The West Australian


Tips and rumours

NSW Premier Morris Iemma’s trade mission to China has already suffered its first diplomatic stumble. Iemma, accompanied by his Primary Industries and Energy Minister Ian Macdonald, flew to China last week with representatives from 33 NSW companies. In parliament last Thursday Iemma boasted that the delegation also comprised officials from nine NSW universities “underscoring the […]

Budget Reply: Nelson’s economic cred on death row

Brendan Nelson’s deeply self-contradictory Budget Reply last night leaves Australia stuck without a credible Opposition, writes Bernard Keane.

Weekly Wankley Award goes to…a typo

Even at Crikey, we sometimes get self-righteousness fatigue. Truly, writes Jane Nethercote.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.