Infrastructure
Infrastructure scheme a barrel of pork, says opposition
Ari Sharp A REPORT into a key plank of the government's stimulus package has sparked a clash between Labor and the Coalition over whether administration of the $550 million infrastructure scheme amounts to...
After all the talking, the spoils go to...
The PM's new cabinet.
Human rights boss lashes 'race to bottom'
Tom Reilly and Yuko Narushima THE race and discrimination commissioner has attacked the election campaigns of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, describing their debates on asylum seekers as a "race to the bottom".
No sale: Abbott's enormous deal the independents rejected
LENORE TAYLOR TONY ABBOTT'S spurned offer to the two country independents included a permanent $1 billion-a-year regional infrastructure package - an offer well in excess of Labor's proposed total infrastructure...
Leaders lashed for race hypocrisy
Tom Reilly and Yuko Narushima Australia's race and discrimination commissioner has made a withering attack on the election campaigns of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
Wagga sidelined in regional love-fest
Mark Metherell HEALTH CORRESPONDENT WAGGA WAGGA is learning that under the new Labor minority government's promise of a better deal for the regions some regions are more equal than others.
'Pointless' to back Abbott in opposition: Crook
Katherine Fenech WA National MP Tony Crook has admitted he will return to the cross-benches after backing the losing side in the race for government because ongoing support for the Coalition was now a 'pointless'...
Gillard buys a second shot at power
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JULIA GILLARD has promised to heed the lesson handed to Labor at the election and govern with a new style of openness after her nerve-racking wait ended and she scraped back into power by the...
Juggling skills will help as she treads the high wire
Mark Metherell HOW Julia Gillard secured power may provide the best pointer to the way Australia's first woman prime minister
After two hectic weeks Gillard can at last draw breath
A regional package and broadband got Labor over the line, writes Lenore Taylor.
Regions secure $10b in funding package
Jacob Saulwick NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JULIA GILLARD'S $10 billion boost for the regions, put together to win the support of the rural independents, includes a mix of new money, repackaged promises and local handouts.
Gillard buys a second shot at power
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JULIA GILLARD has promised to heed the lesson handed to Labor at the election and govern with a new style of openness after her nerve-racking wait ended and she scraped back into power by the...
Labor on a tightrope
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard has clinched a historic election win, but now faces the daunting challenge of running Australia with a razor-thin parliamentary majority.
Joyce mulls influence of personal friction
Tom Arup Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce says he hopes Tony Windsor did not put personal animosities with the National Party before the 'good of the country' in his decision.
Labor's broadband plan the main deal clincher
Tom Arup Tony Windsor has identified the national broadband network as the 'critical issue' in his decision to back a minority Labor Government.
Windsor, Oakeshott secure extra $4bn
Dan Oakes Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor managed to wangle up to $4 billion in extra funding for rural and regional Australia from Julia Gillard in exchange for their support.
Let the sun shine in: Gillard
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says her minority government will be held to higher standards of accountability as a result of the deal struck with the independents.
Labor over the line: Windsor and Oakeshott hand power to Gillard
Mark Davis Independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott have backed Labor into power.
Labor to form government
Phillip Coorey Labor has won the support of the two remaining independent MPs to form a minority government.
Windsor makes power play for the bush
Michelle Grattan and David Humphries Tony Windsor, one of three country independents set to decide the new government, demands big changes in way government handles the needs of regional Australia.
