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Kristie Dunn reviews Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
Most of the uncertainties of the year ahead are international, particularly in our region. John Howard will be lucky if things work out as he hopes.
In America, the political scientists are trying to attract the NASCAR dads—the sort of guys who are fans of racing cars. ‘NASCAR dads’ was once used to describe small-town and rural men.
Mark Latham is doing far better than anyone expected. No one had particular faith in him, but the signs, so far, are good.
Paul Osborne asks: Should we export uranium at all? Should we lock up the reserves and declare Australia nuclear free - setting an example to the rest of the world? What is Australia's moral responsibility when a country suddenly turns around and wants to use material from nuclear processes, fuelled by Australian uranium, for weapons?
John Howard has done more than enough to deserve to lose the next election by a wide margin. The polls indicate that he probably will. Yet he remains a slight favourite in the betting.
Most of the election so far has proven to be a referendum on whether we could endure having John Howard back.
When Labor marched to defeat in 2001, it is thought that more than half of the paid-up members of the party voted for the Greens.
The old firm is now entirely back in charge of the Labor Party. Not just Kim Beazley but the NSW Right.
Good old Kim Beazley has now been Leader of the Opposition again for six months. He gave a great speech after the Budget, even if he, and his advisers, made a complete mess of their tactics in opposing the Government’s tax cuts.
John Howard, the state premiers and the federal ALP are playing politics with terrorism.
The interesting, and probably enduring, thing about The Latham Diaries is not Mark Latham’s critique of the Labor Party, or even what the book tells about his own self-centredness and self-destructiveness.
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