Sorry Macklin, but we need a new Indigenous Affairs ministerKevin Rudd has become an expert in paying lip service to symbolic indigenous issues but his government is failing with the NT intervention and its many faults, writes John Tomlinson. Time to look outside the box?
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Yuendumu to Macklin: ‘We don’t want this intervention’
Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin was yesterday given a statement signed by 236 members of the 914-strong Yuendumu community.
NT intervention: Macklin ignores review board in favour of anecdotes
Minister Macklin has responded very swiftly to reject the key recommendation of the NTER Review Board that she appointed, writes Jon Altman.
QLD Nationals change the locks on Liberals
Boy, when the Nationals move in, they really move in, don’t they? They’re like party guests who sell your house from under you, writes Bernard Keane.
The Costello Memoir Part 1: the last Howard Budget
“Somebody needed to stand up to Howard and rein in his 2007 budget plans. Unfortunately, Nick Minchin said nothing.” A first exclusive peak at the Peter Costello memoirs.
The Queensland merger
The Liberal-National merger is likely to be ratified by the Federal Liberal Party as early as this week, according to Liberal sources, writes Bernard Keane.
Merger II: ads get the Brough end of the pineapple
So arrogant have the Queensland Nationals been in assuming the merger with the Liberals was a done deal that they went ahead and commissioned and booked “Liberal National Party” advertising for next week. With one slight problem — they didn’t tell the Liberals, writes Bernard Keane.
Merger I: Libs and Nats descend into complete chaos
The Queensland Liberals are self-destructing before our eyes following last night’s remarkable State Council meeting, with pro-merger forces set to leave the party and join the Nationals’ new venture, writes Bernard Keane.
Between a Brough and a hard place
The Nationals were happy to sign up for a Liberal merger two years ago - is paranoia about Mal Brough the only thing standing in the way this time? Bernard Keane writes.
Lib/Nat merger: Santoro rises from the ashes to be really annoying
Brough’s proposal that Shane Stone come in as a compromise president for the new Liberal National Party was rejected by the Nationals because Stone was unacceptable to Liberal factional chief Santo Santoro. Remember him? writes Bernard Keane.
NT intervention leak: a year on, it’s a shambles
Crikey has been leaked a weekly progress report on the Northern Territory Intervention. Progress is slow. And costly. Sophie Black reports.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
On Saturday, it will be a year since the Northern Territory intervention. It’s a pretty good time to reflect…
QLD Libs won’t applaud the Nats’ proposed constitution
The more Queensland Liberals look at the draft Liberal National Party constitution, the less likely they are to vote for it, writes Bernard Keane.
Indigenous Australia thinks Brough is a joke
To the vast majority of Indigenous Australians, and their non Indigenous supporters, Brough is considered a joke, writes Chris Graham.
Has the PM done everything possible on petrol prices? Not likely
The debate over the petrol prices has steadfastly refused to cnosider one of the most obvious solutions - rethinking the Oil Price Parity Agreement, writes economist Garrick Small.
The Brough and the smooth of bi-partisanship
The Liberals should have known that the Government would baulk at Brough, writes Bernard Keane.
Aboriginal Australia: the hard line according to Jenny Macklin
Did Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin use Sorry Day to announce a policy position that would have provoked uproar if it came from the Coalition? That’s what appears to have happened on The 7:30 Report last night, writes Christian Kerr.
The Brough draught of the Intervention, from 2006
The following leaked document reveals that Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough floated the idea of medical checks for children for signs of s-xual abuse over a year ago. And as the exchange of correspondence shows, his advisers dismissed it as a bad idea, writes Sophie Black.
