State of the nation address


Why a few ‘fireside chats’ could help us like the PM

The answer to Julia Gillard’s woes could be right on the tip of her tongue, writes Dan Gaffney. If a weekly radio address works for the US president, it could work on the PM’s popularity.

Rugby woes offer a timely warning for Cricket Australia

The stunning admission by ARU boss John O’Neill this week – that rugby in Australia was losing money by the bucketload and in grave danger of going broke – should give every sports administrator in this country pause for thought, writes Charles Happell.