The Victorian Liberal Party might think twice about dumping Julian McGauran down to an unwinnable spot on their Senate ticket, writes Bernard Keane.
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The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Kevin Rudd extends his lead in this week’s Top 20, as he received more coverage than the next seven pollies on the list combined.
Mungo: Climate Change – over to you, Mr Rudd
Kevin Rudd’s big trip can be described as a modest success but the big challenges remain, such as the on-going pain of dealing with climate change. , writes Mungo MacCallum.
Is McGauran racing’s saviour? Not in those colours
Peter McGauran’s appointment to Thoroughbred Breeders Australia isn’t likely to turn around the fortunes of the racing indusry, writes Jeff Wall.
Gippsland the one to watch in “Super Saturday” byelections
A rarely-mentioned feature of the second half of the Howard era was the paucity of byelections. There were a couple, but none involving the Coalition, which has not contested one since Aston in July 2001. This might be some kind of record, writes Peter Brent.
