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SMH: I did not act alone: Bermingham lifts lid on ALP 'rorts culture' - A culture involving electoral rorting involved many Labor members and operated in States other than Queensland, the Shepherdson inquiry heard from its star witness yesterday.

SMH: I taught computers but can't set up email account, says NSW ALP MP - The NSW ALP MP at the centre of the parliamentary computer hacking scandal today revealed he had been a computer teacher at a college.

SMH: I was Beattie property: jailed rorter - The Queensland Premier, Mr Beattie, told an electoral rorter to do everything she could to get two ALP candidates preselected, a Federal parliamentary inquiry was told yesterday.

SMH: ICAC tells NSW State Speaker to pay up for charter flights - The NSW MP responsible for the conduct of his peers, including their integrity in the use of financial entitlements, has been ordered by the State's corruption watchdog to repay the Parliament $7,500.

SMH: IT blamed for secret downloads - Questions continue to be raised in the mystery over the NSW Parliament hacker scandal after a report blamed parliamentary IT staff for accidentally loading confidential files belonging to the Opposition MLC, Mr Charlie Lynn, on to the computer of the NSW Labor MP, Mr Tony Kelly.

SMH: It's still hitting the fan, and MPs are up to their ears in doo-doo - It was the metaphor of a new parent. Jackie Kelly, Minister for Sport and mother of an 11-month-old, accused the ALP of "wailing in the doo-doo" about electoral rorts.

SMH: It's the system, stupid: Bracks defends link-ups - The Victorian Premier, Mr Bracks, has defended the practice of giving financial support to minor parties and independent candidates as part of voting preference deals.

SMH: It's time for Labor to be politically innovative - John Howard has put his bid on the table in Kim Beazley's chosen game, which the Opposition Leader calls Knowledge Nation and the PM calls Innovation.

SMH: Judge drops 'irrelevant' allegations against NSW MP - Allegations of branch stacking by State Labor MP Gabrielle Harrison were yesterday struck from affidavit evidence presented by her former electorate secretary.

SMH: Kind, simple, strong - the man who would be Kim - My old friend and football coach [Tony Abbot] was on the radio yesterday sounding very grave indeed about just what the election result in the Northern Territory meant for Kim Beazley. The way Tony saw it, a Labor government in the deep north was very bad news indeed for the ALP's Federal election prospects.

SMH: Knowing when to show some ticker - Kim Beazley has maintained unpopular stances on several issues, but risks political suicide at the next election if he steps too far over the line, Gerard Henderson writes.

SMH: Koala cuisine joke leaves MPs with a sour taste - "Select a half grown female Phascolarctos - approx 5 to 6kg ..." starts the Christmas recipe for "Blackie's Pouched Bear" sent by a colourful ALP backbencher to conservationists.

SMH: Labor HQ usurps Left in five seats - The NSW Labor Party's head office seized control of preselections in five seats last night by officially going on "campaign footing" for this year's Federal election.

SMH: Labor boss 'refused appeal against preselection' - The former Queensland Labor secretary, Mr Mike Kaiser, refused to accept an appeal against an ALP preselection which had allegedly been preceded by electoral roll rorting, a Criminal Justice Commission inquiry was told yesterday.

SMH: Labor fails to halt Qld electoral rorts hearing - The ALP made a last-minute bid to stop further revelations of electoral rorts in Queensland coming out before the State election by calling for the postponement of a public hearing scheduled for Monday in Townsville.

SMH: Labor rolling over on rollback, says PM - The Labor Party was "rolling away from rollback", the Prime Minister said yesterday.

SMH: Labour to look at prescribing heroin - A Federal Labor government would consider allowing trials of prescribing heroin, an idea rejected by the NSW Premier, Mr Carr.

SMH: Larkin lifts the stakes in gaming row - An entrepreneur claiming victimisation by Fairfield Council has applied for extra gaming machines and a 24-hour liquor licence at his Canley Heights Hotel despite a pending Supreme Court challenge by the council.

SMH: Lean, green and keen - NT's Cabinet of firsts - The Chief Minister-elect of the Northern Territory, Ms Clare Martin, appointed Australia's first Aboriginal Minister for Correctional Services yesterday and made two new MPs Cabinet ministers.

SMH: Lobby group puts ministers on the menu - A lobbyist company run by former Carr Government staffers has produced a promotional brochure promising "direct access to the relevant people in Government" and bearing photographs of its executives in talks with ministers.

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