Latham full of bile: Oakes
Nine's political editor, Laurie Oakes, says former Labor leader-turned-journalist Mark Latham is full of bile and could be damaging to the network's reputation. Mr Oakes said the network was right to ...
Australian election: Mars versus Venus?
Australia's prime minister Julia Gillard. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters - In a campaign largely devoid of policies, Julia Gillard is suffering from gender having become an issue. There are several possible explanations ...
Rudd ‘recovering well’ from keyhole surgery (back knife finally removed lol;)
Recovering 'well' ... Kevin Rudd. Photo: Paul Harris. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein says he is recovering well from keyhole surgery to remove his gall bladder. Ms Rein told ...
Kevin Rudd in hospital
PHILLIP COOREY - Gillard: Rudd admitted to hospital. Julia Gillard reacts to news that Kevin Rudd has been admitted to hospital for surgery on his gall bladder. Kevin Rudd has been admitted ...
Rudd is unmanly, like a snake: Latham
Latham: Rudd is unmanly Mark Latham has accused Kevin Rudd of being 'unmanly' for leaking a damaging story about Julia Gillard. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd is unmanly and like a snake ...
Leaking Labor is a shambles: Abbott
Swan: We can't stop leaks - Deputy Prime Minster Wayne Swan concedes Labor is powerless to stop damaging leaks. Opposition leader Tony Abbott said today the Gillard government was a "shambles" ...
Cut throat shame
The Australian people did not vote for Julia Guillard. This is a sad day for Australia. Cut throat shame.
US ambassador critical of Conroy’s internet filters
by ASHER MOSES - "Internet has to be free" ... US ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich. Photo: Sahlan Hayes The US ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich has criticised the Rudd government's ...
Web filter splits opposition
ARI SHARP THE federal opposition is yet to formulate a position on the proposed internet filter despite Labor flagging its intention to introduce the measure before the last election. The failure of ...
Abbott throws Joyce into fight over water use
PHILLIP COOREY CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT - No gaffe...Tony Abbott refused to concede he had made an error appointing Barnaby Joyce to finance. Photo: Domino Postiglione BARNABY JOYCE has been ousted from ...
House of Reps News:

Washington Post
The Age
ReutersBedevilled by the Tasmanian syndrome
Sydney Morning Herald
HAVING won Hasluck for the Liberal Party, Ken Wyatt, the first indigenous member of the House of Representatives, copped 50 abusive phone calls and emails. ...and more » 
Stuff.co.nzBringing the house to order
The Australian
The House of Representatives is Australia's most depressed public institution and it ranks poorly among the great parliaments of the Westminster world. ...1st Australian female PM leads party to low point
The Associated Press
... the 150-seat House of Representatives. Opposition leader Tony Abbott, whose Liberal Party represents the conservative spectrum in Australian politics, ...and more » Recent history will give Gillard no comfort
Sydney Morning Herald
For Australia, at the federal level at least, this is a new form of politics, with no rule book and pitfalls galore (as Tony Abbott discovered with his ...Hindus laud election of aboriginal to Australia House of Representatives
Sify
Australia has reportedly not directly incorporated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Convention on Economic, ...and more » Hung parliament dampens service sector
The Australian
Independents now hold the balance of power in the House of Representatives, and negotiations continue between them and the major parties. ...and more »






