Michelle Grattan, overdosing on irony: If it emerges that the Coalition is not telling the full story of its contact with Ashby, that will reflect very badly on it. But the government should be careful: in its quest for a smoking gun, it should beware finding itself on the wrong side of the real issue. [...]

Gillard must resign, the government must go, election now. No, it’s not just Andrew Bolt saying it today. Grattan: JULIA Gillard should consider falling on her sword for the good of the Labor Party, because she can no longer present an even slightly credible face at the election. Kenny: The current Parliament is not stable [...]

Mutiny kills PM’s Bob Carr plan mutiny |ˈmyo͞otn-ē| noun an open rebellion against the proper authorities, esp. by soldiers or sailors against their officers: verb refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority. If I ever become the captain of a seagoing vessel I sure hope that any mutiny that I suffer goes [...]

Ken Parish over at Club Troppo excoriates Michelle Grattan’s “analysis” that the existence of a High Court challenge to the government’s Malaysia-deportation plan shows that “it’s a shambles”: What does Grattan mean by this? That Hayne J was somehow passing judgment on the Gillard government’s competence? In fact his remark is the sort of theatrical [...]