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SMH: Democrats baulk at new GST inquiry - Labor is pushing to set up another GST inquiry but the Democrats - whose votes in the Senate will determine whether it goes ahead - are wary of it descending into a politically motivated stunt before the Federal election.

SMH: Democrats in doubt over strikes curbs - The Democrats yesterday threw the Government's legislation for tougher measures against strikes into jeopardy, as the Coalition and Opposition staked out industrial relations as an election battleground.

SMH: Democrats make ACTU first priority - The Australian Democrats' new leadership under Senator Natasha Stott Despoja has chosen to talk to the ACTU before meeting the Prime Minister, Mr Howard, and the Opposition Leader, Mr Beazley.

SMH: Democrats new leader vows to get tough - New Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja yesterday promised a tough new stance in negotiations with the Federal Government.

SMH: Democrats pitch health overhaul - The Federal Government will investigate a Democrats proposal for the radical restructure of the health system aimed at handing money and power to regional health authorities.

SMH: Democrats push for leadership spill grows - Moves for a leadership spill against Australian Democrats leader Senator Meg Lees have grown.

SMH: Democrats spat as gambling bill passes - The Federal Government's proposal for a temporary ban on interactive gambling finally passed yesterday but not before a split in the Democrats turned into a public brawl between Senator Natasha Stott Despoja and one of her colleagues.

SMH: Democrats to review donation rules - The national executive of the Australian Democrats will review policy on political donations at its next meeting, following the revelation that the party received $25,000 from a Kerry Packer company for a fundraising dinner.

SMH: Democrats warn Howard to ease up on battlers - The Australian Democrats have warned the Government it could face opposition in the Senate to widening "mutual obligation" for those receiving income support - a key plank of the Howard welfare shake-up.

SMH: Editorial: Natasha's opening bid - The Democrats' primary vote in last month's Aston by-election was only fractionally higher than in the last Federal election, but it did increase. Both the Liberal and Labor votes were down. The 31-year-old Senator, and her rank-and-file backers, seized on this as a vindication of the ousting (against the wishes of a majority of Democrat senators) of the former leader, Senator Meg Lees. It is a claim that will be put to a more searching test in the Federal election.

SMH: GST deal hurting us: Stott Despoja - The Australian Democrats were perceived by many voters to be part of the political establishment and the deal with the Government on the GST was a key factor, the party's deputy leader, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, admitted yesterday.

SMH: Happy days, perhaps, but there's blood to mop up - The pictures are nice, the political image good. The new bright young leader. Breath of fresh air. Youth finds its place in the sun.

SMH: Heading for the top - here comes Ridgeway - Senator Aden Ridgeway moved further towards his long-term goal of heading the Australian Democrats by winning the deputy leadership last night.

SMH: High-minded appeal to reason - or a cash lure for youth vote? - Natasha Stott Despoja appeared before the National Press Club one week after John Howard with a bid for votes as blatant - if more high-sounding - as his.

SMH: How the new boy showed his true colours - Australia's newest senator, the Democrats' John Cherry, has committed what is tantamount to heresy on the political scene - pushing yesterday for more taxes to pay for better services. He even insisted voters would go for the idea.

SMH: Indigenous people stand proud as Ridgeway makes his mark on history - Senator Aden Ridgeway, the first Aborigine to reach a leadership position in a parliamentary party, says he's had a response of overwhelming pride and excitement from indigenous people.

SMH: Keep saying stolen, Ridgeway urges - The term "stolen generation" should not be ditched because, like "the spirit of the Anzac", it captures an experience other Australians can share in, Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway said yesterday.

SMH: Kiss of death? Howard's praise for Lees - The Prime Minister heaped praise yesterday on the Democrats leader, Senator Lees, but refused to go as far as to endorse her in her race with Senator Natasha Stott Despoja for the party's leadership.

SMH: Lees beats 'self-centred' Despoja: ex-leader - Another former Democrats leader, Mrs Janine Haines, has weighed into the party's leadership struggle, backing Senator Meg Lees.

SMH: Lees bows out with a blast for Tax Office - The deposed Australian Democrats Leader, Senator Lees, yesterday attacked the Australian Taxation Office's implementation of the GST, blaming it for the erosion of her support base.

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