The Gillard government lags behind the opposition on perceptions of economic competence. Does it matter? Over the years Newspoll has asked a few different questions about the economy. The survey taken last weekend asked this question which, as far as I c

Who will lead the Queensland Labor opposition after the March 24 election? Queensland premier Anna Bligh will lead her party to a huge defeat next month. The helpful post-mortems will follow. Prime minister Julia Gillard will get some of the blame, as sh

Jann Brown , finance director and managing director of Cairn Energy , the FTSE 100 oil company, has been elected junior vice president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). She will succeed current vice presidents Sir David Tweedi

It’s hard to resist the sense that somehow, Julia Gillard’s prime ministership is cursed. She has started the year in the same way as she finished 2011. All the focus on her leadership and its ineptitude, while Tony Abbott, an unpopular, facile opportuni

Andrew Bolt Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 10:57am Labor staffers do have form, don’t they? ON THE day of his historic apology (to the “stolen generations"), Kevin Rudd was embarrassed by two of his staff joining protesters in turning their backs during O

Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson will be Australia's first ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday Dr Nelson's appointment represented a deepening of Australia's engagement with the orga