Judith Ireland
Judith Ireland is an online political reporter for The National Times, and a columnist for The Canberra Times.
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It's that Sound of Music time of year
Judith Ireland Budget time always reminds one of The Sound of Music.
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Dud dress, hot proposal and asylum insanity mark FDD
Judith Ireland The Festival of Dubious Decisions is an ad hoc affair. It's not tied to any particular date, season or location.
On the QT
Gillard is not likely to be going anywhere soon
Judith Ireland If you're a political leader in a precarious position, it can be hard to know what to do.
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Just how different can the Greens afford to be?
Judith Ireland The Greens have long prided - and pitched - themselves as being different from the other parties. The question is, how different can they afford to be if they want an extra 400,000 votes.
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How well does Gillard really know Canberra?
Judith Ireland Prime Minister Julia Gillard is rousing on the big bad states of Victoria and New South Wales today for not coming to the party on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
As Albanese navigates, another MP burns
Judith Ireland Australian politics may be busy trying to out-bizarre itself, but Anthony Albanese has been getting on with the business of government.
