Don Woolford
Alice and the Iron Lady in Senateland
The Senate has gone from a Green feeling like Alice in Wonderland to the cute sayings of Margaret Thatcher.
Strange rituals lead to whooping about the carbon tax
Tony Abbott has added an incantation to the cargo cult that's emerging around the repeal of the 'toxic' carbon tax.
Family feud over heart of the federal budget
Just about every family but the Abominable Snowman's gets a mention in question time's battle over the budget.
Former NSW premier Neville Wran dies
Former NSW Premier Neville Wran has died in a Sydney nursing home after a long illness at the age of 87.
Government loads fuel onto red tape bonfire
Tony Abbott's mass destruction of regulations foreshadows a fundamental shift in Australia's culture of governance.
Abbott’s carbon tax repeal becomes a political cargo cult
The government has continued to put pressure on Labor to allow the bill to repeal the carbon tax to pass the Senate.
Spinners back into parliamentary attack
On the first day of parliamentary Question Time in two months, both sides of politics produced the sort of spin of which...
Question time is faster … but is it any better?
Tony Abbott is speeding up question time but that doesn't mean the opposition is eliciting anything more than abuse and derision.