Special Report: New spheres of influence

THERE has to be some advantage in being the only chink in otherwise wall-to-wall Labor governments across Australia.

POLITICS wouldn't be the same without ideological differences, even within the governing party.

STRATEGY, psychology, risk assessment - the card game of bridge sounds like the perfect accompaniment to the political career of David Wawn.

THE inner court of Colin Barnett is a small and select group, according to those that watch government closely.