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Tips and rumours
October 6, 2017
Parliamentarian's book choices revealed ... Shorten joins the commercial radio cringe festival ... Scott Ryan is back ...
The Labor Party has failed to differentiate itself on a dispiriting number of issues
October 6, 2017
Crikey readers on the ALP and Theresa May.
Liberals in crisis — from ascendancy to chaos in four years
March 13, 2017 33
In 2013, the Liberal Party dominated Australian politics. Now it is in disarray, riven by factions, struggling to fend off a resurgent Labor, and vexed by One Nation. Bernard Keane and Josh Taylor examine where it went wrong.
This is the test you should be worried about for sex-selective abortion
May 1, 2015 8
John Madigan's private member's bill to limit sex-selective abortion is woefully out of date, writes Caroline de Costa, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at James Cook University College of Medicine.
Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, the true story
August 27, 2009 37
The dreadful truth of that night is well-known among Kennedy staffers and his surviving family, writes Bob Ellis. Teddy was nowhere near the car when the accident occurred.
And the Wankley goes to … The Daily Tele’s gore porn.
April 3, 2009
The Daily Tele takes the beat-up to a whole new gory level.
The Liberals call in the doctor
November 29, 2007 6
Former Labor Party member and union boss Brendan Nelson has been elected Liberal Party leader this afternoon in Canberra, 45 votes to 42. Western Australian Julie Bishop has been elected as his deput, writes Christian Kerr.
Crikey’s Spring Carnival form guide: Turnbull Stakes day
October 5, 2007
After the relative certainty of Geelong’s triumph last weekend, it’s reassuring to know that those of us addicted to the culture of prediction are about to be lurched back into some serious head scratching, thanks to Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival.
Did Gunns get what it wanted, or deserved?
October 4, 2007 2
Now that the Federal Environment Minister has given the pulp mill conditional approval, Gunns must decide if it is going to proceed with the project knowing it will cost them time and money to comply with another 24 guidelines. Is it a deal-breaker, as Gunns has promised?