So it must be something other than my book, if you go by his analysis it's something other than me.

I had a suspicion for some time now that Rudd has been feeding material to Oakes,

What do you want, a leader or a switchboard operator?

The seat is obvious: Replace the log (Michael) Hatton in Blaxland. A Bankstown boy with ability, we have always done well out of those. In fact John regards him as a future party leader ? a huge wrap.

[Balding backbencher Bob McMullan, nicknamed] comb-over ... When someone looks through a window and thinks they see a lot of vipers and snakes, it's nearly always the case they're looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection of themselves.

Because the politics of smear and this public and media and political obsession with sex has got some parallels in my circumstances,