Big Wheels Pack A Crunch On Flight Zone

A year ago Paul Whalan phoned Bill Heffernan's office. Whalan is a lobbyist, one of an army in Canberra of political consultants who thrive on corporate ignorance of how government works. Back in March 1989, when the Hawke government insisted Canberra have self-government even though Canberra's voters didn't want it but the political parties did, Whalan was elected a Labor member of the National Capital's first Legislative Assembly. In all, there were only 17 local MPs, and Labor, with five of ...