Tony Fitzgerald: putting corrupt Queensland in the forgetteryQueenslanders need to be reminded of their political past in order not to repeat mistakes, particularly in relation to greed and corruption. That’s not happening, says Tony Fitzgerald on the 20th anniversary of his corruption report.
Former Premier Peter Beattie retorts: “I led one of the most honest governments in Queensland’s history.”
Having an ex-premier as front man is evidently now de rigueur in the broadcasting sector, writes Bernard Keane.
Rudd is rejecting Labor Party cronyism with some appointments but embracing personal cronyism with others. By Stephen Mayne
He’s the Bert Newton of Australian politics: the polished performer whose gift for spontaneous, stiffly splenetic wit was honed in tougher vaudevillian times, times when having a personality meant more than booking an in-store appearance from Sophie Monk. “He” is of course Paul Keating, a man who knows how to milk a moment in the public […]
Wayne Goss and Free TV Australia … Paul Keating’s rant … Neil Mitchell … housing prices and grants … same-sex rights … Underbelly …
Wayne Goss presumably spoke to his former chief of staff Kevin Rudd before accepting the appointment as chair of Free TV Australia, so our new Prime Minister has some questions to answer, writes Stephen Mayne.
Kevin Rudd really has performed admirably during his first months in office, but the harsh reality is that the only way for a new leader appears to be down, writes Richard Farmer.
Despite some expressing pre-election scepticism, there was no night of the long knives for senior public servants from the Rudd government, now embarked on its project of “restoring Westminster”, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Even if Kevin Rudd wasn’t quite from a town called Hope, yesterday’s ALP campaign launch was all a tad Clintonesque, as was the contrast with the Coalition launch on Monday, writes Mark Bahnisch.
An anonymous tipster to Crikey has served up the following account of what a Rudd Government might have in store early in its first term: a royal commssion into Australian intergovernmental relations. Maybe, maybe not. But whichever, remember where you read it first.
As the Coalition decides that there’s no mileage in personal attacks on Kevin Rudd and adds to its unique method of pork barrel policy a unique “theory of governance” where the “Labor state premiers” require checks and balances from a Liberal government, there’s been some speculation about the response of Queensland Premier Peter Beattie to Ruddism, writes Mark Bahnisch.
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