This morning, McKew was in the office, helping her staff to find new jobs, but she’s not bitter about the result. “I don’t regret a minute of it. I loved doing the job locally and I loved working on public policy. It was a great thing to do.”
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Bennelong: tired McKew fighting the polls
Yesterday was a pretty bad day for the Labor MP for Bennelong, Maxine McKew. Two new polls published in the major Sydney newspapers predict she will lose her seat on Saturday.
Bennelong despatch: yum cha and tears with Kevin Rudd
Losing the job of a lifetime is one thing, but following it up with an emergency gallbladder operation is bad luck, and Kevin Rudd looked like he had been through the wringer.
Bennelong dispatch: relevance takes a back seat in JA’s campaign
In the battle for Bennelong, Liberal candidate John Alexander was the star of a two and a half hour brain-bleeding session dominated by klutzy questions.
Liberals raid Bennelong
The battle for Bennelong might come down to some very local issues, with Liberals exploiting community resentment over social housing.
Talking the Town: Bennelong despatch: McKew serves it up to ‘good looking’ JA
Bennelong is one of the most ethnically diverse electorates in the country.
Keane: Twitter and the prosaic reality of Digital Democracy
We expect too much of politicians on social media - particularly in Australia, where its benefits are less obvious compared to those of the mass media.
Alexander and sacred Lib ground at Bennelong … tell it to the voters
“Welcome to the traditional owners of Bennelong, the Liberal Party!” Lib campaign manager Rod Bosman told a fundraising lunch last week. The problem is no one seems to have told the voters.
Kicked out of Community Cabinet, Crikey style
Comfort women, childrens’ sun hats, the Macksville Bridge, koala colonies and television for the blind. These were the sorts of questions asked at last night’s Community Cabinet, held in the assembly hall at Sydney’s Epping Boys High School.
Political snippets: Where’s Maxine? In Narromine
In case you were wondering, Maxine McKew is alive and well. Phew. Going green at the US masters, the truth behind Dr Who and the election guide for the non-Rundelians.
20 years of Lateline
The Oz looks back at two decades of Kerry, Tony, Leigh and our favourite late-night wonky pleasure, dubbed “the caviar of TV” by Maxine McKew.
Anyone for tennis?: Libs candidate John Alexander too busy for Bennelong
John Alexander, the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Bennelong, apparently cannot speak to the media about his campaign because he is too busy commenting on the tennis.
Battle in Bennelong: the tennis player vs. the journo
John Howard’s old seat of Bennelong will become a high profile war at the next election, with John Alexander — former tennis pro — standing as a Lib candidate against the current MP Maxine McKew. Whose profile will get them over the line?
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.
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
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