Natalie Gauci wins Australian Idol
Well, it's not standard Troppo fare I know - though aficionados may recall similar departures from me in the past, but Natalie Gauci won Australian...
Counterfactual
Peter Costello battles his emotions on election night Is it conceivable that the government would have scraped back in with Costello as PM? Nick Minchin...
From age to youth, from fear to hope, from private to public: Judith Brett on Howard’s loss and it’s implications
I've just read this piece by Judith Brett on why Howard will lose (it was written at the beginning of the campaign). I don't agree...
Kevin 07 – the road ahead
From today's AFR Bob Hawkes election victory in 1983 was so sure that he and his treasurer-designate, Paul Keating, were able to meet treasury and...
Fiscal problem – what problem?
As I argued in a recent column, the Coalition has been a policy free zone for some time. Of course it's been in government, so...
Song of Solomon
I don't have much to add to Rex's overall post-election rant, except to suggest that this is in many respects the result that might well...
Like Wow Wipeout
Its a repudiation. Its a rejection of Mr. Howard and much that he has stood for, and behold it is good. The Labor victory is...