Ross Peake

Lindsay Tanner's rant isn't helpful for Labor

Ross Peake Former politicians trashing their own party to sell a book is a bit rich. Especially when the retired MP owes his or her career to the party's patronage.

Ross Peake

Abbott needs to pull his team back together

Ross Peake Tony Abbott needs to get his act together and his team back on track if he hopes to contain Labor's resurgence.

Ross Peake

Gillard's fascinating ploy to allow vote

Ross Peake Julia Gillard has won the battle against same-sex marriage, at least for now, but at what political price?

Ross Peake

Headlong rush to ditch govt principles

Ross Peake The political landscape has changed significantly since Tony Abbott last called Julia Gillard a liar in Parliament.

NATO cuts Afghan operations

Ross Peake and Christopher Knaus Australia is taken by surprise by a snap decision by NATO to cut back on operations with the Afghan army because of the coalition's high losses from 'green on blue' attacks.

Ross Peake

Coalition cuts create hurdles for local MPs

Ross Peake Gary Humphries and Zed Seselja have a common enemy - their own party's war on the public service.

Burke plumbs depths with reaction to this nettlish issue

Ross Peake Amid all the hoopla about banning the supertrawler, it became increasingly clear the federal government had over-reached.

Gillard is hoping education can help Labor make the grade

Ross Peake Julia Gillard wants us to overlook the past two years of stumbles and focus only on the future.

Ross Peake

PM prepared to take all the time she needs

Ross Peake Tony Abbott is now demanding that Australia go to the polls in 11 months. His rationale is that the last election was held on August 21, 2010.

Ross Peake

Fiery PM turns tables on a hapless Abbott

Ross Peake The Labor Party would have us believe that Tony Abbott has problems with strong women.

Ross Peake

Moment of truth sees PM fighting

Ross Peake Julia Gillard's defiant show of steel should be a turning point in her leadership.

Ross Peake

PM's 'tough love' means Abbott has to find himself a new mantra

Ross Peake ''Just say sorry, Prime Minister.''

Ross Peake

Only course left for Gillard is to make this a win

Ross Peake Julia Gillard has suffered a sharp rebuff from the Houston inquiry, which wants Australia to have a much tougher border protection policy.

Ross Peake

The ALP must try to stay on the front foot

Ross Peake So, five weeks after pushing up power prices by 10 per cent with the carbon tax, Julia Gillard declares unacceptably high electricity prices have become ''a threat to fairness in our society''.

Ross Peake

Leigh slams Abbott's comment on 'hurt feelings' test

Ross Peake Canberra Labor MP Andrew Leigh has hit back at Tony Abbott for promising to repeal a section of the Racial Discrimination Act.

Ross Peake

Working class hero channels the Boss

Ross Peake Bruce Springsteen is due to tour Australia in March next year, well ahead of the scheduled date of the federal election.

Ross Peake

Desperate PM resorts to social experiment

Ross Peake Today Julia Gillard will engage in a social experiment to test the mood of a particular slice of voter land.

Ross Peake

It's time to reflect, not to provoke fights

Ross Peake The brainiacs in the NSW Labor Party who think it's a terrific idea to abuse the Greens are the same bright sparks behind Labor's massive defeat in the state election.

Ross Peake

Winter recess a testing ground for Gillard

Ross Peake Julia Gillard once drove around town with personalised number plates proclaiming ''NOGST'', according to a Melbourne newspaper.