Two-state clash to deliver victory
THE election will be won through a five-week ground war in 30 electorates, with the hand-to-hand battles concentrated in NSW and Queensland.
THE election will be won through a five-week ground war in 30 electorates, with the hand-to-hand battles concentrated in NSW and Queensland.
IN the published opinion polls and throughout the heartland, Tony Abbott has jolted the Coalition back into the political contest.
Labor’s winning combination of the 80s and 90s was a formidable duo
ROBERT Menzies appealed to the “forgotten people”, Paul Keating praised “true believers” and John Howard kept faith with “the battlers”.
PAUL Keating has aimed a volley at Bob Hawke.
PAUL Keating was an ailing vacillator, Graham Richardson a “gifted liar” and John Button was ineffectual, says a new book on Bob Hawke.
JULIA Gillard’s first major speech as PM reveals the tone and tenor of an intuitive, new leader striving to show she is essentially one of us.
KEVIN Rudd is losing hearts in the heartland and the support of traditional Labor folk such as Bill and Lyn Cooper.
KEVIN Rudd and Wayne Swan operated as a two-man government in the early crafting of Australia’s response to the global financial crisis
Haste to commit to spending on the schools economic-stimulus program has made for waste on a rare grand scale in this country
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