens’ strongest state seats in Victoria, effectively making the federal and state polls one campaign. They could make ground.
The unsexy reality: Govt fulfills promise
Despite the best efforts of some in the mainstream media to show otherwise, the Rudd Governments turns out to have spent less on consultants than expected.
Will net censorship filter through to the ballot box?
What are the electoral consequences of net censorship? Next to none, says Possum Comitatus. The seats of Melbourne and Sydney are the only places it even stands a chance of becoming an issue.
Crikey Says: Don’t mention the “r” word
There are signs that the largely undiscussed pact between Australia’s major political parties not to exploit issues of race, immigration and population may be breaking down.
Taylor: How four people run our whole government
How controlling is Rudd and how does he compare to prior Australian PMs? Micro-manager, control freak Rudd keeps his leadership group small and lets his power loom. Is it time for more voices to be heard? asks Lenore Taylor.
Talking the Town: Launch of The Making of Julia Gillard
ALP factions and fiction at the launch of Jacqueline Kent’s new book, The Making of Julia Gillard, last night. Social butterfly Andrew Crook has the inside scoop.
Only one thing worse than losing Opposition leadership: keeping it
Malcolm Turnbull asked a total of seven questions during four Question Times and looked bored and distracted throughout the week.
Govt orders: Don’t ‘buy Australian’
The government won’t encourage consumers to ‘buy Australian’, because a protectionist stance would affect crucial international trade crucial to the Australian economy, writes Lindsay Tanner.
Government 2.0 Taskforce: first a logo design contest
Online collaboration is old hat not just for geeks but for any 14-year-old user of Bebo or MySpace. Only governments are behind the pace.
Business Spectator interrogates Lindsay Tanner
Business Spectator’s Alan Kohler, Robert Gottliebsen and Stephen Bartholomeusz probe Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.
Unions trade member interests for seats and influence
The revelations over the ABCC do little to explain the broader labour movement’s continuing counter-productive closeness to its lackeys in the ALP.
Essay: Rudd’s NBN recalls the day Billy Hughes went wireless
Nearly ninety years ago, prime minister Billy Hughes announced a public private partnership to construct a nation-building communications network. Sound familiar? Jock Given writes.
