http://abc.net.au/news/tag/person http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:39:39 +1000 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:39:39 +1000 Thursday night. A balmy Spring evening in BrizVegas. Captains of Queensland commerce and industry, legal eagles, property developers, sporting identities and the Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby gather for a convivial evening of fine food, fine wine, beer, spirits - all in the name of a worthy kids charity. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/10/3008785.htm 3008785 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:29:00 +1000 The extraordinary marathon that is the modern US presidential election process is getting underway once again, as Barack Obama seeks a second term in the White House and a field of Republican candidates try to be the one that stops him. At stake, the most powerful political office on Earth, and like last time, the world will be watching. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/09/3007377.htm 3007377 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:07:00 +1000 Federal Labor and Liberal MPs have met in Canberra for the first time since the election. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/09/3007032.htm 3007032 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:24:00 +1000 What a difference one vote makes. When independent Rob Oakeshott finally ended his long preamble and declared for Labor, he was in effect writing Julia Gillard's political history. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/08/3006234.htm 3006234 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:14:00 +1000 Quotes from the key players in the resolution of Australia's first hung Parliament since World War II: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/07/3005314.htm 3005314 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:35:00 +1000 Julia Gillard's personal history, her path to power and how she managed to retain her role as Australia's first female PM. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/07/3005089.htm 3005089 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:36:00 +1000 In the New Paradigm, the requirement is that everybody pretend there is no bargaining process underway. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/07/3004433.htm 3004433 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:18:00 +1000 After 23 days as a prime minister plus 33 days of the oddest election campaign ever plus 10 days of the madness that has followed it, Julia Gillard still looks as if nothing is out of the ordinary. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/31/2998697.htm 2998697 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:22:00 +1000 The leaders of both major parties have now voted in a federal election that is expected to be one of the closest in living memory. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/21/2989579.htm 2989579 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:34:00 +1000 Voters head to the polls today in an election that is too close to call, with the final Newspoll showing the two-party preferred vote split evenly between both major parties. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/21/2989432.htm 2989432 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:06:00 +1000 Both parties have ramped up the negative rhetoric as they scramble to win over voters in what is tipped to be the closest election since 1961. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/20/2989364.htm 2989364 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +1000 If the ALP lose the federal election, it will be because they failed to adequately respond to the key Rudd question. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/20/2988194.htm 2988194 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:12:00 +1000 Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard have pulled out all stops in the campaign, as a new poll puts the two parties neck and neck one day out from the election. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/19/2988143.htm 2988143 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:43:00 +1000 It was a gritty story of survival against the odds; a hard-bitten parable featuring a pair of people who do not know how to stop fighting each other. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/19/2987075.htm 2987075 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:46:00 +1000 PM Julia Gillard has been judged the winner after she and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott faced a people's forum in Brisbane on Wednesday night. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/18/2986841.htm 2986841 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:44:00 +1000 In the landscape of Australian elections the 43rd won't stand tall, devoid of greatness in issues, speeches, personalities. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/18/2986252.htm 2986252 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:16:00 +1000 It's quite clear to me that there should be no final debate. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/17/2985466.htm 2985466 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:00 +1000 Forget no-frills. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/16/2984500.htm 2984500 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:50:00 +1000 Frontbencher Chris Bowen says he expects the election to be the closest since 1961 as the latest poll puts Labor ahead by four points. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/16/2983734.htm 2983734 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:43:00 +1000 The association representing small to medium sized mining companies has welcomed the Coalition's mining policy. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/14/2983038.htm 2983038 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:30:00 +1000 If re-elected Labor will spend $46 million setting up a scheme that would allow farmers to sell carbon credits that they earn from progressive farming practices. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/14/2982955.htm 2982955 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:40:00 +1000 The Federal Opposition is promising to spend nearly $420 million to support mining exploration and promote research into clean coal technologies. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/14/2982935.htm 2982935 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:15:00 +1000 I wasn't present at the campaign event yesterday in the Queensland federal seat of Longman, hosted by the Member for Longman Jon Sullivan and the Parliamentary Secretary for health, Mark Butler. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/13/2982386.htm 2982386 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:17:00 +1000 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he is unlikely to fulfil a promise to give a surfing lesson to a refugee before the election. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/13/2982194.htm 2982194 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:27:00 +1000