Paul Austin


Cafagna gig presents The Age with a Curly conundrum

The Age is bracing for a conflict-of-interest storm following the appointment of Josephine Cafagna — the wife of its veteran political editor Paul “Curly” Austin — as Ted Baillieu’s chief spin doctor.

The Age’s leaked ALP emails don’t stack up

The Age’s state political editor Paul Austin missed an interesting email last Thursday that might have shed some light on the latest ALP branch stacking allegations. Andrew Crook explains.

Baillieu’s Liberals not keen on new blood

The real scandal surrounding Victorian Liberal pre-selections is not in the challenges, it’s in the almost total lack of them.