Defence matters vexed relations between Labor politicians and the US Government, the Kissinger cables reveal, even as Labor MPs vented their fury over the Dismissal to diplomats.
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WikiLeaks PlusD dump: Timor, Whitlam and Fraser’s refugee support
The latest cache of cables from WikiLeaks is a window on a turbulent time in Australian domestic and foreign policy. Writer and historian Luke Miller reports on the missives from the US and Australia.
READ MORELatham’s Henderson Watch: liberal with the truth
A man who regards himself as Australia’s leading authority on the Liberal Party does not even know the name of the current Liberal leader’s electorate, writes former Labor leader Mark Latham.
READ MOREThe politics of Clive Palmer’s billions
Millionaires are more common in politics than most voters would think. As Clive Palmer prepares for parliament, LeadingCompany’s Kath Walters follows the money.
READ MOREMalcolm Fraser: the challenges for Australia in Asia’s century
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser submitted this paper to the government in response to its white paper on the Australia in the Asian Century.
READ MORERichardson: the bitter battle to be PM … 30 years ago
So it’s the PM v the ex-foreign minister — again. It’s almost 30 years since Malcolm Fraser successfully fended off a challenge from Andrew Peacock. But the circumstances are very different.
READ MOREJust how do you justify entitlements to ex-politicians?
If a politician’s entitlements annoy a voter, then an ex-politician’s entitlements must annoy a voter more, writes Stephen Bartos, governance expert and director of Sapere Research Group.
READ MOREMalcolm Fraser: High Court offers govt chance to seize high ground
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser sent the following letter to Immigration Minister Chris Bowen last week …
READ MOREReith v Abbott: the early 90s wants its zeal back
The tensions between Tony Abbott and Peter Reith have deep roots in recent Liberal history. The former minister’s eagerness to prevent a return to “the Fraser years”, unencumbered by the party presidency, will be fascinating to watch.
READ MOREFraser to Sheridan: ‘you’re a barracker for political memories’
Malcolm Fraser responds to The Australian: “In his hyperbole, prejudice and partiality, Greg Sheridan shows himself to be not so much a commentator as a barracker, in this case for political memories.”
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Gillard’s extraordinary ordinary
Australians
There was a great deal we’d heard before in last week’s Whitlam Institute much-debated speech by the Prime Minister. In fact, we’ve been in this grimly Spartan territory on several previous occasions.
READ MOREA return to a more moderate multiculturalism policy
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READ MOREWright: You call those gaffes? THESE are gaffes
Abbott and Gillard’s recent gaffes on the international circuit pale in comparison to past blunders - including Malcolm Fraser’s rendition of I Like Aeroplane Jelly and Gough Whitlam’s declaration that “trade is so f — -ing boring,” says Tony Wright.
READ MOREMungo: New ‘Bronwyn’ takes some heat from Rudd’s amateurs
There are times, and this is one of them, when Rudd and his troops look like a bunch of amateurs. The only thing that saves them is that their opponents look even sillier.
READ MOREThe Guardian praises Fraser: an “antipodean Jimmy Carter”
The Guardian’s editorial is an ode to Malcolm Fraser quitting the Libs, calling him “a force for moderate good sense” and noting that dull leaders can make fine national elders.
READ MOREHow the Liberal Party left Malcolm Fraser behind
Malcolm Fraser can be blamed for many things, but he cannot be blamed for feeling out of place in today’s Liberal Party.
READ MOREFraser quits: well, duh
Daily Media Wrap: Former Liberal PM Malcolm Fraser’s resignation from the party has been met by the nation’s pundits with a collective, “Well, duh.” But is it still a big blow to Abbott, or just a long time coming?
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The inside story on Fraser’s
resignation
Both Tony Abbott and former staffer David Kemp appealed to Malcolm Fraser not to leave the Liberal Party, reveals his biographer Margaret Simons.
READ MOREMalcolm Fraser quits the Liberal Party
Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has resigned from the party, saying he no longer supports the way the Coalition is operating.
READ MORESheridan: Stop the boats!
The old Howard classic “We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come” is still the best refugee policy for this country and Kevin Rudd is slowly realising it, writes Greg Sheridan.
READ MOREMalcolm Fraser: Do we really want a return to the White Australia policy?
Despite the fact that asylum seekers who arrive by boat rather than plane are overwhelming found to be refugees (85% compared to 30%), our government discriminate against them. Why? asks former PM Malcolm Fraser.
READ MOREMalcolm Fraser: a champion for immigration and a bigger Australia
Malcolm Fraser opened the door to Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and championed a larger Australia through immigration. Here, in an extract from the new Fraser biography, he remembers the birth of multiculturalism.
READ MOREAnd on the subject of boat people, let me just say this: eat more eggs
Politicians, says Malcolm Fraser, have a superior duty to speak with “discretion and respect” on issues of race and religion. How does Kevin Rudd hold up?
READ MOREDavid Smith: Malcolm Fraser is lying about the Whitlam dismissal
Malcolm Fraser’s account of what then Governor General John Kerr said to him on the morning of 11 November, 1975, is not true, says Kerr’s former secretary David Smith.
READ MOREThe Henderson letters
Upon obtaining a copy of Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons’ new book Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs, Gerard Henderson began a snarky correspondence with Margaret Simons. These are those letters, and this is his story.
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