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Share Why did Sophie Mirabella tell her Liberal Party colleague Bill Heffernan to “take his pills”? IA senior correspondent Barry Everingham shines a light. Sophie Mirabella Sophie Mirabella – whose mouth is the very foulest...
ShareQuestions remain as to whether Julia Gillard, Mark Arbib, Wayne Swan and others forced Kevin Rudd to abandon the ETS in 2010 simply to bring down his prime ministership, says Kim Peart. The whole of Australia was puzzled at the time,...
Share “For many of Gillard’s supporters there is little consideration of why an incumbent Labor PM might leave Labor voters so unenthused,” says Geoffrey Robinson. Gillard leaves the ballot with allies Wayne Swan and Craig Emerson. Julia...
Shareby contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence HOW WOULD THE PEOPLE VOTE TODAY: GILLARD OR RUDD? Even if Julia Gillard wins the majority vote of the histrionic and contaminated Labor Caucus this morning, wannabe PM Kevin Rudd will win...
ShareJed Lea-Henry hopes the Labor Party respects the public enough to elevate their most talented individual to their highest position. To see Kevin Rudd pre-election 2007 was to see a rare political animal. Debating from Opposition, he was...
Share“What a rabble of school-yard brats the current Labor ministers and Prime Minister have revealed themselves to be,” says Kim Peart. Has the Liberal-minded Amanda Vanstone, writing in The Age, made the right call for Labor,...
ShareIt doesn’t matter if Kevin Rudd wins the vote on Monday or not, someone other than the talented Julia Gillard will lead Labor into the next election, says Benjamin Thomas Jones. Mosaic law contends that the sins of the father shall...
ShareThe Maldives is a fledgling democracy that is struggling to get off the ground. Jed Lea-Henry reports. Military uprising or popular revolt. Presidential coup or voluntary resignation. Regardless of the reality behind the events from...
ShareHistorian and ALP member Wil Wallace says the honourable thing for Kevin Rudd to do following his resignation is to fade into obscurity. Last night, similar to 2010, when it was announced that Julia Gillard had held meetings with Kevin...
ShareProvided he receives a “fair shake of the sauce bottle in caucus”, Kevin Rudd could win back the leadership of the ALP and the country, says Benjamin Thomas Jones. The ALP leadership soap opera: ‘The Young and the Ruddless’ The...
