prime minister of australia

Prime minister of australia

Epstein goes, and the Ruddification of the PMO is complete

Crikey / Bernard Keane / Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Observers think the ascension of Alister Jordan to Rudd’s CoS merely confirms the de facto power structure in there anyway, writes Bernard Keane.

US08: Finding a narrative in the US election

Crikey / Friday, 25 January 2008

The mainstream media need for a narrative through which complex political events can be interpreted for mass consumption - so prominent during our own election campaign - is on display with the US elections. The problem is, no narratives have worked, writes David MacCormack.

Richard Alston the PM’s man at CHOGM

Crikey / Monday, 19 November 2007

Australia’s high commisssioner for the UK, Richard Alston, will represent the Australian prime minister at this year’s imminent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala, writes Ava Hubble.

Downer couldn’t be more wong

Crikey / Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is unimpressed – again – at Kevin Rudd’s ability to speak Mandarin, not to mention his penchant for flaunting the fact. And yet. And yet…

Abjorensen: What fate John Howard?

Crikey / Monday, 15 October 2007

John Winston Howard has a thing or two on his mind at the moment, quite apart from being Prime Minister of Australia. He is fighting not one, but many battles, writes Norman Abjorensen.

Songs of Australia: from Garland to Bernstein

Crikey / Monday, 10 September 2007

So, what did our international guests enjoy during the APEC Australia 2007 Gala Cultural Programme?

Costello: God’s own Prime Minister

Crikey / Tuesday, 14 August 2007

John Howard and Kevin Rudd might have taken their message to Australian Christians through the wonder of the internet last week, but Catch the Fire’s Pastor Danny Nalliah has stripped away the earthly middle men in his deliberations running up to election 2007.