Gorgon: the little gas project that couldThe Gorgon Gas project is the new golden child of the Rudd government, expected to create jobs, help Australia-China relations and further destroy the Opposition’s leadership, writes Annabel Crabb.
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The Media Monitors' Top 20: Hu gives Smith, Bishop and Crean a boost? Exactly
The Stern Hu arrest has unsurprisingly launched Stephen Smith, Julie Bishop and Simon Crean way up the list in the battle for political media airtime.
Scottish cat lady wows Britain’s Got Talent
Simon Cowell wanted to mock Susan Boyle. But couldn’t. Despite setting her up to fail, she sang Les Mis like a champion. A quick record deal is on the way.
The saga of filling Malcolm Turnbull’s front bench
The new frontbench will have a very thin look about it. Turnbull will have to make the most effective use of limited resources, writes Bernard Keane.
Possum: So just how bad is 9% for Brendan Nelson?
There be no typos here, it really says 9%, writes Possum Comitatus.
Newspoll: Better than it might have been for Dr Brendan
There’s no real surprise in the voting intention or preferred prime minister figures in the first Newspoll for the year. Indeed, they are academic. Still, opposition leader Brendan Nelson can draw heart from his approval rating, writes Christian Kerr.
Mungo: Howard’s decline and fall, part 2
In our continuing series of extracts from Mungo MacCallum’s new book “Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election,” he looks at the unlikely rise of Kevin Rudd: “I had always been somewhat ambivalent about Rudd…”
