Meaty chunks of political news and commentary from former political operative and Canberra insider Richard Farmer.
It somehow seems appropriate that Julia Gillard shared some front pages this morning with a picture of Meryl Streep being rewarded for her portrayal of Maggie Thatcher.
An end of civility The strangest thing about this Labor leadership contest was the very public nature of the criticism levelled at, and by, the protagonists. While intense dislikes are not uncommon in politics, it is rare for them to surface. Bob Hawke and Paul Keating spent years sniping at each other in private while […]
Since Simon Crean was passed the chalice in 2001, Kevin Rudd is the longest serving Labor leader.
The opinion polls created the climate which led to the speculation about a Labor leadership challenge.
The Australian report was full of calls for increased government spending, perhaps an extra $5 billion a year. The OECD’s report concluded that the countries with the best educational outcomes were not those that spent the most money.
I thought the best tactic for Julia Gillard to put an end to the speculation about leadership was to declaring her job. It's too late for that now.
This Labor leadership contest is purely and simply a debate among MPs about who will best help them keep their job.
Todd Sampson on the march with NBN. Todd Sampson — the much-loved Gruen Transfer panellist with a penchant for edgy T-shirts — is rising up The Power Index. This month his ad agency, Leo Burnett, became the first Australian firm to break into the list of the world’s top 10 creative agencies. And now NBN Co has called him […]
The Gillard Labor government added another parliamentary achievement to its list this week with the passage through the House of Representatives of a bill to reduce government spending on subsidies for private health insurance.
One thing we now know about the Julia Gillard way of running things is that she doesn’t really have a clue about what her staff are doing.
