October 2024
Crisafulli presses Albanese on funding share, Olympics
Incoming Queensland premier David Crisafulli will be officially sworn in on Monday, triggering a shift in policies and a new wave of cabinet ministers.
Bennelong restaurant preps for Jordan Peterson and ex-prime ministers
Dining with the popular online conservative sends a signal about the current state of Liberal party ideas.
June 2023
Van allegations expose the wisdom of hindsight
If failing to expose senator David Van earlier is a crime, then culpability extends across the whole parliament.
Victorian senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party
In a letter to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella, Van said he could not remain a member of a party that “tramples upon the very premise on which our justice system is predicated”.
The gloss comes off for Albanese’s government
The realities of a second year in office are sinking in as challenges pile up. The Voice, fallouts with the Greens, and industrial relations battles are all souring the mood.
April 2023
Letters: Budgets and a need for balance
Victorian finances; stage three tax cuts; careless use of language; the Voice and Liberal values; bank transaction charges; university research funding.
March 2023
Letters: Narrow path forward on gas
Anthony Albanese’s stance on gas; blue hydrogen from brown coal; Sophie Scamps responds to Amanda Stoker; advice to corporate women; super balances; Peter Dutton’s views on Labor.
January 2023
Letters: Media’s disservice to educators
Education standards and teaching; unions’ demand for bargaining fees; Indigenous Voice; caning for small offences; corporate breaches; artificial intelligence.
July 2022
Coalition will find salvation only in the political centre
For all the political post-mortems, the simple lesson of this year’s election is that Australian voters do not like divisive politics.
Political point scoring must end
Libs no longer appeal to both city and country; ‘One country, two systems’ for Taiwan?; Rooftop solar market ripe for the picking; A natural fit for Dunk Island; Not all tennis pros are winners; Afterpay bonanza leaves a bad taste.
Amanda Stoker’s wild imagination
Post-parliamentary careers are often a thing of wonder given the general lack of discernible skills human beings need to operate in civil society.
Here’s the real reason the Liberals lost the election
The lesson of the Morrison government’s election defeat is that caving to leftist positions might have changed the subject, but it didn’t win votes, writes this former senator and new The Australian Financial Review columnist.
February 2022
Morrison to push plan to protect gay students
Changes to the Sex Discrimination Act to stop gay and lesbian young people being expelled from religious schools will move forward before the election.
January 2022
Clive Palmer takes another tilt at federal Parliament
Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer is not satisfied being ‘retired’ and is having another crack at federal Parliament, this time a Senate seat.
November 2021
PM reveals election options with March 29 budget
The Morrison government has given itself the option of a May 7 election should it choose to hand down another federal budget before going to the polls.
Risk of Folau-style harm in religious freedom plan: Alan Joyce
The Qantas boss says vulnerable people could be hurt by legally protected comments under the Coalition’s draft laws.
June 2021
Funding shortfall puts war records preservation at risk
A 2019 funding commitment is expected to see only about 80 per cent of precious records digitised.
Foreign influence laws pass free speech test in High Court
A challenge to the laws by right-wing think tank Libertyworks, which held a conference aligned with US conservatives, was rejected.