Joseph Poprzeczny

Julia Gillard may be busy running the country, dealing with ministerial resignations and the ongoing fallout from the Craig Thompson scandal, but speculation about what she knew of the Bruce Wilson/AWU ‘slush fund’ won’t go away.

The business dealings of China’s political elite and their offspring are shrouded in secrecy, but there’s no doubt about how lucrative those deals have been for the chosen few.

Lone DLP Senator John Madigan plans to introduce two bills to parliament that, if adopted, would transform Australian politics.

Financial crises in the US and Europe have done little to slow the enthusiasm for big spending of the federal Labor government and that of Colin Barnett.

In 2010 Colin Barnett conceded he had failed to deliver on a 2008 pre-election promise to ‘‘legislate for a proper register to monitor the activities of political lobbyists”. Now, as the state election approaches, nothing has changed.

Factions aren’t at the heart of Labor’s problem but rather the failure to allow for dissenting votes.

Are Australian journalists too chummy with politicians to go hard at the big stories?

It’s often said that politics is theatre, but it seems two recent party leaders have missed their true calling.

Labor would have avoided a lot of political turmoil if it had, not once, but twice rejected Kim Beazley.

Perth writer Hal Colebatch has released a biography of one of Australian politics’ great change agents.

Political and humanitarian principles should not be forgotten when doing business with China.

Labor seems determined to introduce greater media regulation, but it wouldn’t last long if the coalition comes to power in 2013.

A free press is a cornerstone of all true democracies, which is why the proposed News Media Council is a backward step.

The federal government has some work to do if Australia is to meet its 2020 emissions and renewables targets.

It’s all-go up north as the resources boom drives growth, but how’s the rest of the state travelling?

Time’s running out for federal Labor to change course.

The ‘Golden State’ is being derailed economically by rampant green policies.

The rumblings over Colin Barnett’s leadership style are getting louder.

Is Christian Porter unhappy with the way the Barnett government is going about its business?

The rumour mill suggests Kevin Rudd’s currently doing the groundwork for Labor to draft him into the top job.

WA has a long history of importing workers for major projects.

Government and business are becoming a little too close for comfort.

Both Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan cite their fathers as major influences on their political beliefs.

Some senior Liberals are a little too quick to fall in line behind business leaders advocating closer ties with China.

Insiders argue the prime minister faces four key options as she battles to revive her leadership and Labor’s fortunes.

A US expert argues we should celebrate more people and progress, which help the planet.

The PM cannot keep relying on the fact she is a single woman, an atheist and childless to help her discount her political woes.

Canberra has ‘plagiarised’ a successful Queensland development approach.

A £625,000 Hackett asset sale helped fund landmark additions to the University of WA.

Is more money really the answer to Australia’s education problems?

Can an image makeover for the PM save Labor at the next election?

Kevin Rudd’s newfound love of his alma mater is typical of his cynical approach.