Merri rose


Life a misery for the staff of Ronan Lee MP

New claims have emerged of mistreatment of electorate office staff by several other Queensland Labor MPs which have been ignored by the Queensland ALP and Queensland Parliament, writes Bernard Keane.

Wrecked lives and compensation: the MP staffer scandal

Elections are no preparation for many of the tasks required of MPs, writes Bernard Keane.

Take off the Rose-coloured glasses Australian Story!

Australian Story as another media trawling of the Rose Beattie saga comes up with little more than water haul, writes Chris Johnson.

ABC on Merri Rose: not the full story

Australian Story continued its finest whitewashing tradition by providing half an hour for former Minister Merri Rose to explain how she was a victim, writes Bernard Keane

Merri Rose case fails to excite the CMC

Hypocrisy is a key ingredient in public life, writes Bernard Keane.

Tips and rumours

It now seems that the discovery of a Federal Police operative working out of the office of the CFMEU Furnishing divisions is about to explode in the faces of those who employed him and why! Fireworks expected. Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie blew his stack at the weekend over the resurfacing of allegations that he […]