Come in spinners, your time is up
IT worked for John Howard but voters are no longer swayed by the style-over-substance approach.
Peter Van Onselen
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Fixture in the house
THERE is no getting around Labor’s fixed four-year term.
Businessmen not suited to politics
BUSINESS leaders don’t make for good political leaders. It is a feature of the very different styles of leadership each need.
Libs must state a position
IN Liberal circles the next month will be consumed by speculation over who will nominate for the safe federal seat of Bradfield, vacated by former leader Brendan Nelson. Already the suggestion is that the field will be of Melbourne Cup proportions.
NSW Liberals need Sinodinos
ARTHUR Sinodinos argued on The Australian’s opinion page yesterday that Peter Costello should consider state politics because he would make an excellent Victorian premier. Perhaps. But not as good a premier as Sinodinos would make state treasurer or finance minister in NSW.
State of uncertainty
LABOR’S leadership woes are dogging the party in NSW, but the Liberals have their own problems.
Hoist with their own Ironbar
IS Wilson Tuckey mad, bad or just plain sad?
Dump access baggage
A ONE-ON-ONE dinner with a minister of the crown: $10,000, notes contributing editor Peter Van Onselen.
Abbott’s tall task to convince voters
ABBOTT’S task will be to convince voters he is the right talent for the job. That is no small task.
Turnbull’s tough call on renewal
PRESELECTIONS cause opposition leaders endless headaches. They can’t stay out of them, but they can’t get too involved in them, either.
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