Victory of truth in a war of words

IT is sad but true that few Australians would have followed the debate on the engagement of our troops in Afghanistan.

Batt debacle’s real culprits are spared

THE Auditor-General’s report into the Federal Government’s home insulation program is utterly damning, but it leaves unmentioned the real source of the catastrophe – Kevin Rudd.

Charged soldiers deserve support

THE lack of any official statement of support for the three Australian commandos charged with crimes by the independent Director of Military Prosecutions (DMP), Brigadier Lyn McDade, is an absolute disgrace.

Court martial an outrage for grieving families of lost Diggers

WITH a heavy heart, another father of an Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan has joined the growing chorus of disgust at the decision by Director of Military Prosecutions, Brigadier Lyn McDade, to prosecute three commandos involved in a deadly night action.

Labor shows it’s not easy being green

AUSTRALIANS are about to be hit with the spiralling cost of Labor’s unholy alliance with the Greens.

Long list of broken promises

Miner player reveals truth in spades

MINING billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is the accidental politician.

The rotten core poisoning Labor

SIX weeks ago Kevin Rudd was a Labor rat who had to be publicly exterminated and Julia Gillard was the party’s saviour, a saint in the making.

Have a go Kernot dreaming of a seat in Senate

JULIA Gillard styles herself as the candidate for “moving forward”. Cheryl Kernot is now trying to appeal to those who prefer the view in the rear-vision mirror.

A taxing question

THE federal Labor Party is hoping that its strategy of change the leader, change the game, will appeal to the voting public and new Prime Minister Julia Gillard is certainly going at it with gusto.