A federal takeover would deliver give all cancer patients in Australia equitable access to essential cancer treatments, writes Professor Graeme Morgan.
Rudd
Waiting for Garnaut, end Act 1
Greg Hunt’s ‘green light’ for Rudd to sign up to the Bali agreement with 2020 targets takes us to the end of Act 1 of Waiting for Garnaut:
What Alexander Downer really thinks of Penny Wong
A rumour has been doing the rounds since election weekend that Alexander Downer made some disparaging comments about Labor Senator Penny Wong into an open mike when he was waiting for his Insiders interview last Sunday.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
No deal between Rudd and Telstra … leave Therese Rein alone … leave Peter Costello alone … GM crops … Howard’s failings … diplomatic posts …
Bomber for GG and other rumeurs diplomatique
Crikey’s mole deep in the bowels of DFAT is, he/she assures us, not the only serving officer celebrating last Saturday’s result, in particular the removal of Lord Downer of Baghdad and Kabul.
What the overseas papers say
Ratifying Kyoto and withdrawing troops from Iraq dominated the international discussion over our new Prime Minister, with a nod to Scores, of course…
What the editorials say
The papers have their say …
Tips and rumours
Rudds’s promo posters at his after party were cheerfully souvenired — not by party faithful but members of the media pack.
Hi guys, my wife and I voted at Nelson Bay in the electorate of Paterson. We got our two voting papers and it wasn’t till later in the day that I realized our papers had not been initialed. […]
Rundle: New life for the struggle for values
The great thing about Saturday’s result, no matter how far to the left one is of Rudd, is that the total dominance of Labor at both levels of government for a whiles to come, gives the opportunity to reshape the context of Australian politics, and the sort of values that are to be placed at the centre of life, writes Guy Rundle
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Election ‘07 - the wrap … the speeches … vacuous puff and spin … Mayne and Higgins … Indonesian fishermen … cabbies …
The First Dawn of the Rudd Labor Government
And the first of many other things as well…
Reality check: A little bit of rorting
It’s not the stories about Liberals being caught rorting the system that have kept John Howard’s election campaign off the rails this week. The damage was done by preventing the story that Mr Howard wanted aired getting the run it otherwise would have.
Razer: Election 2.0? Ctrl+alt+del
Weeks ago in a grandiose humour, some foolish bint predicted that Election 07 would be shaped by the evolved hand of the digital native. That was me. Sorry. I was wrong. Wrong like Wikipedia, writes Helen Razer.
Abjorensen: Too many variables to be sure of a Ruddslide
Despite a persuasively convincing imitation, the Howard government isn’t dead in the water yet. There are simply too many variables to be absolutely cocky about a large Rudd victory, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Errington: Is John Howard turning into Paul Keating?
The similarities between John Howard and his old nemesis, Paul Keating, have piled up during this campaign. Perhaps after a few years, all prime ministers start to sound the same, writes Wayne Errington.
Campaign lite
C-cks’ c-ck-up…Turnbull and Dorothy…Rudd to the rescure…Stifler’s mum?…Mind your language…Coming soon to Bennelong
A Rudd by any other name
A splattering of machine parts, oil, flesh and blood rips apart in front of the Sydney Opera House. The words Portrait of an Exploding Terrorist are printed beneath the image. This is art as protest, oils and canvas as activism. And it was painted by the nephew of the man most expect to become Australia’s 26th Prime Minister.
The Age v The Oz: very different election coverage
Comparing the election coverage in The Australian and The Age, you’d think the campaign was happening in two parallel universes, writes Denis Muller.
Reality check: At last the race begins
It has been a long time coming but at last there seems to be some interest in this election race. This morning’s survey of internet news sites shows a significant number of political stories actually being read, writes Richard Farmer.
Comitatus: Political freeballing
There are generally two types of politicians; those that do the Batman thing and wear their duds on the outside of their pants, and those that don’t. But Rudd has invented a third type of politician – the political freeballer that wears no duds at all, writes Possum Comitatus.
Crikey Cabbie Panel: The battle of the campaign launches
The Caolition launched its campaign on Monday and enjoyed a day of glowing headlines following Howard’s pitch for votes. Yesterday it was the ALP’s turn, and the reviews have been good. But was it enough to swing the momentum in the election campaign to the ALP? We asked the Crikey Cabbie Panel for their views.
MacCormack: Is this how you win a 21st century election?
So this is Australian politics, 21st century style. Slick managerialism versus old-fashioned hand-outs. David MacCormack explores the repercussions of the approach of both parties.
No new supply in either housing policy
Both Labor and the Coalition have now committed to setting up special low-tax savings accounts for Australians to buy their first home. Anna Tweeddale and Ben Eltham argue they may actually make housing affordability worse.
MySpace et al: your friends with money
Ads that match the context of a story or the contours of a life appear on my screen with the cruel speed of meth at a Christmas Party for Creatives, writes Helen Razer.
