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Crikey Election Awards: the winners
And with almost no further ado, we turn to the winners of Crikey’s Election Awards. Unlike The Age, we have made a decision…
Errington: Are we ready for Kevin Rudd as the face of the Australian government?
It’s odd that in an era of personality-driven politics that we elect leaders with so little … personality. Charisma has given way to authority and competence in the leadership stakes, writes Wayne Errington.
Larger questions continue to hang over Pakistani crisis
What the crisis in Pakistan has made most visible is the utter leaderlessness and impuissance of the US, when faced with a real problem to its interests, and not merely shadow players like Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan, writes Guy Rundle.
“You’re a liar!” Tony Abbott strikes again
The pressure of the election campaign appears to be undermining Health Minister Tony Abbott’s better judgment, leading to another apology earlier this week after a heated on air exchange with Tasmanian state Health Minister Lara Giddings.
The secret life of your postal vote
Since the election date was announced, both the Labor and Liberal parties have done mass mail-outs of postal vote application forms in key seats. You’ve probably received one. But what you might not know is what happens next, writes Jehane Sharah
MacCormack: Howard suddenly worm-eaten
For a debate that covered such worthy topics as interest rates, taxation, industrial relations and the response to global warming, the longer-term impact of Sunday night on the election campaign seems to lie with utterly trivial matters that have taken on a heavy symbolism, writes David MacCormack.
Comitatus: The Badnewspoll
Sometimes, when your luck has run out, you just can’t take a trick. Today’s Newspoll, with a healthy sample of 1706 provides more evidence of impending annihilation. The ALP primary vote is up 3 to 51, while the Coalition is down 1 to 38 for an overall TPP of 58/42 to the ALP, writes Possum Comitatus.
Sadness in the Philippines’ “Happiest Prison”?
SBS’s Dateline program last night broadcast The Happiest Prison about the Philippines’ Cebu Prison, which recently entered the public consciousness after YouTube clips showed prisoners taking part in mass choreographed dancing. But is all as it seems? Cam Smith investigates.
What’s with all the AFL secrecy?
In researching a story about Chris Judd and the AFL Salary Cap, Crikey contacted the AFL to try to obtain information regarding the particulars of the cap. Surprisingly, the simple request was refused, writes Adam Schwab.
Collins witchhunt is journalism at its most cynical
What the SMH and The Bulletin have done in publishing the most serious of allegations of sexual abuse against former Labor Senator Bob Collins when he cannot defend himself because he is dead is grossly unfair, writes Greg Barns.
Mungo: Labor mishandled the dirt and smear campaign
Let’s not be silly about this. While it may not be clear who was the source of the revelation about Kevin Rudd’s heart surgery, there can be no doubt at all about its purpose, which was to damage Rudd, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Scutt: ALP’s support of NT intervention “shameful”
The alliance between the Howard government and the Rudd opposition is shameful. It does not represent the Australia in which I believe and have a stake, writes Jocelynne A Scutt.
A lot more to the CASA v Qantas story
Re. “CASA v Qantas: justice delayed” (Friday, item 27). There’s lots more to this story. As the instigator of the “Launceston Incident Report” I can advise that CASA did everything in their power to quash this matter from the start.
Rates jitters spark election talk on the markets
Emails were whizzing round London money markets last night spreading rumours that John Howard would call an election on the weekend with the polling day to be set for Saturday 1 September to avoid a rise in interest rates, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
Cook latest: Sam Witheridge, that well known numbers man for the Liberal Party left, was seen having a cosy head to head with none other than Labor Party member Tony Albanese MP. I know the polls are bad Sam but not that bad. Were they swapping recipes? Sharing a love of socialism or perhaps it […]
Margin notes for John Winston Howard: The Biography
The PM does the 7:30 Report … Great moments in spin and Cossie’s logic … Civility in politics? … Déjà vu all over again?.
Oz’s Tim Dunlop resists calls to ‘tell all’
Tim Dunlop, the News Ltd blogger who had a post pulled last week, is staying tight-lipped about his dealings with News Ltd management, while others in the Blogosphere are calling on him to resign and “tell all” – if there is an all.
Wills not the model of a modern governor-general
Royal history has a funny way of repeating itself — and William of Wales’s desire to live at Yarralumla bears a spooky remembrance to the remarks made by by his father to your correspondent at a Foreign Press Association gathering in London way back in 1979.
