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Tony’s time
Should he fail to win the forthcoming election, Tony Abbott would be forgiven for expressing his frustration by punching a…
Tongue-tied election
One of the more enduring images of this election campaign will be the toe-curling performance of Liberal candidate Jayme Diaz…
The old ways
Perhaps if Labor had offered up Bill Shorten, Bob Carr, Greg Combet or any candidate other than Kevin Rudd for…
Malcolm, messiah
Justinian II, Charles II, Napoleon, Gladstone, Churchill, Menzies, de Gaulle, Nixon, Wilson, Howard, Clinton, Rudd — what do these figures…
Lurching to the right
It’s the great irony of our times: Tony Abbott, derided as being an unpopular opposition leader, is in fact the…
Carbon copy
The Coalition has been right to oppose both Julia Gillard’s carbon tax and Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme. But Tony…
In praise of Kevin Rudd
No, we’re not talking about Labor’s improvement in the opinion polls. We’re referring to Kevin Rudd’s proposals to wind down…
A complete and utter fraud
In a perfect world, Kevin Rudd would not be campaigning for election but visiting an analyst. Therapy is the treatment…
