The final Tuesday Top 20 for 2007 is in – and does it feature the final chart appearance by John Howard? asks Christian Kerr.
Maxine McKew
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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.
RATED RUDE A Channel 9 Exclusive
Ray Martin’s hair interviews Maxine McKew’s vagina…
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 […]
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.
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.
A memo from the poison pen of Walter Slurry
From Principal Rudd & Ja’mie Gillard, to all Labor MPs & Senators…
Team Kevin, John and Robert
Crikey understands that the left heavy, along with Victorian right powerbroker Robert Ray, has been hard at work on transition to government plans. They are also advising Rudd on the make up of the ministry, and are believed to be stressing experience, writes Christian Kerr.
New leader, new start
The Liberal Party is in desperate need of leadership, writes Christian Kerr.
Ninemsn calls it – seat by seat for Rudd
Labor leader Kevin Rudd will be elected next prime minister with a 6.8 per cent national swing against the Howard Government, a Ninemsn poll predicts.
Tips and rumours
Was Channel 10 the first to break the election media blackout with a Family First advertisement at 12:03am Thursday morning? Hi Crikey, it’s 12:05am and I just saw two Liberal party advertisements (from 12:04am - checked using telephone time service) on Channel 10. One about unions, the other I hadn’t seen before about Labor’s effect […]
Take a punt on Election ’07
No election party is complete without a punt. It’s like watching the Melbourne Cup without previously making a trip to your local TAB, only to tell all your friends you knew the winner would get up. So what do to? Hack punter Leigh Josey has the answers.
Where Howard and Rudd campaign says so much
Where the two opposing political leaders spent yesterday tells us something about how they read the state of play in this election campaign, writes Richard Farner.
Stephen Mayne explains his crazy Costello campaign
Anyone for a spot of bank bashing? That’s what I’ll be doing for the next 24 days having yesterday successfully nominated to be the first independent candidate Peter Costello has faced in the seat of Higgins for many years, writes Stephen Mayne.
Kevin07 ups the ante in election 2.0
A week, as we’re dependably notified, is a long time in campaign politics. In the realm of Election 2.0, a week is at least as long again, writes Helen Razer.
Kohler: a rise for now, and another for Christmas
There will now definitely be a rate rise in November. The only question now is whether there will be another one in December as well, and whether the Reserve Bank will even bother waiting for the December quarter CPI in February to move a second time. As for November 7, the day after its next board meeting, if the RBA did not raise interest rates on November 7, it would be rightly seen as a blatantly political act.
Errington: Time to get over the election betting markets
Am I the only one who finds the newfound obsession with election betting markets just a little bit tacky? asks Wayne Errington.
A consensus forms: Labor a 70% chance of winning
The polls keep showing Labor a long way in front and if you believe that nothing is going to change public opinion between now and election day there is a wonderful opportunity to make a dollar.
