Ministerial staff


Former MP fights back: electorate staff behave badly too!

As a former MP I can tell you it’s no picnic “managing” your electorate staff either and they often behave very badly, writes Harry Wilde.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections clarifications, and c*ckups

Crikey readers weigh in on the Australia Council, thinking pink, fixing politics and much more.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Meaty snippets from the home of government. Richard Farmer writes.

Briefly Business: Morgan confidence, RBA Outlook, Octaviar, MFS, NAB

Yet another departure from Octaviar … MFS directors sued … Crentro’s struggle for survival … the unhealthy relationship between real estate valuers and developers … NAB’s profit.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

The lunatics in the RBA asylum … Israel’s 60th birthday … David Flint and the Republic … party politics in NSW … Burmese prawns …

The who’s who of Rudd’s spinners, sorry, staffers

Those concerned about the apparent emphasis of the Rudd Government on spin and stunts won’t take much comfort from the make-up of the Government’s staffers, writes Bernard Keane.