I never quite understood how Mal Brough managed to escape genuine mainstream media scrutiny so often during his brief but, shall we say, “exciting” time in Indigenous affairs. Unfortunately for Brough, however, the media didn’t get to decide the outcome of the contest for his parliamentary seat.
Longman
Kilgour: Forget a flutter on the Cup, make cash on the election
The ALP is a hot favourite with the bookmakers but there’s still value in the seat by seat betting in the swing states of Queensland, NSW and South Australia. So where are these seats and where is the value? Adam Kilgour investigates.
Nuclear power? Suddenly a marginal issue
“If clean coal turns out to be a cheaper alternative, then we may never build a nuclear power station in Australia,” Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday. Who mightn’t be sitting all that comfortably in the seats of (nuclear) power? Christian Kerr investigates.
Tips and rumours
The ALP’s GST policy, to be released by Rudd this coming Thursday, is going to include an exemption from GST for “female sanitary products”, that is pads and tampons. Although the words “rollback” are not going to be mentioned, the ALP also intends to exempt a few other household items from the GST.
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