This Little Secret's Being Kept In The Closet

Prop art . . . sculptor Clare Britton puts the finishing touches to the lead float in this year's New Mardi Gras parade. Festival organisers are keeping the float's theme under wraps until March 6, but did reveal some of the other floats to look out for: John Howard's Wheel of Misfortune, featuring

The Ambush Backfire

How right Harold Wilson was with his observation that a week is a long time in politics. At the start of last week, the Federal Government was putting the finishing touches to its preparation for Parliament's resumption from a long, and occasionally shaky, summer that began with the elevation to the Opposition leadership of the unknown quantity, Mark Latham, and the disposal of the easy beat, Simon Crean. The Government planned to use the week to nail Mr Latham as Mr Flip-Flop, a medley of policy inconsiste