Laurie OakesLaurie Oakes is one of the most influential political journalists in Australia. For many years he has been the national political editor for the Nine Network, reporting and presenting daily stories and also doing the feature interview for the Sunday rogramme when it was on air. From 1987 to 2007 he wrote a weekly column for The Bulletin magazine and since that closed has been writing a column that is syndicated across News Ltd newspapers. Read More Read Less