Clive's News Corp access ... DFAT cricket clash ... trouble over Vic Twitter mole ...
WA adviser is paid how much?! ... Abbott runs 5.99km and no one cares ... Fairfax hires (you read that right) ...
Remember when MPs actually asked meaningful questions during question time? Alas, those days are over, but in the UK at least one retiring Lib-Dem has stuck his neck out. Plus other political snippets along the way.
The Washington Post says "something's not quite right" with the US's financial situation. Understatement of the year?
The Age has asked its readers whether a military intervention in Syria is justified, and now it is asking the real questions: are cats or dogs better?
Could Labor actually win this election? Plus other political snippets noted along the way.
Can we kiss the Gold Coast goodbye? Plus other political views noted along the way.
Who needs the polls? Crikey readers seem pretty good at predicting what they will say. Plus tarot cards for dogs and other political views noted along the way.
Lee Rhiannon in live music scandal ... ex-ALP advisers doing well at DFAT? ... "woof woof" from the PM ...
It is one of the unfair aspects of politics that when a government and an opposition join in doing something the public does not like -- be it shouting at each other in Parliament or putting up their salaries -- it is the government that gets most of the blame.