Tuesday, April 21, 2026

‘This is a hose you have to hold’: Turnbull accuses Morrison of failure over China-Solomons pact

Malcolm Turnbull has accused his former colleagues of failures on Australia’s regional security, taking a potshot at Morrison directly – saying “this is a hose you have to hold” – as the Coalition scrambles...

Scott Morrison is setting up another fake fight on a carbon ‘tax’

By Katharine MurphyWith Australia’s lived experience of global heating, you would think we’d have moved past grown men staging hyperbolic encounters with invisible things If you’ve been paying attention over the past decade or so,...

Losing interest in bank reform

By Ross Gittens Despite earnest promises after the royal commission into banking, the re-elected Morrison government soon moved on. Can you remember as far back as three years ago? Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg are hoping...

War footling

By Rachel Withers The khaki election that the Coalition so dearly wanted has taken a curious turn. After Defence Minister Peter Dutton was criticised (yet again) for warmongering against China (and on Anzac...

Scomo and the Public Service: How Bad Can It Get?

The Report by the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Phil Gaetjens, into Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the Community Sport Infrastructure grants fails to address key questions and raises serious concerns...

Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

A seismic shift has taken place in Finland in the two months since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops and tanks across the border into Ukraine. The small Nordic country shares a 1,300-kilometre border with Russia and...

Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?

Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record? Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University As the election is looming, the Labor Party has placed integrity issues prominently on...

It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s climate change

Alan Kohler: Anthony Albanese would have spent the past three nights in his hotel rooms staring, red-eyed, at the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, memorising economic data; he will now presumably be a statistical encyclopedia,...

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