The announcement yesterday by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that a Coalition Government would end the current protection policy of Australia's waters highlights a lack of leadership over marine parks, according to environment group WWF-Australia.
As part of our coverage of the key seats that will decide the 2010 federal election, our reporter gives us an overview of the events and outcome in the famous bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro on the NSW South Coast.
As part of theangle's election coverage of marginal seats, Simon Hukin gives us an extensive overview of the WA seat of Canning including the main issues confronting the candidates and the most likely outcome.
A Galaxy poll conducted for WWF-Australia has shown support for an emissions trading scheme continue to grow in the Queensland marginal seats of Brisbane, Bowman, Petrie and Ryan.
The treatment of deposed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is set to play a major role in the federal election campaign as early polls continue to echo voter disquiet over the manner of his ousting.
With today's opinion polls showing the Gillard experiment is working for Labor, despite a number of gaffes and missteps in the three weeks of her reign as leader, theangle's Alex Schlotzer analyses the problems for the Coalition Opposition.
Can't say that Prime Minister Gillard's almost immediate accommodation with the mining executives wasn't expected. But spare a thought for former PM Kevin Rudd as he contemplates the reasons for his removal by the Labor party,
It's been some time since we've seen Labor in government and last week's removal of Kevin Rudd as leader revealed their inexperience and obsessions with opinion polls.
He hadn't contested the leadership spill called by former deputy Julia Gillard, allegedly because the numbers were so embarrasingly against the former PM that to contest would have been foolhardy
By Rich Bowden: The Australian Government is today considering whether to call an early election after its emissions trading scheme legislation failed to pass the Senate for a second time yesterday. Despite two Liberal senators, Sue Boyce and Judith Troeth, crossing the floor to vote with the Government on the amended bill, the Government...
By Simon Hukin: After Malcolm Turnbull’s precipitate booting on Monday, where will he go? What will he do? Will he follow his predecessor Brendan Nelson, and retire, or will he soldier on – a pariah among his comrades? There is another option. Mr Turnbull, having shown a great degree of commitment to policy developed...
A deal between the Federal and NSW Governments has seen an embargo lifted on federal purchase of NSW irrigators' water.
