Tag Archives: federal

Calling the samovar Michael Kroger

The editorial from the Crikey email today. Just coz I kind of liked this one.
Had Kevin Rudd not had the good fortune to make an advantageous marriage, then we can probably assume that the considerable wealth of his would-be nemesis Malcolm Turnbull could be more of an issue in public discussion than it is.
As things stand, [...]

Costello, press, deals and politics

A fortnight ago senior journalists from the leading Fairfax newspapers, Michelle Grattan and Shaun Carney for The Age and Peter Hartcher from the Sydney Morning Herald, sat down as part of a contracted arrangement with Melbourne University Publishing to interview the former deputy leader of the Australian Liberal Party, Peter Costello. The interview was part [...]