Jacqueline Maley
Jacqueline Maley is the Canberra-based Parliamentary Sketch Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Gay marriage: the political knot it's impossible to untie
Jacqueline Maley Last week, I spied a peculiar photograph accompanying a newspaper story about the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France.
Joe goes into bat and is hit with a Jones bouncer
Jacqueline Maley Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey thought he was having a good week. And he was, right up until the moment he called 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones on Wednesday morning.
Mothers, take note of this pair
Jacqueline Maley Mothers of Australia, switch off Super Nanny. Put down your parenting manuals and bin the baby books.
The Liberal leader's little red book
Jacqueline Maley All writers know that books are like children. So it was no surprise that when Opposition Leader and author Tony Abbott fronted the media on Monday, he clutched his latest literary creation to his...
Abbott's new election effort is by the book
Jacqueline Maley All writers know that books are like children. So it was no surprise that when Opposition Leader and author Tony Abbott faced the media on Monday, he clutched his latest literary creation to his...
Locked away with just air castles for company
Jacqueline Maley The annual budget lock-up is a like a hostage situation crossed with an exam. Armed with a notepad, a calculator and a sense of existential dread, journalists huddle from about 1pm outside the...
Abbott cares for mums, but why so little support?
Jacqueline Maley Opposition Leader Tony Abbott may well be a misogynist. He might be plotting to scrap abortion rights. He might truly believe that women are not temperamentally suited to leadership roles.
The game of thrones
Mark Kenny, Jacqueline Maley The tomato-coloured letter that arrived by post before the April 9 ballot, was typically unsigned.
Candidates and hopefuls line up for the game of thrones
Mark Kenny, Jacqueline Maley The tomato-coloured letter, which arrived by post ahead of the April 9 ballot, was typically unsigned. But where its authors remained in the shadows, their claims were anything but backward.
Abbott has moved on from playing the clown
Jacqueline Maley Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was interviewed by Leigh Sales on 7.30 on Wednesday night. It was a TV event highly anticipated by politics dorks, and I know several who raced home for it.
Staff hit sour note when they stray from party's songbook
Jacqueline Maley It was supposed to be a nice party. A black-tie gala held in a hangar, catered by culinary ponytail-to-the-stars Neil Perry, and attended by 1000-odd guests hand-selected from the fanciest quarters...
Hooked on outrage in the Twitter wars
Jacqueline Maley How much can we really expect of Justin Bieber? As a rule, anyone who has had a haircut named after them should not be taken too seriously.
PM schooled in daycare to-do list
Sketch Jacqueline Maley If politics is showbiz for ugly people, then a roomful of children at a holiday daycare facility is what entertainment industry types might call ''tough talent to manage''.
After maths, PM may have been tempted by option C
Jacqueline Maley If politics is showbiz for ugly people, then a roomful of little children at a holiday daycare facility is what entertainment industry types might call ''tough talent to manage''.
Gillard faces Coalition states revolt
Josephine Tovey and Jacqueline Maley Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing hostility from some Coalition states after announcing $14.5 billion in new school funding that will form the centrepiece of her re-election campaign.
Premiers baulk at $14b school funding plans
Josephine Tovey, Jacqueline Maley Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing hostility from some Coalition states after announcing $14.5 billion in new school funding that will form the centrepiece of her re-election campaign.
Slick language in the service of poor policy
Jacqueline Maley These people, the online commenter said, should be sent home ''now, today, if not sooner''. Sooner than now? I thought. Isn't that the name of a Smiths song?
Changes confused and chaotic, says Hockey
Jacqueline Maley Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey seized on the government's planned superannuation tax changes as ''confused and chaotic'', even as the Coalition admitted it would agree to some of the measures proposed.
Chaotic, says Hockey, as consensus greets changes
Jacqueline Maley Shadow treasurer slams tax changes even as the Coalition admitted it would agree to some of the key measures.
Super tactic: fight the enemy, press the facts
Jacqueline Maley What does it mean to be ''fabulously wealthy'' and how does one achieve it? When I was at university it meant ''anyone who owns a car''.
