Labor's chances in Queensland: Tell us what's happening on the ground
Two recent events have prompted me to ponder how federal Labor is traveling in Queensland. Yesterday, we saw Flynn MP Chris Trevor make an impassioned defence of Kevin Rudd against what he identified as the factional forces that brought him [...]
ABC claims move against Rudd is on
ABC tv news has just claimed that a move against Kevin Rudd’s leadership is on tonight, emanating from Victoria and including “senior ministers”. Tomorrow is the last sitting day of this session of parliament. There’s nothing on the web so [...]
RSPT debate rolls on
One aspect of the calls to sort the RSPT out in order to give the government ‘clear air’ (which I think emanate more from the journosphere than from Labor MPs, with the probable exception of Gary Gray) is that there’s [...]
2010: Bye bye Bligh?
Back in August, I had this to say about Anna Bligh’s Labor regime in Queensland: Anna Bligh’s credibility was one of the few things the ALP had going for it in the March state election. Her opposition to the dictates [...]
How the coup against Kevin Rudd unfolded
By Mark Bahnisch on June 25, 2010
Today’s comprehensive coverage in the Financial Review allows us to understand how the Labor leadership challenge was orchestrated. From reading a number of reports in the Fin Review today, including Laura Tingle’s, I think it’s fair to characterise it as [...]
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