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Opinion

"God this looks like Gillman 2"

A deal designed in offices in the city and negotiated largely between several layers of government and corporate executives looks set to bring down a tiny local council. David Washington asks whether an Ombudsman’s investigation into serious maladministration has left some of the biggest questions unanswered.

News

Govt 'forced' to privatise motor registry - or pay back millions - under Labor deal

UPDATED | The Marshall Government says it will be forced to undertake a scoping study for the privatisation of the state’s Motor Vehicle Registry and could be forced to repay more than $100 million to a multinational consortium because of a “secret deal” done by Labor when it sold off the Lands Titles Office.

Politics

'Governments start dying the moment they're born': Labor's Keating inspiration

Labor MPs have been privately warned not to fall into the divisions that blighted the Liberal Party in Opposition, as the ALP canvasses its members in a major review of its first losing campaign since 1997.

Politics

Greens warn Labor: “We won’t work with Koutsantonis”

The Greens have warned the ALP they will not work with Tom Koutsantonis as Labor leader if the party elects the former Treasurer to helm it in Opposition.

Politics

Labor's leadership choice: who has the Right stuff?

Former Shoppies union boss Peter Malinauskas is likely to be the next Labor leader if he wants the job, but a combative party veteran is also angling for a leadership position, insiders have told InDaily.