Chief Minister Andrew Barr's light-rail analogy to explain away the shock resignation of tipped Labor leadership aspirant Meegan Fitzharris took the prize, says Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
Mike Welsh
Mike Welsh is a serial blogger and former Canberra radio presenter.
Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH reports on another week in the life of Canberra.
Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH reviews the week that was.
Trapped in a media storm sparked by an AFP raid on her Canberra home, News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst received succour from an unexpected quarter, writes Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
Spare a thought for recently re-elected ALP member for Fenner Andrew Leigh, says Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH. "Poor sod spent countless hours smiling on early morning TV and arguing on late-night 'Q&A', building a national profile, only to find himself on the backbench."
“If the city of mostly true believers is still disappointed by the election result it could always build a bridge and get over it. Speculation of a brand, spanking new structure spanning Lake Burley Griffin might just be the tonic,” writes Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
Canberra was Bob Hawke territory. The Labor legend spent more time here than most of his fellow Lodge dwellers and among the Canberra-themed Hawke stories being shared, many involve the Raiders, writes Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
Political spinning has never been more hamfisted than around the fashioning and marketing of Canberra's new public transport network, says Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
Arrogance competed with polished corporate lines around the roll out of “the largest ever change to our public transport network”, says Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH.
"Seven Days" columnist MIKE WELSH finds himself a witness to a crazy burst of road rage on Canberra Avenue. He got the incident on dash-cam, too.
Columnist MIKE WELSH highlights the dangers of taking the politically astute and now fully engaged millenials for granted in the upcoming Federal election.
BARELY hours after PM Scott Morrison called a Federal election for May 18, news teams were on the streets of Queanbeyan – the heart of the once bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro – feeling the pulse, writes Seven Days columnist MIKE WELSH
