It's time now to track the money

Michelle Grattan AT THE time of year when we look back and gaze forward, let's just cast an eye over one success and one failure (so far) of this remarkable Parliament, which still has time to do a few more things.

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Gillard stonewalls opponents

Michelle Grattan It looks like being a happier Christmas for the Prime Minister than either Rudd or Abbott might have expected.

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Rudd talks up more Chinese opportunities

Michelle Grattan Kevin Rudd yesterday predicted the Chinese market would hold 'vast' opportunities for Australia's service industries as the resources boom cooled, in another high-profile appearance by the former...

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Barnaby scores a win with grace under pressure

Michelle Grattan The Nationals Senate leader is showing political poise.

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Barnaby is no longer the Joyce of old

Michelle Grattan A good test of a politician is how they handle thwarted ambition.

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Rudd messing with Gillard's head

Michelle Grattan KEVIN RUDD tweeted on Friday: ''Addressed about 900 students at Cannon Hill Anglican College on resilience.'' He mentioned a Paralympian. But one's mind immediately leapt to the man himself.

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Duck-shoving blame games foil progress

Michelle Grattan The rift between the states and Canberra is unlikely to change.

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Working bee just the start for Abbott

Michelle Grattan In just over a week, federal MPs will be back in Canberra for Parliament's spring session. It will be a doozy.

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Liberal premiers put politics before the disabled

Michelle Grattan The Liberal premiers have let politics get in the way of helping the disabled.

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Disability scheming trips up premiers who should know better

Michelle Grattan Who would think - who would believe - that politicians could make a handful of disabled people the object of such shameless power play? Last week's behaviour by Liberal premiers over the plan to get...

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Disability scheming trips up premiers

Michelle Grattan Who would believe that politicians could make a handful of needy, disabled people the object of such shameless power play?

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Labor facing battle to save the furniture

Michelle Grattan Behind the horror scenes, the ALP must now switch to election survival mode.

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Nats mobilise cannon against Windsor

Michelle Grattan Gratitude is not a common commodity in politics right now.

Abbott's positive hitch

Michelle Grattan The point is Abbott knows that many people feel either that they don't have a handle on him or, worse, that they dislike or even fear him.

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From Brough to Palmer, the Queenslanders are at it again

Michelle Grattan What is it about the conservatives in Queensland? They can deliver a heap of seats but they always seem to bring trouble, too, for their Canberra crew.

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Turnbull insists on doing it his way

Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull may or may not have become reconciled to his likely fate for next year.

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When Melbourne goes national ...

Michelle Grattan When a government is in trouble, there is nothing like a byelection to send a frisson of excitement through the political system.

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A byelection defeat for Labor will cause shock waves in Canberra

Michelle Grattan When a government is in trouble, there is nothing like a byelection to send shivers up its spine and a frisson of excitement through the political system.

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Sisters in strife would do best to keep their distance

Michelle Grattan JULIA GILLARD and Anna Bligh, those two history-making women who are not close and have had their political differences, now find themselves sisters in strife.

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Gillard's credibility slips away

Michelle Grattan With time running out, the PM must lift Labor's primary vote above the 30 per cent mark.

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