Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.

With a minority CLP Government still possible up in the Northern Territory, Saturday’s election was terrible for Paul Henderson’s ALP – but even worse for the pundits, writes Bernard Keane.

• Politics-government,
• state,
• nt,

There are words for the all the Peter Costello speculation. One of them is "silly". The other one starts with "s" too, writes Possum Comitatus.

• politics-goverment,
• federal,
• liberals,
• peter-costello,
• brendan-nelson

Children sexualisation furore, round two ... the Catholic Church ... geosequestration ... the coalition and climate change ... implementing Garnaut ...

Pandering the the Liberal party base is nothing more than palliative care, writes Possum Comitatus.

• Politics-government,
• liberal-party,
• elections

Crikey readers weigh in on the Australia Council, thinking pink, fixing politics and much more.

• Politics-government,
• aviation,
• ministerial-staff,
• climate-change

The overriding need for all Veep candidates is that they fit with the general vibe of campaign. So just who will Obama pick? wonders Possum Comitatus.

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• international,
• US08,
• barack-obama

The Opinionatas in the media say Rudd's honeymoon is over. Yet today’s Newspoll has the ALP two party preferred stuck exactly where it was before this manufactured media melodrama began, writes Possum Comitatus.

• Politics-government,
• federal,
• media,
• kevin-rudd

The Henson fracas: art or p-rn? ... petrol politics and FuelWatch ... petrol solutions: it's a gas ... publicly dealing with complex issues ... Mal Brough ...

• bill-henson,
• censorship,
• art,
• petrol-prices,
• fuelwatch

The problem with petrol politics is that the numbers involved are simply enormous. Possum Comitatus looks at FuelWatch and does the number crunching for you.

• Politics-government,
• federal,
• petrol-prices,
• wa