Meaty chunks of political news and commentary from former political operative and Canberra insider Richard Farmer.
When I advised politicians there was always one no-no when it came to interviews.
It's been a while since we've had a political party advocating increased public ownership of the means of production.
Ministers apparently have to seek the permission of the Prime Ministerial office before meeting with an editor of a daily newspaper..
I'm all for a bit of pomp and ceremony myself so I'm in favour of rescuing Doc Evatt's wig from its display in the Old Parliament House and putting it on the head of Peter Slipper
Attention all of you people out there who think that the talk of a challenge to Julia Gillard's leadership is nothing but a media invention.
Listen to the spokespeople for the tourism industry and you would think that the current high value of the Australian dollar was sending them all to rack and ruin.
The market is less confident today than it was a week ago that the Reserve Bank Board will cut the official interest rate when it meets tomorrow.
From the BBC comes a report exposing just how politicians have lied to their constituents...
My experiences with Bob Hawke when he was under challenge for the Prime Ministership by an aggrieved Paul Keating was that letting the challenger choose the time of the contest is not a wise policy.
Miss Piggy did not pull any punches with her judgment on Fox News at a London press conference this week.
