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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 30, 2008
The Australian climate change debate chugs on. While the Government meets hundreds of lobbyists arguing for special assistance and free carbon permits, the public, meanwhile, appears to have taken its own position …
Also tagged: climate change, renewable energy, energy policy, global footprint, australian politics, brendan nelson, ben eltham
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 29, 2008
It now appears certain that the Liberal and National parties in Queensland will merge in a long anticipated move that even a few months ago I thought would once again fall over before fruition. Turning back now …
Also tagged: featured, australian politics, national party, andrew bartlett, qld politics, liberal national party, lawrence springborg, queensland politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 24, 2008
Few jobs are more thankless than that of a political staffer. The hours are long. The pay is pretty piss-poor (unless you get to appear on A Current Affair). Work/life balance is almost non-existent. read more
Also tagged: racism, uk politics, hero, boris johnson, international affairs, irfan yusuf, james mcgrath
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 4, 2008
In war and politics, it’s always a good idea to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. read more
Also tagged: featured, resignation, infighting, student politics, australian politics, brendan nelson, factionalism, nsw politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 22, 2008
Has Malcolm Turnbull shot himself in the foot? It’s certainly beginning to look that way. read more
Also tagged: hero, federal politics, malcolm turnbull, australian politics, brendan nelson, liberal leadership
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 16, 2008
Is Brendan Nelson a dead man walking, as Michelle Grattan and more than a few of his colleagues believe? Yes. He’s gone. Last night’s budget reply speech showed why. While Nelson is an empathetic and even likeable …
Also tagged: factions, hero, opposition, kevin rudd, federal politics, malcolm turnbull, australian politics, brendan nelson, alcopops
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 15, 2008
The publication of the Janette Howard diaries will send further shockwaves through the embattled Federal Liberal Party. Or at least they would do, if they existed. Extracts from Cherie Booth’s diaries recently …
Also tagged: hillary clinton, john howard, cherie blair, peter costello, has beens, cherie booth, malcolm turnbull, australian politics, brendan nelson, liberal leadership, mark latham
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 13, 2008
Natalie O’Brien’s story in The Australian last week accurately reflects just some of the tensions affecting the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), which appointed the elderly Sheik Fehmi el-Imam as Mufti of …
Also tagged: islam, media, religion, featured, literature, imam, gay rights, universities, the australian, culture wars, mufti, media and culture, islam and the west, irfan yusuf
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 26, 2008
John Howard was often accused of emulating Robert Menzies, but as former Victorian Liberal MP Robert Dean recently observed in The Age, the only things Howard has in common with Menzies are longevity and a brand name …
Also tagged: featured, malcolm fraser, john howard, peter costello, federal politics, robert hill, australian politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 19, 2008
The episode has not particularly increased the nation’s body of knowledge regarding the Liberal’s stymied leadership succession. read more
Also tagged: media, television, hero, federal election, john howard, kevin rudd, alexander downer, tony abbott, australian politics, media and culture