“Modern Australia can have a great blue collar future”, Julia Gillard declared, launching her government’s policy on industry and innovation. The Prime Minister’s pitch is to firms and workers who are…
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Labor’s fall in today’s Nielsen poll will fan the leadership talk within caucus, and place enormous pressure on Julia Gillard. To put it bluntly, it’s just what the Rudd camp has been hoping for, because…
If Kevin Rudd were to wrest the prime ministership back from Julia Gillard, this week might be seen as a tipping point. After looking nearly dead at the start of the year, Rudd’s bid has revived on the…
It might not be a front line issue, but media policy is a significant election year debate. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is still committed to bringing a submission to cabinet in coming weeks…
Kevin Rudd has elevated the temperature surrounding Labor’s leadership by buying into the row over the government’s controversial mining tax. With Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan under attack about the failure…
In a notable bookending, the mining tax that helped destroy Kevin Rudd’s leadership late last term is causing Julia Gillard serious budgetary and political problems as she heads towards the election. For…
May I start my introductory column for The Conversation with one not-so-bold prediction. This hung federal parliament – just the second in a century - is likely to be the last one we’ll see for a very…
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