The National Party has a spectacular record of losing the seats once held by its federal leaders, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Vaile of Arabia’s phone scam link
The company behind Mark Vaile’s “moonlighting” earlier this year on a trip to Dubai has been linked to telephone fraud banned by ASIC, writes Bernard Keane.
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The “Phantoms of the Parliament” … Eddy Groves … Guy Rundle in the US … Robert Manne … the AHA’s new guard … Qantas … Star fu*king …
Pollie bludgers: Should they stay or should they go?
Vaile of Arabia isn’t going anywhere, but what about the rest of the Government-in-exile? asks Bernard Keane.
Mark Vaile is my member
Up here we never see the bloke, say the local residents of Lyne.
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Vaile of Arabia … scandal in Wollongong and dodgy councils … recession and the RBA … campaign finance reform … Star fu*king …
Comitatus II: Forecasting our own not-so-Super Saturday
It’s time to take a quick squiz at by-election possibilities over the near term, writes Possum Comitatus.
QF2 power failure “less serious than first reported”. Really?
The once independent and fearless Australian Transport Safety Bureau has wimped its QF2 investigation, writes Ben Sandilands.
Rudd’s savings plan compromised by politics
To its credit, the Government’s first go at finding savings in the Coalition’s expenditure has scored a direct hit in the pork barrel. But Kevin Rudd’s economic conservatism is still subordinate to his political conservatism, writes David MacCormack.
The price of defeat: Brendan Nelson $306 p/w better off
Tony Abbott has drawn attention to the problems of adjustment faced by former Government Ministers without independent means who find themselves as ordinary Members of Parliament. At least the Brendan Nelson has no reason to complain, writes Richard Farmer.
Infrastructure Australia could come back to haunt Rudd
The Rudd government’s new body for pipes and wires and roads and rails, Infrastructure Australia, may not look like such a clever move down the track, writes David MacCormack.
