Panel with Lyndal Curtis and Ed Husic MP

For the video of this program, click here. E & OE LYNDAL CURTIS If we can start, Ed, with Julia Gillard’s trip to the United States. There’s certainly a lot of bells and whistles being put on for her. She’s staying at the official residence,...

Sherry backtracks on secret union meetings

Nick Sherry confirmed in Senate Estimates today that he did indeed have secret meetings with trade unions that he had previously denied only four months ago. “It took 20 minutes of obfuscation and denials before Senator Sherry confirmed that a secret meeting with...

Alan Jones Show, 2GB Sydney

 Click here to listen to audio ALAN JONES: I don’t know this Liberal Senator Scott Ryan, I don’t know who he is, but he’s one thousand per-cent correct. He’s up in arms over Australia Post’s failure to hoist up the Liberal Dame Margaret...

Call for modest budget watchdog

The head of the department which may be home to a new watchdog on government spending says he doesn’t expect it to be a large operation or duplicate the work of other agencies. Under a deal with the independents to form government, Prime Minister Julia Gillard...