Alex Hart
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Labor's way forward
Labor MPs were ultimately forced to consider one question when weighing up who they would support in the party’s leadership spill. Do they want ‘short term gain and long term pain’ or ‘short term pain and long term gain’?In Kevin Rudd, Labor may wel...
April 2, 6:00 am -
ELECTION 2013: And so it begins...
The Prime Minister said she did not announce the election date ‘to start the nation’s longest election campaign’. Pfft... Yeah right! That is one of the most significant reasons for her shock decision. Julia Gillard wants to give herself as much tim...
January 30, 7:48 pm -
Game on
So, we have a contest now. At least, that’s what the latest Newspoll suggests. The Gillard Government has closed the gap on the Coalition in the two-party preferred stakes. It’s neck and neck, apparently.Well, it’s not really... Not yet, anyway. Yes...
September 20, 11:13 am -
A Win/Win for Abbott
Make no mistake, the Malaysia people swap deal is a dog. There is a reason why the High Court found it to be illegal. In Malaysia, asylum seekers are treated worse than second-class citizens. They are routinely detained, and caned. On human rights g...
June 27, 11:12 am -
Gillard Vs Rudd Round Two
Kevin Rudd calls a media conference at 1am in Washington DC ... What the!?When that happened, the intense leadership speculation in the federal parliamentary press gallery went ballistic. What was he going to say? Would he declare a challenge? Would...
February 22, 10:23 pm -
Labor In Survival Mode
After a two month break, Parliament resumes for the first time in 2012 today.What better time to take stock of where we're at, and what we can expect over the coming months?Clearly, the odds are stacked against Labor winning the next election.A welc...
February 7, 2:29 pm -
Killing the Speaker
The end of the Parliamentary year isn't called the killing season for nothing. Only this time, it's not a leader being assassinated, it's the Speaker.The Prime Minister claims this was a decision made by Harry Jenkins alone.But it's far more likely ...
November 25, 8:22 am -
Killing the Speaker
The end of the Parliamentary year isn't called the killing season for nothing. Only this time, it's not a leader being assassinated, it's the Speaker.The Prime Minister claims this was a decision made by Harry Jenkins alone.But it's far more likely ...
November 24, 6:25 pm -
Bringing Back the Biff
For many Liberal politicians, opposing a price on carbon (or any action to tackle climate change for that matter) is a political fight.They're fighting it to seek a political advantage, and because it is in the best interests of the Federal Coalitio...
March 10, 5:36 pm -
'Tis the Season...
'Tis the season for a countdown, so I thought to myself, why not add my own to the extensive list. As a political reporter, I don't think I'll ever experience a year quite like 2010. In fact, the past 2 ½ years since I arrived in Canberra will go do...
December 28, 2:32 pm -
the Debate We Have To Have
In a few weeks' time, Federal Parliament will debate the war in Afghanistan.It was one of the conditions the Greens insisted upon as part of their formal alliance with Labor. With both the Government and the Opposition offering bipartisan support fo...
October 12, 5:20 pm -
Election Diary 2010 – the Fallout
By now, I pictured myself furiously planning a holiday after a long and gruelling campaign. The Australian people had other thoughts. In the past few days, we have witnessed one of the most dramatic elections in our country's history with a result s...
August 27, 2:44 pm -
Election Diary - Days 28, 29, 30, 31 & 32
I can't believe five more days have already passed me by. Since Friday, I've hugged the east coast, hopping between Sydney, Ballina, Melbourne, Penrith, Canberra and Narooma (NSW South Coast). Next we're flying to Rockhampton... If only we received ...
August 18, 9:23 am -
Election Diary – Days 24, 25, 26 & 27
Blink and all of a sudden it's the 12th of August, less than ten days to go! The past four days have seen a huge increase in the pace of the Julia Gillard's campaign. Fortunately, that pace has forced a slight reprieve in today's timetable. Due to f...
August 13, 4:16 pm -
Election Diary - Days 22 & 23
Just when you thought this campaign couldn't get any weirder... Well, it has.Whoever thinks it is boring clearly doesn't appreciate a good drama. Sure, many people can legitimately lament the lack of bold or visionary policies being put forward, but...
August 9, 9:25 am -
Election Diary – Days 18, 19, 20 & 21
Today, I'm taking time out in the bus station in Launceston to recap another hectic four days on the campaign trail. Clearly my initial plan to provide daily updates was too ambitious.If week one belonged to Julia, and week two was Tony's, then the ...
August 8, 7:37 am -
Election Diary - Days 16 & 17
Another day, another opinion poll.And the Newspoll in The Australian newspaper on Monday isn't good for Labor. As with Saturday's Nielsen poll, the government's primary vote has collapsed, putting it on the brink of defeat with less than three weeks...
August 3, 9:53 am -
Election Diary – Days 14 & 15
I haven't been a political reporter all that long. But I've learnt pretty quickly, there's no point trying to predict what is going to happen next. Who will win the election? Umm... Pass. It seems right now, Tony Abbott could announce policy backfli...
August 1, 9:58 am -
Election Diary – Days 12 & 13
Canberra, Launceston, Devonport, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne. Now we're heading for Perth, before a likely visit to Sydney on Saturday - that's every state and territory except NT covered in a week. Julia Gillard is hop-scotching her way around Au...
July 30, 12:38 pm -
Election Diary – Days Ten & Eleven
So, it's the end of day eleven. Each of them is flying by. Tonight we head to Adelaide from Bris Vegas. As an 'Adelaidean', the idea of heading home seems exciting, but I suspect the time for catching up with family and friends will be limited (read...
July 28, 10:43 am
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