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Unlike the UK, Australia has never had climate consensus – and it’s been costly, argues Labor frontbencher Mark Butler in an extract from his book, Climate Wars

Giving any Left-of-Centre party the reins of government is like giving Dracula the keys to the blood bank. Firstly, they spend like there is no tomorrow, and when they run out of money, they just put up taxes and/or borrow...

Given that this is in the Silly Moaning Herald, we can expect at least five articles over the next week, from the usual suspects, all rubbishing Tom Switzer’s piece and lashing him with predictable ad homs...

Many Australians are celebrating the win of Tony Abbott and his coalition government as a vote by the populace against the much hated Carbon Tax ramrodded by former prime minister Julia Gillard...

Australia has a new prime minister. No, not Tony Abbott – that happens in a couple of months' time. Till then we've got Kevin Rudd back in charge. That's Kevin Rudd as in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader largely...

Dead right.

The Labor ‘government’ of Julia Gillard (in quotes because it isn’t really a government any more, it’s just a rabble) is in terminal decline after last week’s chaotic leadership non-contest...

Rather than trouble themselves with the petty concerns of the lumpen proletariat, the Canberra elite carried off another spectacular day of navel gazing, as Julia Gillard once again called for a leadership ballot after a...

Bush fires are raging through five out of six Australian states amid record heat and dry conditions. Over the weekend, flames flattened whole townships in the island state of Tasmania, where locals told The Guardian that...

Just a reminder that when you read the following, it's 21st century Australia we're in, not 1970s Soviet Union. The implications for press freedom (which includes the right for blogs such as this to publish views which challenge...

The OurSay website is inviting us to "hang out with the Prime Minister" - nothing I could think of could possibly be worse, but anyway - and you have the chance to vote for the three questions she will be asked [Update: link...

On July 1st, the much hated Carbon Tax was implemented in Australia. Given that PM Gillard made a promise for no Carbon Tax on video at the beginning of her term in August 2010, then broke that promise, followed by …...

Julia Gillard's poll rating is near record lows, while the tax on emissions remains unpopular with industry and votersAustralia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, began an election-style campaign on Monday to promote a tax...