Oakeshott makes peace with the Devil
CONTROVERSIAL Liberal senator Bill Heffernan has been spotted engaging in some Heff-style diplomacy in the courtyard at Parliament House.
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Oakeshott makes peace with the Devil
2:17PM James Massola CONTROVERSIAL Liberal senator Bill Heffernan has been spotted engaging in some Heff-style diplomacy in the courtyard at Parliament House.
Number crunching the order of the day
8:29AM James Massola Briefings continue in Canberra today for the trio of country independents as Andrew Wilkie rejects Julia Gillard's offer.
Coalition steams ahead in pre-polls and postals
10:27AM Christian Kerr POSTAL, pre-poll and absentee votes are strongly splitting the Coalition's way as counting continues for the election.
Parties inch towards a deal
7:56AM James Massola Tony Abbott's case to be the next Prime Minister is looking stronger as Julia Gillard's two-party-preferred vote slips.
Lipstick and pearls mark PM's ascent
2:42PM James Massola WHAT do you give a woman who has just become the nation's first female prime minister?
And then there were four
8:09AM James Massola Will Australia get its fourth prime minister in three years later this week?
Paper chase raises more questions
5:00PM Joe Kelly AS correspondence flies over who releases what and how, it’s clear the trio of independents has requested a lot. But do they know what they're asking for?
Back to the polls: how it works
11:07AM James Massola IF Australia goes back to the polls, the Australian Electoral Commission will be ready, says confident spokesman Phil Diak.
What is Kevin doing in Canberra?
8:21AM James Massola While Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott vie for the independents' affections, we ask what Kevin is up to...
Katter the toast of New York (Times)
4:35PM WE tip our woefully undersized hats to Bob Katter, who has made it to the front page of The New York Times.
Oakeshott and G-G do mention the war
3:56PM Joe Kelly GOVERNOR-General Quentin Bryce will cross paths tomorrow with a man who at present has more say about who forms the next government than she does.
Abbott's costings could cost him
8:17AM James Massola Australia remains in political limbo as the trio of independents fly home.
Burke coy about cafe society
3:59PM James Massola AGRICULTURE Minister Tony Burke has been snapped having a coffee with the three country independent MPs set to decide who forms the next government.
Parliament in limbo as negotiations continue
8:24AM James Massola Australians will likely wait another week before a government is formed, but the Coalition is showing signs of pulling ahead.
Capital Circle's cabinet of rivals
12:20PM James Massola ROB Oakeshott's suggestion of a unity cabinet made up of political rivals has got Capital Circle thinking: who would be on the dream team?
Let the horse trading begin
7:44AM It's all eyes on Canberra today as negotiations begin in earnest.
Lobbyists realign in face of hung parliament
1:22PM Samantha Maiden LABOR'S public relations firm of choice, Hawker Britton, has announced that its sister firm is joining forces with Liberal strategist Grahame Morris.
An election like no other? Not quite
10:47AM Christian Kerr AUSTRALIA has just had its closest election in 70 years. Where do we go to from here? This is what has happened before...
Swings to the Jesuits across the country
10:31AM James Massola The Australian Jesuit order will be celebrating today after swings to Jesuit-educated parliamentarians were recorded across the country.
All eyes on the independents
8:18AM James Massola Australians don't know which party will form government yet - so let the games begin.
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And then there were four
8:09AM James Massola Will Australia get its fourth prime minister in three years later this week?
Paper chase raises more questions
5:00PM Joe Kelly AS correspondence flies over who releases what and how, it’s clear the trio of independents has requested a lot. But do they know what they're asking for?
Back to the polls: how it works
11:07AM James Massola IF Australia goes back to the polls, the Australian Electoral Commission will be ready, says confident spokesman Phil Diak.
What is Kevin doing in Canberra?
8:21AM James Massola While Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott vie for the independents' affections, we ask what Kevin is up to...
Katter the toast of New York (Times)
4:35PM WE tip our woefully undersized hats to Bob Katter, who has made it to the front page of The New York Times.
Julia Gillard
Member for Lalor (ALP). Julia Gillard deposed Kevin Rudd to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.
Treasury finds $7bn hole in Abbott costings
Dennis Shanahan and Lanai Vasek TREASURY'S costings of the Coalition's election promises have found a $7bn hole in the opposition's claim that it would save $11.5bn over the next four years.
PM's high-risk Greens embrace
Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock.
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PM's high-risk Greens embrace
Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock.
ANZ offers free payments on iPhone
5:40PM Fran Foo ANZ Bank's iPhone users will be able to transfer money to anyone with a mobile phone free of charge, thanks to a new application dubbed goMoney.
Stellar growth lights fuse
Scott Murdoch AUSTRALIA'S comeback on the global stage as one of the world's best-performing economies sent the sharemarket and dollar surging yesterday.
