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Gillard likely to cop expansive Green agenda
Julia Gillard says that neither party has convinced Australia that it alone has won the right to govern and that "our political processes must...
The cost of fighting the cost of living
Despite both major parties claiming they'll fight to stop increases in the cost of living, neither are likely to deliver with the parliament...
The state we're in: redrawing Australia
The Force from the North, Bob Katter, doesn't do anything by halves. His independent compatriot Rob Oakeshott has spent the last week pushing out...
Replace this partisan Treasury with an independent budget office
The independents have asked for Treasury briefings and advice on ALP and Coalition policy as part of their decision-making process. At face value...
Informal ballots: blame compulsory voting
Don't blame Mark Latham's 60 Minutes spot for the increase in informal ballots last Saturday. Blame compulsory voting. The 2010 election saw the...
Moving forward mantra Gillard's biggest mistake
In retrospect, Julia Gillard's big mistake wasn't calling the election so quickly, or negotiating with the miners, or even announcing the climate...
Power struggle leaves mining tax in flux
With a hung parliament delivering rounds of political horse-trading between the two major parties and independents over the next days and weeks,...
Surely the election can afford debate on housing
As a concern among the electorate, housing affordability ranks above industrial relations, interest rates and asylum seekers. But until yesterday,...
Keep ambitions modest
If Julia Gillard wins the election tomorrow you can only hope she'll lead a better administration than Kevin Rudd. If Tony Abbott wins you can only...
NBN: Crippling government regulation to blame
At the Labor Party launch on Monday, Julia Gillard made the National Broadband Network central to her pitch for reelection. And if you were...