When is Rudd going to reinstate the Prime Minister's site? - posted by Graham

Go to this page. Depending on how long after you read this it may show something different. At the moment it gives this message: An election for the House of Representatives was held on 24 November 2007 at which the... More

More Flegg furphies - posted by Graham

It's a laugh a minute on the Flegg Punch and Judy show in Queensland. CM journalists appear ready to accept any assertion by the Nicholls camp. Here are a few, dot-point style, with some more informed comment. There is a... More

What they'll find on homelessness - posted by Graham

Kevin Rudd has sent his troops out to investigate the plight of the homeless living in shelters in their electorates. Here's what they are likely to find if they are diligent. There are only about 20,000 homeless in Australia if... More

He's back - posted by Graham

No, not a radical unionist - I mean Santo Santoro. The Courier Mail has run a highly misleading story this morning about the Nicholls challenge to Flegg. It portrays Flegg as a bumbler who walked away from a leadership contest... More

Faction fighting breaks out in Queensland - posted by Graham

Breaking news - Tim Nicholls has announced that he is challenging Bruce Flegg for the leadership of the Queensland Liberal Party tomorrow. Who is Tim Nicholls? That's something that plenty of people are bound to be asking as he's failed... More

Costello - it could have been worse - posted by Graham

Imagine if Peter Costello had become Prime Minister during the course of the last parliament. It's one thing to have the heir apparent stump-off in high dudgeon - another to have the leader and defeated Prime MInister do so. No... More

Mal Brough - posted by Graham

There are only a very few things that I would count as real personal political achievements that have had national significance. One was obviously crafting the strategy that won the 1995 Queensland state election. Another, was making sure that Mal... More

Good Samaritan Kev - posted by Graham

11 days ago I blogged about the Prime Minister's reaction to a woman being knocked down in front of him. I said it might have been a defining moment in the campaign, but I never expected there to be a... More

IPCC AR4 - collective confirmation bias - posted by Graham

In case you don't already know what's in it you can download the IPPC AR4 report from here. You should know what's in it, because the summary for policy makers was released early this year in a "cart before the... More

Sorry again? - posted by Graham

Now, I know this isn't his fault, but when a woman is knocked to the ground in front of you and you just walk away, perhaps you owe someone an apology. In this campaign this could be the defining moment... More

Garrett's comments probably positive for Labor - posted by Graham

The problem for John Howard is that people have just made up their minds that they want a change of government, so there's not much that will deter them. That doesn't mean that Labor doesn't have some problems holding on... More