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...unclaimed passes in the lobby of Sydney's Wentworth Hotel suggested many Coalition supporters had lost their faith even before John Howard's election night function had begun. Some had lost their composure: there were tears from a Young Liberal lad, perhaps owing more to alcohol than sentiment; another roared, "We love you Johnnie," even though Johnnie was still at home watching the tumbling seats drive him from office...
...smallest seat in the country, Wentworth has become one of the Coalition's biggest headaches. Since Federation, Labor has never won the seat, and it isn't hard to see why. Dotted with galleries and boutiques, it contains many of Sydney's wealthiest suburbs and feels like Nohopeville for a party with working-class roots. But it's more complicated than that. A redistribution since the 2004 poll has given Labor a lift, as has a perception that the sitting Member, Malcolm Turnbull, is egregiously ambitious and opportunistic even by politicians' standards. In addition, Turnbull may pay a price...
...economic grounds, something about the prediction - actually Paul Keating's - that Australia would become a banana republic. But overall, the reception's good. "Bob's one of my heroes," says Newhouse. "And as you can see, he's still got it." It's hard to see Labor winning Wentworth. But if that happens, a silver-haired charmer will feel he's played his part...
...emerging drought debate, some environmentalists and scientists are taking the place of the hard men of economics. Howard, once known for being dogmatic about his own causes, does not warm to their arguments. Professor Peter Cullen, of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, says Australians have been slow to realize that some places are permanently in drought. "The continuous drip feeding of drought relief just helps people with little hope of recovery to hang on a bit longer," he wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald. "It seems designed to maximize their misery and the land degradation they cause as they...
...happen to be in France and catch the Fox hit TV series Prison Break on M6 television you'll hear a lot more than Michael Scofield (actor Wentworth Miller) dubbed in French. In place of the U.S. soundtrack for this gritty drama, the Gallic version features "Pas Le Temps," a new theme song written and performed by French rapper Faf Larage, whose music video of the tune is now number one on the charts. Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution teamed up with M6 and EMI Music Publishing in France for the video, retail single and radio airplay. The idea...