The Australian’s newsroom is recovering from a severe irony bypass this morning after a satirical press release quoting Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle paying out Peter Costello sent scoop-hungry scribes into a frenzy.
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Environment shouldn’t be a ball in political game
The latest Newspoll tells the real double dissolution story: the electorate wants an Emissions Trading Scheme but it doesn’t want an early election over it.
Costello: Early election a gift to the Greens
PM Kevin Rudd doesn’t really want a double dissolution, because he’d prefer the Opposition to pass the ETS scheme and share the blame of future problems, writes Peter Costello.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: McGurk still haunts ALP councillors
Is there more news to come in NSW surrounding Michael McGurk and sitting ALP councillors ? Is Peter Costello lining up for an ambassador posting? Tipsters tell all.
Putting the pop into population: Swan’s on the job
Australia keeps getting the sort of problems that other countries would pay good money to enjoy. Like, a far more rapidly growing population than previous Treasury estimates!
Sheehan: Feminism makes a comeback in Higgins
Kelly O’Dwyer has won pre-selection for Peter Costello’s electorate, the safe Liberal seat of Higgins. She will infuse much needed young female blood into the Liberal Party, writes Paul Sheehan.
Young Liberals find their campus saviours: the ALP
Young Liberals could be ruling campus bully-pulpits for decades to come, this time in coalition with a reliable partner — the right wing of the ALP.
Costello: ‘Don’t leave your political run too late’
After Arthur Sinodinos handed him out some career advice last week, Peter Costello has returned the favour, with the suggestion that Sinodinos should run for John Howard’s old seat of Bennelong.
Howard hits the headlines again
Former PM John Howard is back in the media again, thanks to Paul Kelly’s new book. So what have we learnt? Crikey takes a look at the revelations from Children Overboard to Hating Peter Costello.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Peter Costello and the alleged ABC bias
Crikey readers weigh in on Peter Costello and whether the ABC does have an editorial bias, the late US Senator Ted Kennedy and the Northern Territory intervention.
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.
Crikey Says: Costello’s ABC attacks should be addressed
The ABC is “hostile territory” for conservative politicians, says Peter Costello in his latest op-ed. This is a serious attack on the ABC’s editorial professionalism and should be treated as such.
Crikey Says: Who else supports Costello for premier?
Following on from Arthur Sinodinos’ article in The Oz about Peter Costello as future Victorian premier, Crikey conducted a quick phone poll of senior Victorian Liberals. Who else would jump on the Costello bandwagon?
Costello to be next Victorian premier?
Peter Costello is at a career crossroads. He should head into state politics, get rid of the Labor government and become the next premier of Victoria, writes Arthur Sinodinos.
Churches today, political parties tomorrow
Conflict is occurring in Victoria between freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination. What counts as a relevant ground for discrimination and what doesn’t? It’s the state that has to decide.
Fake contractors gouging our tax base: unions
Australia is facing an ongoing drain on tax revenue as a result of the failure of the Howard Government’s attempts to prevent “bogus contracting” from undermining the tax base.
Costello: it’s not my ABC
The ABC is “hostile territory” for conservatives, with predictable interviewers always coming from a Labor/Green perspective and little change anticipated by ABC management, writes Liberal MP Peter Costello.
The Coalition’s alternative emissions trading scheme is dead.
Long live the Coalition’s alternative emissions trading scheme!
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Costello keeps himself in the news
Peter Costello and Anna Bligh are among the most talked about politicians this week, with Anna Bligh up to third spot, thanks to her anti-corruption reforms this week.
Why are the Libs still supporting Grech?
The most surprising news is not that Godwin Grech faked the email, it’s that the Liberal party continue to support him rather than their own leader, writes The Piping Shrike.
Costello shows little faith in the possibilities of education
Peter Costello thinks Christian schools should only have Christian teachers. Perhaps he could learn a thing or two from many of Australia’s Muslim schools, says Irfan Yusuf.
The Australian’s flavour of the month: Tony Abbott
Perhaps it’s something about winter in Canberra. It was around this time last year that The Australian began trying to get a boom for Peter Costello going. This year Tony Abbott’s in favour.
Crikey Says: Newspoll can’t forget Peter Costello
Peter Costello has said he is leaving politics. No really. So why does Newspoll insist on including him in its question rating possible leaders of the Liberal Party?
