Murdoch commentator's apology over Rudd petition claim

Sky News commentator and former chief of staff to Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin, has apologised to ex-Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd after falsely claiming his petition for a royal commission into the Murdoch media was a “data harvesting exercise”.

Abbott and Credlin: mutually assured destruction

Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin were both fierce political warriors but didn’t know how to deal with the ultimate prize, writes Susan Mitchell, in this reflection on her own book about Abbott, and a new expose of the pair’s relationship in government.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: AAP/Ben Macmahon

The long road to an early election

The momentum for a July 2 double dissolution has accelerated with Malcolm Turnbull opening the way to bring the May 10 budget forward by a week.