Will the Bradfield rejects be wasted?A hard won battle has Paul Fletcher named as the Liberal candidate for Bradfield, a far cry from branch stacking and factional messes of preselections past.
Maxine McKew
Mayne Diary: Who and what I saw in Canberra
It’s a who’s who of the Australian political and media scenes when Stephen Mayne and Bernard Keane go for a stroll in downtown Canberra.
Summit Idol: Mostly covers but some real gems too
The Australia 2020 Summit has done for Deep Thought what Australian Idol did for karaoke, writes Miriam Lyons.
2020: Behind the scenes with the governance gang
Maxine McKew caused consternation when she looked through proposals from the 2020 Governance stream and asked where the Big Idea was. But she was right, reports Bernard Keane.
Vale the National Indigenous Council…
This morning, news broke that Jenny Macklin yesterday gave the National Indigenous Council, that most odious of hand-picked Indigenous Howard government advisory bodies, its marching orders, writes Chris Graham.
People’s Choice: Man & Woman of the Year
The people have spoken — introducing the People’s Choice 2007 Man and Woman of the Year.
People of the year: according to the Crikey commentariat
Former Canberra Cabbie Joe Janiak, NSW Coroner Jacqueline Milledge, Ian Callinan QC AC, Jessica Rowe, Terry Hicks, Howard’s Hos, and the great man himself, just some of the Crikey commentariat’s People of the Year.
People’s Choice: 2007’s Sexiest Male & Female Politicians
Here they are, the annual People’s Choice Award for Sexiest Male and Female Politician. Hot.
People’s Choice: The 20 most appealing people of 2007
Votes
%
Maxine McKew
46
6.98%
Julia Gillard
37
5.61%
Kevin Rudd
27
4.10%
Bob Brown
18
2.73%
Penny Wong
16
2.43%
Al Gore
14
2.12%
The Chaser
14
2.12%
Bernie Banton
13
1.97%
Matt Price
11
1.67%
Cate Blanchett
9
1.37%
Barack Obama
8
1.21%
Paul Keating
8
1.21%
Peter Garrett
8
1.21% […]
Portrayal of women in media is still pants!
Hillary Clinton has been reduced to wrinkles in a pants suit. Maxine McKew’s skirt is centre stage. What’s the show called? “Misogyny in Da House”, writes Julie Posetti
How will our political celebrities celebrate Christmas?
Read this and find out.
The Tuesday Top 20
The final Tuesday Top 20 for 2007 is in – and does it feature the final chart appearance by John Howard? asks Christian Kerr.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Centro collapse … the Bali Road Map … Demetriou plots the demise of North Melbourne … Maxine McKew … the intervention … David Hicks …
Was McKew a good candidate in Bennelong?
In May this year in Crikey, I expressed scepticism about the ALP’s decision to run Maxine McKew in Bennelong. It wasn’t that I didn’t think she could win, I just doubted the value of star recruits in marginal seats in general, writes Peter Brent.
Maxine may be special, but her victory wasn’t
The ABC is understandably proud that one of its own knocked off a sitting prime minister. Nonetheless, last night’s 7.30 Report was misleading in suggesting that Maxine McKew’s achievement was something out of the ordinary, writes Charles Richardson.
Tips and rumours
“MBF management to avoid NIB’s public scrutiny?” …not if Crikey comments on this explosive post!
Which local news website has the worst “privacy” policy? It has to be News Ltd. Read this little extract:
We or any of our Australian related companies may contact you by any means (including by SMS or e-mail) in the future […]
A great week for women in power … and Maxine’s skirt
The furore surrounding the publication of a demeaning, suggestive photograph of Maxine McKew on the front page of the Canberra Times underlines the embedded nature of sexist reporting of women in politics, writes Julie Posetti.
A Channel 9 Exclusive
Ray Martin’s hair interviews Maxine McKew’s vagina…
The week in one liners
Yuk, yuk, yuk.
The week in trash
The dodgiest of all Awards will, this year, honour the young. Keira Knightley, it seems, is up for everything at the Golden Globes. And so is a raft of smug young directors. Helen Razer reports on the goss that was.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
On the first day of Christmas, my Kevin gave to me, a protocol in a palm tree. Etc.
McKew victory thanks to more than just one type of Asian voter
It has been reported Maxine McKew targeted “Asian” voters in her successfull campaign to oust Howard in Bennelong. But it wasn’t just Indo-Chinese “Asian” voters responding to McKew’s overtures, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Iemma secures legacy, and will now resign in ‘08
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has secured the privatization of the State’s electricity, his place in Labor history and his retirement plan for 2008, writes Alex Mitchell.
Constructing the post-electoral narrative: chapter one
Until yesterday, the last time a Labor National Secretary fronted the Canberra Press Gallery to explain the whys and hows of the election result - from the winner’s perspective – was in 1993. Bob Hogg did the talking, and back then he was more famous than his partner Maxine McKew, writes Peter Brent.
