‘This is a hose you have to hold’: Turnbull accuses Morrison...
Malcolm Turnbull has accused his former colleagues of failures on Australia’s regional security, taking a potshot at Morrison directly – saying “this is a...
Scott Morrison is setting up another fake fight on a carbon...
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...
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...
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...
The ‘culture war’ election
By Rachel Withers
April 20, 2022
The controversy surrounding Warringah “captain’s pick” Katherine Deves is not going away. And it’s increasingly apparent that this is...
Katherine Deves preselection ‘another Hawke game’
When the prime minister hand-picked anti-transgender activist Katherine Deves as his party’s candidate in the Sydney federal seat of Warringah last month, key moderates...
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...
How competent is Scott Morrison as a manager of government business?
By Michael Keating
Scott Morrison wants the election to be about competence, but an examination of his record suggests that he is not capable of...
Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join...
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...
Clive Palmer and how to buy the balance of power
Clive Palmer writes his own ads. The mining billionaire, who has spent a lifetime seeking and wielding political influence, is proud of this fact.
“I...
