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Rudd's questionable call
Maybe Kevin Rudd has a sense of humour after all. Or maybe events are getting to him. Or maybe he genuinely believes that he should be left alone...
Rudd fails leadership test
It's the end of another week of - alternately - financial fear, hope, and then despair. Everyone is asking: ‘‘How bad will it get?''...
Costello is the new Nixon
The former treasurer has something in common with the disgraced US president, says Tom Switzer When I say that Peter Costello is the new Nixon, I...
Is Rudd in the right party?
Tom Switzer says that Kevin Rudd has proved himself an unwitting disciple of the Prime Minister that he ousted from office Shortly after the...
Chance for lucky Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has an opportunity to seize the initiative against a deteriorating economic outlook, writes John Roskam. If there's such a thing...
Rudd reveals core beliefs
The quality of self-awareness is usually visited on politicians only upon their retirement. It is with the publication of memoirs and diaries after...
Drums are beating for Iemma
Of all Labor governments across Australia, NSW seems to be the one tearing itself apart. What's happening is critical to Labor nationally and to...
Driving in two directions on fuel
Two things stand out about the Rudd era of Australian politics. First, there is the Prime Minister's love of slogans - "working families" and...
Talking up government
Last year Nigel Lawson, the former British chancellor of the exchequer (and father of Nigella) visited Australia. During his stay, he remarked on...
Culture wars are good for society
Since it lost the federal election, the Liberal Party has had lots of advice -- much of it useless or self-interested. One of the more useless...