Will Gillard’s old hands surpass Rudd whiz kids?
WHEN Alister Jordan was Kevin Rudd’s chief of staff, ministers would rush up beside him in the Parliament House corridors to open doors just to get a word with him.
WHEN Alister Jordan was Kevin Rudd’s chief of staff, ministers would rush up beside him in the Parliament House corridors to open doors just to get a word with him.
THE PM has to rein in the Left and show she has hit her stride in her new role.
“HE wants to blow the place up. He’ll either be a terrorist or go kamikaze – we’ll see.”
THE business community should be as worried as any sector about what role Kevin Rudd will play as Foreign Minister.
THE fragile balance of parliamentary numbers means the campaign must go on.
FOR all the criticism about The Australian’s readiness to use its front page to target the Greens, thank goodness it did so yesterday.
THE remarkable upsurge in Tony Abbott’s net satisfaction rating suggests we are in for a period of hand-to-hand political combat between the leaders.
TONY Abbott’s decision to dump Stephen Ciobo from his frontbench has given us a small glimpse into what he might be like if he became prime minister.
JULIA Gillard’s frontbench reshuffle includes two standout errors: one unavoidable, the other unbelievable.
TONY Abbott is keen to forestall Liberal divisions bubbling under the surface.
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