KEVIN RIDES AGAIN

Kevin Rudd’s moving faster than anyone thought possible.

Most particularly, he’s moving inside the coalition’s time-frame for decision making and acting.

This Canberra Times column examines how the ‘election deciders’ are reacting . . .

CYBER-SPYING

Defence Signals Directorate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

There’s a good reason cyber-spying has become so popular recently.

It’s remarkably effective – particularly if you leave your defences down.

Sadly the current situation in Australia appears to be far from happy, as this report in today’s Canberra Times suggests . . .

BUDGET BLUES

It’s a week since the Budget, but so what? What’s happened to turn Labor – or Australia’s – fortunes around?

I would argue nothing. This document has confirmed, conclusively, that Labor is now in opposition and Tony Abbott’s setting the political agenda, as this piece published in the Canberra Times asserts . . .

THATCHER’S BRITAIN

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Yes, I was there in her second term and – although I loved England – I wasn’t so swept away by her policies that I came to love her. Perhaps the opposite.

This piece for the Canberra Times indicates my doubt about the ‘Great Person’ theory of history . . .

ANATOMY OF A COUP

Perhaps the shortest coup in Australian politics . . . over in less than six hours.

This piece appeared in the Canberra Times this morning.