Wayne Maxwell Swan? What were they thinking? Another ministry sworn into office with the same bland oaths of mumbled allegiance to God, Queen and national duty.
That means that
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
The Crikey Election Drinking Game
Unlike politicians with their policy pitches, Crikey is upfront. Drinking games have one purpose. To get drunk. Quickly. To get drunk, laugh and fall down. The Crikey Election Night drinking game has been designed with that in mind, writes Christian Kerr.
The Kevin conundrum
The most interesting poll appears only after a federal election. It is the Australian National University’s Australian Electoral Survey, writes Christian Kerr.
Brent: Greens suffering under Rudd revival
Labor’s improvement in the polls hasn’t all come from the Coalition — much of Rudd’s jump has come from the Greens. Their support has almost halved since the days of Beazley, writes Peter Brent.
Collins witchhunt is journalism at its most cynical
What the SMH and The Bulletin have done in publishing the most serious of allegations of sexual abuse against former Labor Senator Bob Collins when he cannot defend himself because he is dead is grossly unfair, writes Greg Barns.
Exploding the myth of the January election deadline
Speculation about election dates is a pretty fruitless business. The decision will be made within a very narrow circle, and there’s nothing the rest of us can do to influence it; we’re all just guessing, writes Charles Richardson.
Margin notes for John Winston Howard: The Biography
The PM does the 7:30 Report … Great moments in spin and Cossie’s logic … Civility in politics? … Déjà vu all over again?.
