People & associates
John Roskam
Gillard reverts to type
Practically Lathamesque is the best way to sum up the Labor Party's week. One of the enduring memories of Mark Latham's brief and inglorious ALP...
Lest we forget to ask the reason why
At the front of the Baptist Church on Collins Street there is a banner that reads: "Seek Peace". And while peace is certainly preferable to war,...
The ABC is not doing its job
The Federal Government's new media laws came into effect last week - and the sky didn't fall in. Australians haven't been reduced to having only...
Regulating the end of neighbourliness
Last Sunday was Neighbour Day. The idea behind the day is simple and worthwhile. Neighbours are encouraged to say hello to one another. Neighbour...
Economy still main game
The announcement this week by Kevin Rudd that Labor would use part of the Future Fund to pay for a nationwide broadband network has provoked shock...
Hot air and hot cars may suit pollies, but do they serve us?
Victorians are proud of Melbourne as the sport and major events capital of the country. But few bother asking: is that title worth the money? This...
Unions beholden to the past
It is not often that John Howard and the government receive a compliment from a union official. Yet that's what happened this week after Holden's...
Secret deals undermine democracy
Steve Bracks is wrong. He claims his secret deal with the police union is no different to the dozens of other promises he made before the last...
Not always the best interests
The potential takeover of Qantas couldn't have come at a worse time for the federal government. Kevin Rudd is luxuriating in a seemingly endless...
The alliance is not the issue, it's about Iraq
John Howard's attack on US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was ill-conceived and ill-considered. It was bad politics and bad foreign...