Columnists
Mad as a Hutton
With a father like his, is it any surprise Mel Gibson has a penchant for wacky conspiracy theories?
Attention moves from Kan to wounded party
MOST eyes in Nagatacho, Tokyo's political ghetto, are fixed on post-transition polling.
Cult comfort
FIRST WATCH: Graeme Blundell They may not win the ratings but there are shows that get a devoted, possibly even obsessive, following
Price of diplomacy is worth paying
HOW valuable, in today's world, is Australia's diplomacy - compared, say, with its military spending or with its official, governmental aid?
Campaigns boil down to one seat
NEVER mind what the rest of the country thinks -- this is all about Queensland and western Sydney.
Damned if they do . . .
Whichever way they jump, the independents risk alienating those who put them in
Pact puts Labor brand and Gillard leadership on line
THAT the ALP has entered into an alliance with the Greens to stay in office is a measure of Labor's weakness and desperation.
Sucked in
CELEBRITIES are a bit like dust mites. They have a way of getting up your nose whether you care about them or not.
Divided we stand
Our economy and confidence are relatively strong but the election has delivered political gridlock and revealed a society fractured along lines of state, age and sex
PM could signify change with a nuclear nod
SO now we know. The Gillard government, on the evidence we have seen so far, is much the same as the Rudd government.
Every breath you take
WHERE is paradise? On my travels I have looked for somewhere peaceful to stop for a while and just write.
Richo finds himself in Seven heaven
CHANNEL Seven on Thursday announced it had wrenched the Labor fixer Graham Richardson from Nine's bosom.
Abbott offers one chance of stability
IF, as most observers expect, the Coalition wins the seat of Brisbane, it will have 73 seats and be in the better position to form a minority government.
Indigenes still in the political wilderness
NO time confirms the democratic impotence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian commonwealth more than federal elections.
Supermarket price war shelves rate rise
LOWER than expected inflation means no election campaign interest rate hike.
Oh, boy! Mortal milestones you can bet on
COME with me on a journey to the edges of Australian demography.
Jaded nation ready for fresh lick of paint
Imre Salusinszky AUSTRALIA'S caretaker government had another busy day yesterday.
We failed, Julia almost admits
WHAT Julia Gillard is really offering is a discontinuance of the management of the Rudd government that simply "broke down".
Parr for the course
Iain Shedden NEXT time you're in Duluth, Minnesota, on a Wednesday night with nothing to do it may be worth checking out Fitger's Brewhouse Brewery and Grille.
In praise of good patriots and reasonable people
BARACK Obama deserves credit for wisely following the path laid by George W. Bush.
Old ways on notice as vote grows Greener
Labor as well as the Liberals disregard the consequences of this trend at their peril
Watchful RBA eye on consumer figures
WAYNE Swan is right that many other treasurers would kill for a set of economic numbers such as Australia's, but the RBA doesn't share his enthusiasm.
Angela Shanahan
Blame this imbroglio on voters
The voters have spoken, but not in a language easy for politicians to interpret this week
Plenty of positives in a minority government
Is it bad for democracy that a handful of independent MPs will decide who governs the nation?
Pact is predictable but not devoid of risks
THE alliance between the Labor Party and the new Greens MP in the House of Representatives, Adam Bandt, confirms what we know.
Harsh light of reality about to hit Greens
IS there anything so unworldly or so little wise as that dusty stock of homilies and commonplaces that we like to call worldly wisdom?
Debate Greens to put them in their place
A TV face-off would show voters what the environmentalists would do to the economy.
