Crikey media wrap: The good bus Australia has been chugging along without a driver now for several weeks, but with a boost from independent suspension we’ve nearly reached destination PM.
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Crikey Says: Want disclosure independents? Then tell us who donated to your campaign
Who donated to Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie before the election that made them some of the most powerful individuals in the country?
The power of Wilkie
Andrew Wilkie is playing a clever hand with his anti-pokies policy auction by promising a decision before the other three independents have barely started sweeping deliberations with department heads and senior big party politicians.
The independents mean we’re doing it differently
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne.
One week on, still no PM
Daily Media Wrap: The blame game continues to be Canberra’s favourite pastime, as the media both thrashes and exalts the Greens, wonders how a hung parliament will work and tries to figure out whether Labor or Liberal is more of a shambles.
Oakes: Three amigos the stars of circus Oz
Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor and Bob Katter are the three amigo independents currently gobbling up the nation’s attention. But public support for them has is waning and the Australian political landscape now resembles a circus, writes Laurie Oakes.
Common sense from independents has conservatives deeply unhappy
Against expectations, the rural independents have made a strong start in their quest for political and economic stability. And conservatives don’t like it.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: And the election rolls on…
Crikey readers have their say.
Why we shouldn’t rush back to the polls
The three independents bring three different backgrounds and three wildly different opinions on everything. Which is to be encouraged and emulated, by both the major parties and the media, writes Peter Browne.
Kelly: Don’t stuff this up Australia
The hung parliament means the three independents have a chance to create a Parliamentary Budget Office. But they are squandering their opportunity, says Paul Kelly
Forget the love-in stuff — independents could bring a revolution in accountability
The three independents have issued an extraordinary list of demands to the major parties that could revolutionise federal politics.
Rundle: we’re entering a new dimension here, people
The independents and minor parties should push this process until the rivets are popping.
How many camels for the Independent bride?
This deal-making with Tony, Julia and the Independents is like organising a dowry for an arranged marriage, with the added sideshow of sporting achievements and Bob Katter’s Akubra, writes Samantha Maiden.
Regional development: here we go again
Governments have to be forced by the electorate to take regional development issues seriously. So far we haven’t even mastered the basics.
Memo independents: some advice on negotiating on rural health
Who cares about the health of those who live outside the big cities? Not many gave two hoots during the election campaign, but suddenly rural health concerns are front and centre. The Independents may be playing on the high moral ground, saying that stability of government is their overriding priority, but health is a critical […]
Crikey Says: Hung parliament already proving a circuit-breaker
As a circuit-breaker for the visionless, risk-averse politics both sides have tried to foist on the electorate, the current political situation is already proving valuable.
Gillard may sneak over the line
Daily Media Wrap: Three days since the election and the job of PM is still up for grabs. Who is best placed to manage a minority government?
Electorate send a message on climate change
The Australian electorate have chosen wisely by not choosing at all. The delivery of a hung parliament presents, for the first time in living memory, an opportunity to deal with the substantive policy issues that have been ignored in this campaign. This is something the three conservative independents, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, […]
Crikey Says: Australia’s second climate change election?
How can a hung parliament succeed in pursing any meaningful action on the issue when a newly elected Rudd government with an unprecedented mandate failed so spectacularly?
It’s just a jump to the Left
And thus, from the most tedious, uninspiring and insulting election campaign in Australian political history, emerges the most fascinating of results.
Time to take back politics
Didn’t like the election campaign? Bad luck — you’re paying for it and you have no choice but to vote for the parties responsible for it. Unless we stop contracting out our politics and ramp up scrutiny of the media.
Well hung: Tony Windsor on independence and the ‘pathetic’ campaign
Crikey has been profiling the independents who could hold the balance of power in their hands. We’ve spoken to Queensland maverick Bob Katter and Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott, today we bring you New England MP Tony Windsor.
The rise and rise of the independents
While the odds are heavily against it (and getting longer), pundits love to talk up the chance of a hung parliament, in which independents would hold the balance of power in the House of Reps.
Well hung: Rob Oakeshott on stable government and the private approach
Crikey is profiling the independents who could hold the balance of power in their hands. Yesterday we spoke to Queensland maverick Bob Katter. Today we bring you Lyne MP Rob Oakeshott.
