Scare tactics


Grattan: Soldiers, let the scare campaign begin

Tony Abbott won’t win the next election. The best counter attack Abbott can hope for is running a negative scare campaign against the government on climate change and drilling up some support from Abbott’s army, writes Michelle Grattan.

Malcolm Turnbull, up close and political

If the Liberal Party goes for Malcolm Turnbull it will be backing someone who is very different to John Howard, Peter Costello, or Brendan Nelson, writes Greg Barns.