Galahs In V8s Leave Bird Lovers With Ruffled Feathers

The decision to bring V8 street racing to Homebush Bay is wrong and unfair. The V8 crowd has been lobbying for it because the venue is "under-utilised". For them maybe, but what about everyone else?

State Hoses Down Pipeline Flames By Granting Firefighters Access

FIRE crews have been granted permission to take water from Victoria's north-south pipeline, in a move that has raised questions about a Labor MP's lobbying.

The Spot No Place To Finish

I'M thinking of lobbying to change the name of this column. I wish I'd thought of it before the football finals started.

Warning! Moral Hazard Alert

Would Wall Street's Gordon Gekko be rueful at the turmoil on his turf, or would he be lobbying for part of the $840 billion action, wonder Ruth Williams and Eric Johnston.

Vanstone Defends Visa Decision

FORMER immigration minister Amanda Vanstone says she overturned a deportation order against a suspected Mafia figure because of mental health concerns - not due to donations to the Liberal Party by his supporters or lobbying by Liberal parliamentarians.

Grylls Grills Parties Over $675m

LABOR and the Liberals in Western Australia yesterday intensified lobbying to secure support from the National Party to form a minority government after the state election failed to deliver a clear winner.

Keating Steps In Over Costa

MORRIS IEMMA is being warned that he faces a certain leadership challenge if he does not dump Michael Costa, with the former prime minister Paul Keating lobbying the Premier to appoint a new treasurer in today's reshuffle.