In the no
WHEN Anthony Albanese made that merry crack in parliament about the “Noalition”, something in our bones told us we’d be hearing a lot more.
Strewth
They’re ba-a-ack
“THERE are no second acts in American lives,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once opined. Labor politics appears to be a different matter.
Happy as can’t be
IT’S just more than two months since Kevin Rudd put a puma among the pigeons.
Buck starts here
EXPUNGING traces of former allies who’ve become inconvenient is a little swifter than in the days of airbrushing them out of photographs.
Bolshie theatre
AFTER the excitement of last week, the Labor spotlight is returning to its most enthusiastic recipient: Kevin Rudd.
Heeeere’s Tony
TONY Abbott, you may have gathered, is having a little problem with perceptions of negativity.
Roo the day
THERE was only one real disappointment in the social media debacle that Qantas brought upon itself yesterday.
He’s the voice
WHEN democracy cruelly robbed us of Wilson Tuckey’s parliamentary presence, the high-decibel MP held out one small consolation.
Sucker for satire
NO one can say Labor’s Tony Burke isn’t game.
Cup half full
JOHN Eales cheerfully told a political lunch that there were two great advantages in his casual gig as a newspaper columnist.
Obamarama
AND in the blink of any eye, it’s over. The President has left the building.
On with the show
THE US President invaded Australia yesterday. At least that’s what it seemed like, with an entourage that looked larger than our armed forces.
Better on paper
BARACK Obama arrives in Canberra today, and Strewth has learned the President has a special connection with the place — through its architecture.
Giving the nod
SKY News’s David Speers skilfully showed why even in today’s media landscape full of political showmanship, it pays to keep one eye on the past.
Look north
DEFINITELY falling into the “don’t take investment advice from this man” category is a bureaucrat quoted in cabinet documents.
Battle tested
COULD we be witnessing a case of digital deja vu?
Hole hound
IT could have proved a small, furry echo of Brant Webb and Todd Russell’s ordeal when a fox terrier called Bridie fell down a hole on Tuesday night.
Fill in the blanks
WORDS, like birds, sometimes go astray in the breeze.
Upper cuts
WE were obliged to turn our attentions to the lower-key skirmish in the Senate.
Affair of the Hutt
LIBERAL senator Simon Birmingham has stared down the odd crisis along the way.
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