Utegate, First Dog on the Moon and religion, asylum seekers, Medicare, Rundle and the climate change cage match.
Utegate
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Readers lay in to First Dog for laying into Christianity
Turnbull cleared; Hockey kills good news
No sooner had AFP chief Mick Keelty appeared to clear Malcolm Turnbull of any wrongdoing in Utegate than Treasury spokesperson was questioning John Howard’s economic policy. Senior Libs not amused.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Wayne Swan, Malcolm Turnbull and the Utegate fall out
Wayne Swan, Malcolm Turnbull, Utegate, Michael Jackson, Iraq, FIFA, social media and the ABC — with added climate change cage match.
Guy Rundle: Grech, Dickensian, Dostoyevsky-like, or, erm, something out of John Grisham
Just who is Godwin Grech? asks Guy Rundle.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Leave Michael alone
Readers tell us to lay off Jacko, plus comments on Utegate, Christmas Island, burqas and more.
Mungo MacCallum: Utegate political whodunit
There can be no doubt that Rudd emerged triumphant, and Turnbull severely damaged. But the question remains: who set up the caper in the first place? And almost as importantly, why?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Utegate and Godwin Grech
Crikey readers on the week that was: Utegate and the infamous Mr Godwin Grech, the Global Financial Crisis, Fruity Fix and superannuation.
Political snippets: Shifting the blame — it wasn’t my idea.
We can be sure that things are getting tense within a political party when pollies start saying “don’t blame me — it was all his idea.” What a political week it’s been.
Rudd, a PM with “four-in-the-morning courage”
However the fake email saga plays out, it has provided a revealing contrast in leadership styles between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
Car dealer linked to Rudd legal bill
Car dealer John Grant was involved in fund-raising efforts to help Prime Minister Kevin Rudd meet a $32,000 legal bill, according to an on-line report from The Age.
One more revelation for Malcolm Turnbull. Who’s next?
The Opposition, and Malcolm Turnbull in particular, is mired in the fake email affair and, it seems, slowly sinking.
Godwin Grech, John Howard’s go-to man
Godwin Grech, the Treasury branch head at the centre of the faked email affair, was a go-to man for the Howard government on at least one politically-sensitive project.
Political snippets: Turnbull in serious trouble — even The Oz withdraws support
When a Liberal leader loses Dennis Shanahan as a supporter we can safely assume he really is doing badly.
Bartlett: What matters about Utegate
The endless hours the press has devoted to Utegate have been at the expense of examining issues, policies and legislation that directly affect people’s lives — such as the ETS, writes Andrew Bartlett.
BEST OF TODAY’S COMMENTARY
- AKERMAN: Get the truth before the ute bolts
- CRABB: Parliament turns into a bad Harry Potter novel
- ATKINS: Turnbull gets derailed by ego
- KERR: Infected anger
podcast Canberra Calling: Utegate uncovered Crikey style
How it’s unfolding, what it means and why anyone cares.
Baseless claims are Turnbull’s MI
This isn’t the first time Malcolm Turnbull has come out firing with accusations he can’t substantiate, says Ben Eltham — he made the same mistake as a lawyer during the Costigan Royal Commission over 20 years ago.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Utegate dominates media coverage
Utegate. Need we say more? Patrick Baume on this week’s top political stories and movers.
Grech, journos and Liberals: leaks that run deep
Godwin Grech, the Treasury official wrapped up in Utegate, would be, if reports are correct, no ordinary leaker.
Guy Rundle: Liberal party ideology lost in the woods
Wow, when it all goes to crap, it all goes to crap, dunnit?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Utegate, Turnbull, Grech et al
Today, Crikey reader Roger Connelly asks us to be less biased: “How much more interesting your daily output would be if you had one person writing, just someone, who wasn’t a Liberal basher and got stuck into Labor.”
Opposition struggles for a Utegate line
The opposition is struggling to make a coherent and consistent case in the Utegate affair.
Malcolm Turnbull: quick to shout conspiracy
As a lawyer, Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to rigorously check the voracity and authenticity of the Godwin Grech email is curious, writes Tanja Kovac.
This won’t help Turnbull’s public trust issues
If Godwin Grech turns out to be the long-suspected Treasury mole, the Opposition’s problem won’t be one of political ethics so much as public trust, says Possum. Malcom Turnbull should be worried.
