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Tweet Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but his new IR policy leaves the door open for radical workplace relations changes, writes Luke Williams. JUST BEFORE the 2007 Federal election, I was sitting in...
Tweet In fading light, Abbott is pinned to the crease on GST, asylum seekers, broadband policy, education reform, and now IR policy. John Lord looks at Abbott’s worsening chances on day one of this first Election Test. TO USE cricketing...
Tweet Tony Abbott has said ‘Yes’ to many of the IPA’s 75 radical policies to transform Australia — but which ones? Progressive thinktank GetUp! is concerned, writes Graham Jackson. Not-for-profit community campaigner GetUp! is another...
Tweet John Howard’s latest lies about the Iraq War remind us of his deep dishonesty and give the Government a new avenue to attack the Opposition, writes deputy editor Sandi Keane. (Cartoon republished with the kind permission of Rocco...
Tweet Tony Abbott’s greatest successes have been making Prime Minister Julia Gillard seem illegitimate and obscuring her government’s achievements. The media and public have been too hard on her. Clint Howitt explains. LAST MONTH’S...
Tweet The Gordonstone mine dispute is a case study in why Tony Abbott must not be allowed to become prime minister, says former Victorian MP Denise Allen. “They may have buried the statue, but they can’t bury the truth, and they won’t...
Tweet With Newspoll showing Labor back on level ground, Bob Ellis considers why it all went so wrong for the Liberal Party so quickly. NEWSPOLL SHOWS Labor’s base vote back where it was, 38, when it won a negotiated victory in 2010. It is...
Tweet Senator Eric Abetz says the Coalition wants to “help” Australia’s lowest paid employees — by removing many of their conditions. Shaun Newman comments. A representation of Eric Abetz at the 2010 Tasmanian AWU 8-hour working day...
TweetThe ALP’s abandonment of Australian workers has left a void in Australian politics, says Shaun Newman. Modern politics has paled into insignificance from the vehicle it once was. Federally, we have Tony Abbott who we all know well: we...
Tweetby Sandra Hayda Has Tony Abbott been the architect of his own downfall? By betraying Peter Reith and releasing the hellhounds of WorkChoices, he may have done just that. Sandra Hajda comments. Something extraordinary happened at the Liberal...
