Should the government decide that it wants to pursue action around the ‘Cablegate’ material, other Australians involved with WikiLeaks may well be liable for prosecution. The most prominent of these is the broadcaster Phillip Adams who is, or was until recently, a member of the advisory board of WikiLeaks.
The greens
Bob Brown to The SMH and Sheehan: R is for Right of Reply
Paul Sheehan is not the only cranky commentator raging against the party, 40 years later, for not confining itself to environmental issues, writes Greens Party leader senator Bob Brown.
The Sex Party vs. The Greens
The Sex Party and The Greens both vie for the “sexually libertarian” constituency, but to what extent does the former threaten the latter? Debates about sexuality are crucial, explains Geoff Robinson .
Political websites play peekaboo with voter information
The websites of Barry O’Farrell, Kristina Keneally, Tony Abbott and The Greens are among those found to have spy scripts that track visitors’ online footsteps, which raises concerns about privacy violations, writes Nicky Phillips.
Sheehan: If only The Greens were about the environment
The implicit suggestion that the Greens are all about the environment and sustainable living no longer applies. The party forge questionable political links and hide under the banner of environmentalism, writes Paul Sheehan.
Grattan: Coming to terms with the might of Brown’s Greens
The Greens will not have control of the senate until next year but strategists on both sides of the political divide are coming to terms with the party’s dramatically increased ability to influence policy and debate, writes Michelle Grattan.
Does the left care about mental health?
Th opposition of the Greens and the ALP to the senate’s passing of a motion calling for a comprehensive network of mental health services including new headspace centres might herald a most unwelcome partisan divide on mental health reform, writes Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry.
How the 2007 election doubled the Greens vote
If we trace the Greens vote from 2005 through to the present day what we find is a massive structural change in the level of Greens support across Australia right after the 2007 federal election, writes Possum Comitatus.
Political snippets: Why would anyone be surprised about the polls?
The media obsession with opinion polls continues
Refugee groups join Greens in push for free-kids law
Refugee groups are urging the government to go further with its decision to allow children of asylum seekers to be released from detention, with the Greens pushing for the policy to be enshrined in law.
Labor set to re-think battle for the middle ground
Labor have long considered occupation of the political middle ground a precondition for success, but the arrival of the Greens as a major power broker will challenge the traditional way of thinking, writes Peter Lewis.
Coorey: Back to the drawing board for climate change
Julia Gillard’s new climate change committee, which includes representatives from Labor and the Greens plus independent MP Tony Windsor, signals a full circle return for Labor’s core emissions trading issue: putting a price on carbon, writes Phillip Coorey.
Greens sandwiched between ideology and realism
The Greens have never had to be economically credible but now, thrust into a pivotal role in Labor’s minority government, the time has come for them to rejig their policies and find a responsible middle ground between ideology and reality, says Paul Murray.
The Oz versus the Greens: well beyond the normal News Ltd bias
Judging by their frantic self-justification, the penny has dropped at The Australian that they have overplayed their hand in declaring their desire to destroy the Greens. We’re used to News Ltd’s bias, but this is something new.
Labor could block Coalition law-making … but probably won’t
Constitutional law experts have told Crikey that the Gillard government has the power to block funding for legislation passed by the opposition, as the crossbench MPs flirt with supporting the Coalition on some policy issues.
Parliament is hanging, but the economy won’t fall: economists
Australian stocks have failed to fall off a cliff this morning, despite the dire predictions of the conservative elements of the Australian media that suggested a hung parliament would create mayhem on the market.
Rudd and the battle for Melbourne: ‘I’m more progressive than you are’
As the battle for federal seat of Melbourne goes down to the wire, Greens candidate Adam Bandt has questioned Cath Bowtell’s progressive credentials in a last ditch effort to woo traditional Labor voters.
Hartcher: The Greens are as red as ripe tomatoes
Lack of climate change policy from both major parties has made the Greens’ prospect of winning the balance of power in the Senate a virtual cert. But given their penchant for wealth redistribution, red is a much more appropriate colour to describe them, writes Peter Hartcher
Under the gum trees, the Greens declare fightback on refugees
The Greens say Australia has been dragged through another unedifying and embarrassing debate about refugees. But all is not lost — Crikey’s Andrew Crook was on the Greens stump.
Essential: Gillard strengthens Labor vote … just like Kevin
The ascension of Julia Gillard appears to have driven up Labor’s primary vote — but Kevin Rudd was already doing it. Nevertheless, Labor voters are happy with the change.
Battle for Melbourne: Greens buoyed by retirement of Lindsay Tanner
The Greens’ candidate for the federal seat of Melbourne, Adam Bandt, has claimed the retirement of popular local member Lindsay Tanner has made the battle for control of the electorate more interesting.”
Greens could inspire a climate change
The Nielsen poll is supposed to have sent the government into panic mode, but the poll is wildly out of whack. Just how strong is the swing to the Greens anyway?
Where do Greens voters come from?
ALP Senator-turned-pundit John Black made an unforgivable leap of logic in his hatchet job on the Greens in The Weekend Australian.
