The fact that opposition leaders who take the party leadership from a defeated prime minister never make it to the top job won’t stop some ambitious Liberals putting up their hand this week. And whoever ends up in the leadership will have a difficult time, writes Wayne Errington.
Rivals
Viewers not happy with commercial TV: ABC poll
Australians seem to be going off commercial TV, according to a poll conducted by the ABC, writes Glenn Dyer.
Abjorensen: Leadership contenders are far from ordinary people
Political leadership in a democracy remains a paradox: quite extraordinary people by the nature of their calling seeking to convince the electorate of their ordinariness, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Van Errington: the Reader’s Digest edition
With Parliament back tomorrow, Crikey is proud to present our pols with a Reader’s Digest-style condensed version of the Van Errington biography that tells you everything you need to know about our Prime Minister, writes Christian Kerr.
Telstra sues Coonan, court of public opinion waits
Telstra’s fight against the Federal Government has been ramped up to new and interesting extremes with the news that the telco will take Federal Court action against Communications Minister Helen Coonan over the awarding of funding to Telstra’s rivals to lift rural and regional broadband speeds.
