Julia Gillard and responsible minister Jenny Macklin, the two Victorian ladies of the Left, seemed genuinely committed to pokies reform before this week’s confusing antics.
Tanya Plibersek
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Expert advice for Tanya Plibersek
Continuing the theme of a recent Croakey post about new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek, Melissa Sweet asks a panel of medical experts what advice former Health Minister Nicola Roxon could give her.
healthcare Analysis of new Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek
What do we know about the Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, who has replaced Nicola Roxon as Health Minister? What advice might Roxon give her? Croakey asks a panel of experts.
Cox: more women in cabinet, but social issues slip agenda
My feminist push at present is to put the goal of making society fairer and more civil, and to change the emphasis on economic growth as the only good.
Cox: whatever happened to Labor and egalitarianism? The no fair-go
The current government’s various social policy commitments have done little to improve equality for the poorest Australians.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: WikiLeaks and the evil that is PayPal
Crikey readers have their say.
Political snippets: Those far from super statements
Headlines like this one from today’s Australian are the kind that should have the Labor Government worried.
Tanya Plibersek takes the pledge
Citizenship is a birthright; reciting or refusing to recite a pledge of allegiance would make zero difference to that.
Political snippets: Insulting Abbott is not cuttting through with voters
Calling Tony Abbott a scare monger for his views on what a carbon tax would do to employment is not working for the Gillard government.
‘Chaos’ predicted as Centrelink sleeps in an extra half hour
About 400 Centrelink customer service centres around the country are bracing for chaos on Monday morning after the national welfare agency unilaterally changed its opening time from 8am to 8.30am without informing clients.
Doug Cameron joins Labor Left rally to support Julian Assange
Two leading ALP Left faction MPs have added their voices to a chorus of dissent rejecting the prime minister’s official line on WikiLeaks, telling Crikey that renegade publisher Julian Assange should be backed to the hilt on freedom of speech grounds.
Will net censorship filter through to the ballot box?
What are the electoral consequences of net censorship? Next to none, says Possum Comitatus. The seats of Melbourne and Sydney are the only places it even stands a chance of becoming an issue.
Housing: the market continues to astound
The most obvious problem with the first-home-owner’s grant is that it doesn’t actually benefit home buyers, since most recipients of the grant will probably be in competition with each other.
Fashions on the Hill: politics gets gussied up
The Midwinter Press Gallery Ball is Canberra’s night of nights. And as with all red-carpet events worth their salt, it’s now time for us to brutally judge the attendees on their fashion sense.
