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Gracious in defeat? Not 'Iron Bar' Tuckey
Ousted West Australian Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey has declared he doesn't intend to be gracious at all to the man who unseated him, the Nationals' Tony Crook.
Gillard lashes out at media coverage
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard lambasts media for not exposing the up to $10.6 billion black hole that Treasury found in Tony Abbott's election costings.
Independents' decision not the end of uncertainty
Mark Davis Confused? Even when the independents make up their mind, the parliamentary landscape is far from certain.
Summit will discuss a simpler PAYG system, welfare payments
Jacob Saulwick NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT A TAX summit scheduled for the middle of next year will consider the list of Henry review options the government did not rule in or out, including an overhaul of the family and welfare payments...
Not-so-happy return for a man of independent mind
Nick O'Malley A former Rob Oakeshott supporter walks into his Port Macquarie electorate office and hands the receptionist a T-shirt emblazoned with Mr Oakeshott's name.
Home at last, but for Oakeshott there's still some talking to do
Nick O'Malley AS ROB OAKESHOTT was doing a phone interview with a Melbourne radio station yesterday morning an elderly man ambled into his Port Macquarie electorate office and handed the receptionist a T-shirt...
No mincing words in bad blood over speech
Michael Gordon Don Watson says he used to remind Paul Keating, during his years as the prime minister's speech writer, that he was keeping a diary and planning to write a book.
Lost in translation with finish line in sight
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley We're now in for the final blitz of marginal seats - and the Pulse's excitement is palpable.
No time for hitting the wall as campaign smashes through pain barrier
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley There's many reasons why it was a sleepless night - with the election nerves highlighting the closeness of the contest.
Onwards and upwards: stage (sort of) set for Battleground Brisbane
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley Will they or won't they? Leaders tease us with prospect of debate.
Rictus all 'round as crazed candidates career across continent
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley The leaders buck and bristle but will they both end up at the Broncos Leagues Club tonight?
Going around the bend ... and into the final straight
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley And so we round the last bend and head into the last straight of the election race. Happy last election Monday.
Treasury wipes $10b off Lib costings
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Coalition is wrangling with Treasury over discrepancies in its policy costings believed to total up to $10.
Anything goes in scramble for power
Michelle Grattan The 'whatever it takes' flavour of this desperate battle between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott is evident in the Opposition Leader's offer of $1 billion for the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Father lied over disabled son and helped sink Labor MP
Courtney Trenwith The father whose question at a community forum led to outrage against a Queensland Labor MP two days before the federal election has admitted he lied.
Independents could go separate ways
Josh Gordon, Peter Munro Andrew Darby The bloc of three rural independents could split and negotiate separately in shaping the next government, amid deep divisions over key policy questions.
Historic win for Greens
GREENS candidate Adam Bandt claimed victory in the seat of Melbourne last night.
Weeks of negotiation the only certainty
Tim Colebatch Victoria and Tasmania voted yesterday to re-elect the Labor government. But Queensland and New South Wales voted decisively to throw it out, with WA set to follow.
First-timers break the mould
Jessica Irvine ECONOMICS WRITER THE new-look lower house will have more than a few firsts.
Collateral damages
Damien Murphy The generous attempt of the two-timing party girl Cheryl Kernot to serve the people of NSW has been rudely ignored.
