COALITION Catholics today accused Kevin Rudd of exploiting Mother Mary MacKillop's expected canonisation as a saint for political gain, urging the Prime Minister to leave "religion to religious leaders". Full Article at The Australian

With millions of people on the march, we need a wake-up call to the opportunities in population growth. GLOBALISATION has changed many things, but the idea of a country's geography shaping its mentality still holds water. Full Article at The Age

SENIOR Opposition frontbencher Kevin Andrews has called for a debate on slashing Australia's immigration from 180,000 people a year to a ''starting point'' of just 35,000. Full Article at The Age

Another day, another contested election defeat! That’s 42 and counting. However, as The Age reported this morning, the ballot to see who would be full-time major of Manningham City Council in 2010 came down to a knife-edge 5-4 vote. Full Article at Crikey

Tony Abbott says his frontbench gamble will make him a genius orroadkill. Full Article at The Daily Telegraph

TONY Abbott says he will be "political roadkill" if the Coalition does not win next year's Federal election, but that if Labor is beaten his frontbench reshuffle yesterday will be remembered as an act of genius. Full Article at PerthNow