Kevin Rudd claimed that neo-liberalism was no longer the dominant paradigm for governments and he was right. But can he extend his critique to those left-over policies that have not been appropriately looked at?
Paul Keating
Crikey Says: Rudd can’t claim reform credit yet
There are three men truly entitled to reflect on responsibility for Australia’s economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s: Hawke, Keating and Howard.
VIDEO: Keating the reason we’ve avoided recession, says Abbott
The fight to take responsibility for Australia’s good economic fortune continues. In today’s Australian, John Howard tells off Kevin Rudd for his bipartisanship on the issue. Here, Tony Abbott credits Paul Keating … and Howard’s support role.
Gillard finally hits a bump in the road
The stimulus schools building blow out has taken some of the shine off Julia Gillard’s halo. The pollie being touted as the PM-in-waiting shouldn’t have been put up on a pedestal, writes Laurie Oakes.
Video of the Day: If Hawke, Keating, Howard and Rudd had been journos
Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard and Kevin Rudd all fancy themselves as better journos than the real thing, says George Megalogenis. But how would each have really fared if they’d chosen the Fourth Estate over the Third?
Whitlam’s Grandchildren: what the Class of 2007 can tell us about the ALP
Comparing ALP MPs who made their Parliamentary debut after the party’s win in 2007 with those who sat for the first time in 1983 can provide some interesting insights into the evolution of Australia’s longest-living political party, writes Trevor Cook.
Mungo MacCallum: Calling for a government restructure to address Aboriginal issues
The one size fits all approach of the intervention is plainly inappropriate to societies as diverse as Indigenous Australia, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Keating’s eye on the tiger
The full text of Paul Keating’s John Curtin Prime Ministerial lecture last night, where he took aim at Rudd for being anti-China.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Our new Leader of the Opposition
Richard Farmer dishes out the best of the morning media.
Keating’s curse: why tax cuts are still on the menu
Wayne Swan must curse Paul Keating’s 1993 backflip on the L-A-W tax cut, writes Lenore Taylor. It’s the reason why he and Rudd won’t wriggle out of tax-cut promises, whether or not they have the money.
Paul Keating struts up to Fashion Week
Want to know what Paul Keating wore to the opening of Fashion Week? Of course you do. News.com.au has an extensive report.
After failed coup, Australian Jockey Club is knackered
The venerable Australian Jockey Club has only been half-saved by the cabal calling itself Save Our AJC.
The Liberal Party’s long history of playing the race card
Despite Joe Hockey’s indignant posturing over the weekend, the fact is that the Liberal Party has used race over the past two decades for its own political advantage, writes Greg Barns.
Mungo: This is not Howard’s Australia. Praise be.
When you change the government, you change the country. So, after a year of Labor, how is Australia different? asks Mungo MacCallum.
Commentary we had to have: Keating on rates, ratings and ratchets
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating spoke this morning with the ABC radio’s Ali Moore.
Keating nails it – except for the problem of financial churn
Australia’s public sector is in overall deficit and will only cease to be a net foreign borrower in this environment if projected infrastructure spending is slashed, writes Stephen Mayne.
Costello overlooks his own unpopularity in memoir
Costello’s argument is that if John Howard had managed the transition issue better, Prime Minister Costello would now be calling the shots, writes Bernard Keane.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Olympics … the Murray Darling Basin … electric cars … Paul Keating …
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Paul Keating … the Beijing Olympics … Facebook … water buybacks … Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn …
Once upon a time … Rudd needs a narrative
If the Government doesn’t provide a narrative, the media will provide one or more for them, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and Rumours
Christmas window construction horror: Myer’s famous Melbourne Christmas Windows are under threat this year, due to the renovation of the Bourke St building. The retailer has been quietly looking at ‘plan b’ options for the windows, which normally front the Bourke St mall. This could see the windows moved to the less appealing and smaller […]
Keating, the greatest hits so far
Where would we be without the collected wit and wisdom of P.J. Keating?
The Keating OZ ad bingle: What the bloody hell’s going on?
How did Paul Keating — albeit momentarily — become the new Lara Bingle? Stephen Downes investigates.
How NSW Labor learned to forget policy and love private power
Former ALP pollies are somehow managing to forget that the anti-privatisation decision in NSW has been ALP policy since 1997, writes Alex Mitchell.
