Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
The media are going big on predicting the end of the Gillard government. Plus other political views noted along the way.
View ArticleThe Power Index: election deciders, campaign directors #1
Crikey has been counting down the most powerful people in the fight for the 2013 federal election. Here's our number one: the campaign directors. Who are these people, and what tack are they taking in...
View ArticleCoalition split on gay exemption aged-care providers don’t want
UPDATED: The Coalition wants to ensure church-run aged care providers can deny beds to gay people. But the organisations tell Crikey they don't discriminate -- and don't want the protection to do it.
View ArticlePreference count: the fine art of shafting one’s coalition partner
Labor and the Liberals are considering a preference deal to shut out their junior coalition partners. The parties need to decide: who is the real enemy here?
View ArticleCampaign scorecard: company tax cut gives Libs a win
Crikey asks the sharpest political commentators which leader got the best of the campaigning day yesterday, plus we track where the leaders are and what cash promises they've made …
View ArticleTips and rumours
Parties' postal vote rort raising hackles ... who is Jaymes Diaz? ... Waterhouse sells out ... Maccas update
View ArticleMedia briefs: questions for journos … raiding Foxtel … News Corp ban …
Is News Corp going to try to force Telstra out of Foxtel? There's talk it will happen, but it could cost billions.
View ArticleCampaign scorecard: Beattie surprise gives Rudd the splash
Crikey asks the sharpest political commentators which leader got the best of the campaigning day yesterday, plus we track where the leaders are and what cash promises they’ve made …
View ArticleThe Liberals betting it all on western Sydney
Guy Rundle is on the campaign trail in the western Sydney seat of Reid, where chipmunky blokes fight forgettable faces for the key seats in this election.
View ArticlePEFO fiscal update: nothing to see here, folks
The Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook reveals virtually nothing new compared to Labor's Economic Statement. Now it's over to the Coalition.
View ArticlePrivacy and media
Crikey readers have their say on privacy and journalists collecting their information, the disadvantages of being a small party and the meaning of "huis clos".
View ArticleMedia briefs: Coalition cut … News and REA … exclusive watch …
The Daily Telegraph has an exclusive-that-wasn't, and other media bites of the day.
View ArticleForeign aid policy head-to-head: what would the Coalition do?
What would a Coalition government do with Australia's foreign aid? Associate Director Robin Davies of ANU's Development Policy Centre has examined both sides to compile an election policy brief.
View ArticleThe case for why Australians should pay even more tax
Australia can have low taxes and balanced budgets, or balanced budgets and high-quality public services, but not all three, write Centre for Policy Development fellows Miriam Lyons, Shaun Wilson, Adam...
View ArticleCrikey losing its way but for Keane’s moral compass
Crikey readers talk the problem with the major parties and surveillance state.
View ArticleWhy neither major party is addressing indigenous poverty
Despit the epidemic of indigenous poverty, neither major party has a comprehensive policy to address it. Jon Altman, professor at ANU's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, says only the...
View ArticleTony, the godfather, with the energy of audacity
Tony Abbott has already won. He knows it, Rudd knows it, everyone knows it. But he's still campaigning like the godfather he is, with consigliere Peta Credlin not far behind. Relax. It's not going to...
View ArticlePoll Bludger: what role the minor parties could play tomorrow
Plenty of people have dismissed the Palmer United Party as a rich man's ego trip, but its potential for disruption shouldn't be underestimated.
View ArticleDisunity was death for a government with a strong record
Labor managed the economy well and achieved significant reforms, but ultimately simply couldn't govern itself. Voters were always going to punish them for it.
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